Former world title challenger and current WBA #4 middleweight Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (36-5-1, 15 KOs) will go against Nicolas Hernandez (27-7-3, 12 KOs) in a ten round fight on Friday night from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The card will be a $19.99 PPV streamed all over the world on TrillerTV (formerly FITE.TV).
In another ten-rounder, welterweight Michael Anderson (23-3-1, 17 KOs) meets Eudy Bernardo (25-6, 18 KOs). Fighting in an eight-round bout will be popular heavyweight Kristian Prenga (14-1, 14 KOs) against Christopher Arnold (5-3, 5 KOs).
Appearing in six-round bouts will be super lightweight Joseph “Blessed Hands” Adorno (18-3, 15 KOs) battling Barulio Rodriguez (20-8, 17 KOs), welterweight Mike Lee (10-2, 5 KOs) fighting Rickey Edwards (13-5, 3 KOs), and welterweight Paul Kroll (10-0-2, 6 KOs) versus Weah Archibald ((10-15, 5 KOs).
The card is the first installment of the Brick City Fight Night series at Prudential Center.
Some decent names on this card, none of them are fighting each other though.
Makes sense. Why would anyone want to watch the Main Event on a PPV card?!?
“Heavyweight Kristian Prenga (14-1, 14 KOs) against Christopher Arnold (5-3, 5 KOs)”. – Here we go starting 2024 with mismatches……..
Records mean nothing. Reggie Strickland had hundreds of losses but could hold his own against almost anyone & never get hurt.
Exactly Nordic, that guy with the poor record may have fought top talent or is good enough to be a test to a prospect that’s coming up.
Agreed, same with Johnny Nelson & Glencoffe Johnson.
I went to a fight card in France 20 years ago and saw a cruiserweight matchup with one guy that was something like 41-3 (whom I had never heard of) get dominated and knocked out by a guy with a 3-2 record.
There was also the undefeated 6’7″ Heavyweight Faruq Saleem who was 38-0 (32 KOs) entering his fight against the 3-4 Shawn McLean. McLean KO’d Saleem in the 4th round in that fight, and by some accounts, IIRC, dominated up until that point.
Let me say this about Christopher Arnold (5-3, 5 KOs) – His first four fights were against pro-debuts or a guy who was 2-24. He lost number five against a guy who was 2-0, then lost his next fight by KO and then got TKO’d by a guy who was 2-6…… So, records DO mean something when it comes to a fighter “padding his record.” The same goes for Kristian Prenga. His first FIVE fights were against guys with losing records, then he loses to a guy that was 1-2!…….
We were not talking about them. In general, some fighters have misleading records. Either way. Lots of wins, but really have not fought anybody. Some fighters have a poor record, but have been matched tough or can be seen as giving the other fighter ( prospect or fringe contender) a true test. Derrick Findlay comes to mind. Fought a lot of names, but you would think he was crap by his record. He can sling’em.
Remember Freddie Pendleton…could fight…record deceiving….Harold Brazier…fought the best…tough as nails…records can be deceiving.,..take that walk in the ring serious….