Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions hosted the Final New York City Press Conference today at Legends NYC for this Thursday’s Hollywood Fight Nights event in
The Theater at Madison Square Garden featuring The Fastest Rising Star in Boxing, ‘King’ Callum Walsh, (8-0, 7 KOs), of Cork, Ireland, just two days ahead of his highly anticipated clash with Ismael ‘The Beast’ Villarreal, (13-1, 9 KOs), of Bronx, NY in the ten-round main event of the seven-bout card broadcast globally on UFC FIGHT PASS.
Below are quotes from the participants.
‘King’ Callum Walsh
“I want to thank everyone involved in this show and to Madison Square Garden for letting me fight there. This is only my ninth fight and they’ve gone all in on the promotion. Sitting me courtside last night at the Knicks game, putting me up on the big screen and giving me a jersey, it doesn’t get any better than that.”
“And thanks very much to Dana White for all his support. I look forward to putting on the best show possible on Thursday night. I love being in New York and look forward to spending the weekend here after the fight.”
Tom Loeffler, President of 360 Promotions
“This is 10 years to the week from when ‘GGG’ headlined The Theater at Madison Square Garden against Curtis Stevens which was a huge launching pad and it really feels like we're using the same steps with Callum. With the marketability and the charisma that Callum has it feels like we're recreating the situation with GGG where he was able to successfully fight on both coasts, here in New York City and Los Angeles.”
Callum is 8-0 with seven knockouts, he’s 22 years old and he’s got a great future in front of him. He’s trained by Hall of Famer Freddie Roach.”
“I want to thank Dana White for all his support and UFC Fight Pass along with Madison Square Garden. I think that Callum has all the makings of a global superstar.”
Freddie Roach, Hall of Fame Trainer of Walsh
“It’s great to be here. Callum is getting better and better. I have three total fighters on the show including Gor Yeritsyan and Umar Dzambekov. It’s a pleasure working with Tom and Callum. It’s going to be a great night on Thursday at Madison Square Garden.”
Feargal McCrory
“First of all, I’d like to thank everyone for the opportunity to fight on this show. I’m very excited and have been working very hard. The support in New York City for my fights has been incredible. It’s an honor to represent the Irish, we’re ready for a fantastic event on Thursday night.”
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Walsh, (8-0, 7 KOs), makes the second defense of his WBC US Silver Super Welterweight Title against Ismael ‘The Beast’ Villarreal, (13-1, 9 KOs) of Bronx, New York in a scheduled ten rounder
headlining the highly anticipated November 9 event from The Theater at Madison Square Garden and broadcast on UFC FIGHT PASS.
Fighting in the lightweight division, Knockout Machine Cain Sandoval, (10-0, 10 KOs), of Sacramento, CA faces Brooklyn’s Battle-Tested Wesley ‘El Bongocero’ Ferrer, (17-1-1, 8 KOs), in a scheduled eight-rounder.
Fighting in an eight-round light heavyweight battle, Undefeated Powerhouse Umar Dzambekov, (7-0, 5 KOs), of Los Angeles, CA faces Brooklyn, NY based, Hard-Hitting Frederic ‘The French Revolution’ Julan, (13-2, 10 KOs).
Undefeated Welterweight Crusher Gor Yeritsyan, (16-0, 14 KOs), of Yerevan, Armenia, will battle Luis Alberto ‘Lucho’ Veron, (20-7-2, 9 KOs), of Buenos Aires, Argentina in an eight-round clash.
New York City’s Brian Ceballo, (15-1, 7 KOs) faces Kenneth McNeil, (13-4, 10 KOs), of Birmingham, AL in an eight round super welterweight bout.
Omar Trinidad, (13-0-1, 9 KOs), of Los Angeles, CA clashes with Andrew Bentley, (5-7, 1 KO), of Irvington, New Jersey in an eight-round featherweight contest.
Opening the Hollywood Fight Nights event in the super featherweight division, Feargal McCrory, (14-0, 7 KOs), of Coalisland, Ireland battles Nikolai Buzolin, (9-6-1, 5 KOs), of New York, NY.