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Knockout Kings Card at Seminole Hard Rock Promises Big Action

by Michael Sedor on April 23rd, 2008

Two big hitting southpaws, Brooklyn’s “Mean” Joe Greene and Colombia’s Juan “The Iron Twin” Urango, highlight tonight’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida card which will be broadcast on as ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Fights.

The 27-year-old light welterweight Urango’s (19-1-1) bout against Argentine Carlos Wilfredo Vilches (53-7-2) is the headliner. Juan’s biggest fight came two years ago when he lost to underperforming Manchester City supporter Ricky Hatton by a wide margin. He has regrouped since then defeating a pair of designated punching bags. Tonight’s fight shouldn’t be much different.

We here at jabandgrabble.com are much more excited to see the flashy 22-year-old middleweight New Yorker Greene in action. Greene can be seen in the embedded video, his last Seminole Hard Rock fight, just demolishing fellow southpaw Darryl Salmon. The knockout comes with five seconds left in the first round accompanied by the Russian broadcasting team uttering an appropriate oy-yi-yi-yi-yi. Salmon stays down for a good minute, dazed and unsure. Salmon has not fought since.

Greene has, returning with two decisive wins (one knockout) in his hometown. His return to south Florida isn’t without some danger. His opponent Ghanian Joshua Okine is a last minute card replacement and a complete unknown. Boxrec.com has him at 18-3-1 while the Seminole Casino has him at 36-7-1l his real record is probably somewhere in between. All but two of his official bouts have taken place on African soil.

But if his recent stellar form is any indication Greene will live up his adoring blog’s name: www.joegreenewillkickyourass.com.

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