| Peter Manfredo, Jr. – “There’s real bad blood between us (Manfredo and Spina). I want to hurt this kid. He disrespected me, trash talking about me, my father and my wife, He kept calling me out and Saturday’s the big night.
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and that’s when you strike out. He’s not a boxer, I am; I throw short punches, he throws looping punches. I’m going to wear him down and take him out by the eighth. I have too much skill for him.”
(“The Pride of Providence” Peter Manfredo, Jr. (25-3, 11 KOs) headlines against cross-town rival Joey “KO Kid” Spina (19-0-1, 14 KOs) in Saturday night’s “The Contender Special – Put Up or Shut Up,” promoted by the Tournament of Contenders in association with Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment & Sports, at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in downtown Providence. The show will be televised on ESPN2 from 10:30PM – 12:30 AM/ET on a tape-delayed basis with the main event beginning LIVE at 9:00 PM/ET.
Tickets priced at $57.00, $152.00, and $302.00 (ringside) are on sale through www.Ticketmaster.com, all local Ticketmaster outlets or by calling Ticketmaster direct at (401) 331-2211 or (617) 931-2000. Tickets are also available through CES Boxing at (401) 724-2253, www.cesboxing.com and the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Box Office. For more information visit www.tournamentofcontenders.com, www.cesboxing.com, www.cesboxing.com or www.dunkindonutscenter.com.)
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