Heavyweight Samuel Peter Highlights Big Night Of Boxing

Boxing action takes place in the Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, April 28th

Mohegan Sun, in association with Duva Boxing, is pleased to announce that granite fisted Heavyweight slugger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter will return to action on Friday, April 28th, headlining a 1-2-3 punch of Heavyweight boxing action in the Mohegan Sun Arena. ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights will televise the action.

Peter, 25-1 (21 KOs), will tangle with Detroit’s seven-foot-tall Julius Long (14-7, 12 KO’s) in a 12-round main event battle for his NABF Heavyweight Championship. This will be Peter’s second bout since suffering a debatable heavyweight title elimination loss to former WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko last September and his first fight with new trainer Jesse Reid, who is expected to bring the 25 year old wrecking machine to the next level as a pugilist.

Tickets are on sale now for $75.00, $40.00 and $25.00, and available through the Mohegan Sun Box Office and Ticketmaster. Customers may log onto ticketmaster.com; call any Ticketmaster phone number; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.

In addition to the championship bout, the evening is also scheduled to feature surging heavyweight contender Brian “The Beast” Minto, 23-1 (14 KOs), who will face Billy Zumbrun (19-6-1, 11 KO’s) of Ogden, Utah, in an eight-round scrap, and “The New Italian Stallion” Mike Marrone, 13-0 (10 KOs), the Vero Beach brawler coming off an ESPN2-televised thriller in his last fight, will take on Ohio’s Dan Whetzel (7-5-1, 4 KO’s).

Rated in the top four or five of nearly every world sanctioning body, Peter will be looking to continue carving a path of destruction to the heavyweight title when he squares off against Long. He intends to challenge any champion who comes out on top after the heavyweight title fights this spring. Peter is universally recognized as the future of the heavyweight division and its most exciting slugger.

Since scoring an eye-opening PPV-televised stoppage over rival Vinny Maddalone last September, the vastly improved Minto has appeared twice, logging stoppages over Forrest Neal and Troy Weida. “The Beast” sits poised on the doorstep of another high-profile fight and will be looking to make a statement against Zumbrun.

Undefeated 20-year-old boxer/puncher Mike Marrone introduced himself to the boxing world just two weeks ago, as he fought a heart-stopping knockdown, drag-out war against more experienced Zack Page in his television debut. Marrone had Page down twice and seemingly out when a lucky punch dropped him and forced him to hang on for dear life to survive. Marrone showed tons of heart in that appearance and won over a lot of fans with his exciting and heavy-handed style.

The exciting undercard is scheduled to include world class prospects Joe McCreedy (4-0, 4 KO’s) from Lowell, Massachusetts, Patricio Lopez (5-0, 5 KO’s), formerly of Venezuela and now out of Londonderry, New Hampshire, Lajuan Simon (13-0, 8 KO’s) from Philadelphia, and Raymond Biggs, Jr. (3-0, 3 KO’s), a two-time New York Golden Gloves champion from Brooklyn.

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