Things heated up at Thursday's Campbell Funeka press conference in advance of their world lightweight title showdown on Saturday at the BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise Florida. Legendary hall of fame promoter Don King presided over the festivities as only he can.
After loads of pre-fight trash talk and a grueling twelve rounds of fighting, former unified lightweight champion Nate Campbell and courageous challenger Ali Funeka met again at a late night post-fight news conference inside the bowels of the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. Click here to see what they had to say.
Don King held a Press conference to formally announce the first boxing event ever staged at Bank Atlantic Center, this is a world-championship fight card. Members of the Florida Panthers were present to welcome King to their home arena, and presented him with a personalized Panthers jersey. Don King has promoted some memorable fight cards in South Florida’s rich boxing history, and now he will present the first boxing event ever at Bank Atlantic Center on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14. Unified lightweight world champion Nate Campbell, from Jacksonville, will put his crowns on the line against IBF No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Ali Funeka; colorful former three-time world champion Ricardo Mayorga will tangle with Alfredo Angulo to determine the WBC’s No. 1 ranking and mandatory challenger at the 154-pound limit; and another important match at 154 pounds will showcase interim WBC super welterweight champion Sergio Martinez taking on former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron.
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