By Héctor Villarreal
Nine professional fights involving boxers from five countries were announced by Laguna Premium and Master Promotions for the KO to Cancer boxing card scheduled for Thursday, October 24 at Atlapa Convention Center in Panama as a part of the Month of the Cancer Awareness activities.
“The main goal is to present a very atractive show which can bring enough fans to sell out the venue, so they can listen to our message to prevent cancer. That´s why we decided to set an affordable price off only five dollars ($5 U.S.D.) for the general admission tickets,” said Promoter Rouss Laguna, whose husband, former WBA bantamweight super champion Anselmo Moreno (37-6-1, 12 KOs) heads the show facing Mexican Marcos Cardenas (20-7-1, 16 KOs) in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds.
A percentage of the gate will be donated to the National Oncological Institute.
The most experienced promoter in Panama, Master Promotions President Sergio Gonzalez has done a very good job on matching competitive fights and filling requirements of the Boxing Commission.
Local welterweight Alberto “Metralleta” Mosquera (25-4-2, 16 KOs) fcaes Venezuelan KO artist Johan “Manotas” Gonzalez (22-1, 22 KOs).
Another Panamanian welterweight involved in a ten round match is Omir Rodriguez (11-2-1, 5 KOs) versus Cuban Damian Rodriguez (12-1, 6 KOs).
Jamaican Michael Gardener (10-3, 5 KOs) squares up against Argentinian Sergio Eduardo Gonzalez (31-24-4, 15 KOs) on 8 rounds as well as local undefeated superbantam Gerardo “Pica Pica” Murillo (10-0-1, 2 KOs) versus Venezuelan Juan “Pequita” Lopez (13-7, 12 KOs).
Also unbeaten Ernesto “The Problem” Marin (8-0, 4 KOs) a local lightweiht and Mexican middleweight Eros Gallegos (7-0, 6 KOs) were announced to participate as well as rookie Panamanian superfeathers Alexis Moreno 1-0, 1 KO) and Samir Cuentas (debutant) who will clash in 4 rounds.
KO to cancer? As long as we are a cancer for the planet, cancer will continue to spread.
We can not expect to poison the planet (just like cancer cells) without having to experience the effects of our atrocious actions. All water sources, all forests, the last remaining pure air, all soils, are under constant attack. Humans manage to kill, pollute, poison or abuse every single thing in existence. Why should there be no consequences for that?
We have our 3000 chemicals in our foods, and over 1200 chemicals in our tap water – many of them are proven to cause cancer. Why not raise awareness about it instead of just echoing an empty slogan (“KO cancer”)?
If boxers (or anyone else for that matter) want to KO cancer, they should live and promote a non-materialistic, sustainable and healthy lifestyle. As long as people are not willing to do that, there will be no way to eliminate cancer.
Well, that escalated quickly…. lol
Its boxing, Tony :))
Where in The Atomic Bomb is Zhillie Zhang…