Take your dad to the fights! The newly renovated Cross Insurance Arena will be hosting a father’s day weekend pro-am boxing show on Saturday, June 15 featuring top-ten bantamweight Dylan Price, 18-0 (12 KOs) facing Louisiana’s tough Ernesto Irias in a 10 round bout.
The last time the venue hosted professional boxing was the third and final appearance of Maine’s Joey Gamache in a failed bid for the WBA World Lightweight championship in December of 1994. Previously known as the Cumberland County Civic Center, Marvelous Marvin Hagler also appeared in a Wide World of Sports televised bout in 1980, knocking out Loucif Hamani in 2 rounds. Also on the show was a young, undefeated heavyweight from Ireland who went on to be the last man to defeat Mike Tyson – Kevin McBride. Continue reading “Boxing Returns to Portland, Maine”