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August 19th "Battle of the Heavyweights" at Saratoga Professional
boxing returned to the Mecca of world-class thoroughbred racing when
local rising star Shannon Miller Miller and Maddalone had the screaming crowd on its feet from the opening bell in a back-and-forth fight ranked second in the "Top Five Fights" of 2005 on ESPN 2's "Friday Night Fights." It ended in a fifth-round TKO when Maddalone caught Miller with a left hook the Troy, NY native never saw! On the undercard, local favorite Gary Wilcox
Pugnacious Promotions co-promoted the event with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, which has promoted professional fights for over 15 years, most recently the two Antonio Tarver-Glen Johnson Light Heavyweight Championship cards. DeGuardia will promote the Tarver-Roy Jones, Jr. rubber match on October 1, as well. Get more information about the show here. Return to Events
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(11-1, 6 KOs) met popular
heavyweight contender Vinny Maddalone (25-2, 18 KOs, Flushing, NY) in
the headline bout of the "Battle of the Heavyweights" at the
Saratoga
Springs City Center on Friday, August 19, 2005.
(19-3-1 6 KOs),
Saratoga Springs, NY, returned to the ring as a heavyweight after
compiling a solid record as a cruiserweight and dominated in a
six round unanimous decision win over tough journeyman Harold Rodriguez
(6-13- 2, 1 KO). Albany, NY native Wayland Willingham (7-0, 4 KOs)
showed
impressive skills in a four-round unanimous decision win over veteran
Shakha Moore (9-10-3, 4 KOs, Norwalk CT). 
In the ESPN2-televised co-feature, Andrey
Tksurkan (23-2, 14 KOs), from Ukraine fighting out of the Bronx, NY, won
a fifth-round TKO over Julian Burford (12-2, 10 KOs,
Cleveland, OH). Maximino Cuevas (5-1, 2 KOs, Bronx, NY) stopped
Sheldon Rudolph (3-2, 2 KOs, Patterson, NJ) with a vicious left hook to
the body in the first round. In the opening bout, Jorge Teron (5-0, 4
KOs, 
(1-3, Puerto Rico). Unfortunately, junior welter Hervy
Medina (3-0-1, Highland, NY) watched from the audience when his opponent
failed to make weight.