NABA light middleweight champion "Mean" Joe Greene has been added to the star-studded "The Grande Event" card, promoted by Cedric Kushner's Gotham Boxing, November 21 at the famed Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.

Unbeaten middleweight "Ireland's" John Duddy, 25-0 (17), fighting out Queens, NY, by way of Derry, Northern Ireland, headlines against veteran Sam "The Punching Policeman" Hill, 17-9-1 (10). Duddy is rated No. 2 by the World Boxing Organization, No. 4 by the World Boxing Council, and No. 7 by the International Boxing Federation.

Greene, 20-0, rated No. 3 by the WBA and No. 4 by the WBO, will fight an opponent to be determined in an eight-round, non-title fight.

"It always feels good to fight at home in front of my family, friends and fans," Greene said. "I'm going to put on a real good show. I'm positioning myself to fight the upper rated junior middleweights in 2009, especially [James] Kirkland. I'd welcome the opportunity to fight John Duddy, who is a nice, classy guy who I respect a lot. To fight him in the big arena at Madison Square Garden would be unbelievable."

Polish power puncher Pawel "Raging Bull" Wolak, 22-1 (15), faces upset-minded Christian Lloyd Joseph, 12-7-3 (5), in the co-feature. Wolak, a graduate of Berkley College of Manhattan with a degree in business, is the Polish International light middleweight champion.

NABO lightweight champion Jorge Luis Teron, 22-0-1 (15), fighting out of the Bronx and rated No. 4 by the WBO, fights Aldo "El Pato" Valtierra, 24-10 (13), in a 10-round bout. Teron is trained by former Olympic Gold Medallist and world champion Mark Breland.

Also scheduled to fight in separate four-round bouts are Queens light middleweight Lambrose "Lionheart" Karaolides (1-0) vs. James Justice (0-1), Bronx super middleweight Hajro Sujak (3-0, 2 KOs) vs. Eric Clinton (0-4-1), Brooklyn welterweight Luis "El Mero Mero" Ruiz (3-0, 1 KO) vs. Asanti "Volcano" Hendrickson (1-2, 0 KOs), Brooklyn light middleweight Romain Oliveri pro debuting vs. Eluid Torres (0-0-1), and light welterweight Jonathan Gonzalez, a 2008 Puerto Rican Olympian makes his pro debut vs. TBA.

Tickets, priced at $50.00, $80.00, $100.00, $150.00 and $200.00, are on sale and available to purchase by calling Gotham Boxing (212.755.1944), any TicketMaster outlet, or at the Roseland Ballroom box office. Doors will open at 6:30 PM/ET, first bout at 7:00 PM/ET.

For more information call Gotham Boxing or go on line to www.gothamboxing.com.

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