Brick City Friday Night Fights kicks off Dec. 29 at Prudential Center
A new boxing series at Prudential Center in Newark will kick off on December 29.
Brick City Friday Night Fights will offer its first installment with a card featuring New Jersey staples like Michael “Slick” Anderson, Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna, Julian Rodriguez and Kristian Prenga on a card featuring a who’s who of Garden State pros.
Anderson (23-3-1, 17 knockouts) of Newark will appear in an eight-round welterweight bout, while LaManna (36-5-1, 15 KOs) of Millville, N.J. will appear in a ten-round middleweight bout.
In addition to junior welterweight Julian Rodriguez (22-1, 14 KOs) of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. and heavyweight Kristian Prenga (14-1, 14 KOs) of Edgewater, N.J., other boxers slated for action are flyweight Anthony Johns (6-1, 5 KOs) of Newark, junior middleweight Dwyke Flemmings Jr. (4-0, 4 KOs) and heavyweight Norman Neely (14-1, 9 KOs) of Paterson, N.J., super middleweight Keon Ivery (2-2, 1 KO) of Lodi, N.J., featherweight Malik Nelson (4-0, 3 KOs) and Paul Kroll (10-0-2, 6 KOs) of Philadelphia, all against opponents to be named.
The card will be the second promoted at Prudential Center this year, following the Shakur Stevenson-Shuichiro Yoshino card which was promoted by Top Rank.
The series will be promoted by Vito Mielnicki’s GH3 Promotions in partnership with the Greater Newark Convention and Visitor’s Bureau as well as Caribe Royale Orlando.
Broadcast distribution for the series will be announced in the coming weeks, according to a press release statement.
Tickets, priced from $66 to $306, are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com.