If you haven

If you haven't heard JC Candelo spoke less than highly of his former team and in particular Verno Phillips in a recent interview on our 'big brother' website, BoxingTalk.net. Click here for that interview. Caught in the middle is the trainer, Trevor Wittman. In this exclusive interview hear what Wittman had to say about Verno's upcoming championship fight, JC Candelo's interview and even some words for JC's new trainer, Buddy McGirt!

Long time boxing supporter turned promoter CC Edwards and MoonLight Promotions will be holding their second card on June 11th at the DIA Holiday Inn located at 40th & Chambers. CC took harsh criticism from Ty Thompson and others on his first show and will look to make major strides this time out. The line-up for this card is perfect evidence. He has a solid line-up for his card with no real 'set-ups' which should make for some great fights.

In the main event local prospect Ayo Fadeyi will take on his toughest test to date in Elco 'The Animal' Garcia who is 14-2. Despite the longest layoff of his career, 14 months, Garcia should give Fadeyi all he can handle in their scheduled eight rounder. Look for a war in this one. The co-main will be a women's bout as Janae Archuleta will look to rebound from her loss to Holly Holm in taking on the very tough and hard hitting Angie Poe. Poe is coming off a win over Serina Hayden. The feature bout will have local up and comer Larry 'The Pitt Bull' Gonzales taking on Andrew Poulos (10-5-2) of Utah. Gonzales is fresh off his one round destruction of Joey Brixx in Albuquerque, New Mexico and will look to build momentum in his young career. Poulos is no push over as he is riding a 5 fight win streak, 3 by knock-out. Should be interesting. The undercard is loaded with evenly matched scraps as well. Che Velarde will look to get a win against Augustine Trujillo, Roosevelt Parker takes on Larry Dawson and Steve Valdez battles Tommy Aragon.

I encourage everyone to come out and support the fighters as well as CC Edwards and his newly formed company MoonLight Promotions. Tickets are dirt cheap with general admission being $20 and ringside a mere 10 spot more at $30. You will never get a ringside seat cheaper than this so get them early. I hope everyone in our boxing community shows their support and helps to make this show a real success.

Tickets are available by calling CC Edwards at 720-725-6216 or 720-938-0347. Or right here at RockyMountainBoxing.com

Hector 'Chin Checka' Saez will be back in action on Jim 'Smitty' Smith's Poor Boys Boxing show at the Mile High Casino in Blackhawk on June 20th. He called me over the weekend to let me know he will be taking on Frank Martinez. Saez is coming off a loss to Mike Arnautis who is now 9-0-1. He will look to get back on the winning track with his new trainer Jake Ramos.

In other action on the card there will be a heavyweight rematch of a true crowd pleaser when Corey Williams takes on Ray Mascarenas. In a women's bout Martha Deitchman will face Cathy Martinez and Colorado's trial horse Daniel Almanza should be able to pick up a win in his bout with Jason Chacon. Larry 'The Pitt Bull' Gonzales may also appear and round out the card.

Action starts at 2pm sharp on Sunday June 20th at the Mile High Casino in BlackHawk. Tickets are available here on RockyMountainBoxing or by calling 720-231-7724.

In this exclusive RMB Video Session we go one-on-one with Verno Phillips. 'V' will be fighting Kassim Ouma Friday June 5th on Showtime for the vacant IBF 154 pound World Championship. Hear what he had to say about his upcoming bout as well as his response to the BoxingTalk.net interview with J.C. Candelo. You don't want to miss this one!

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From INSIDE BOXING.Com

(May 30, 2004) - Headlining the showdown will be two of Colorado’s top fist-slingers, Super Middleweights, Ayodeji Fadeji (8-4-1) against Elco Garcia (14-2-0).

Fadeji last fought on April 16^th defeating a tough Earl Allen in 6 rounds of competition.

Fighting his entire career at the light heavyweight division, Fadeji takes this fight in the super middleweight category. Trainer Aurelio Martinez says, “Ayo has been working hard and has added much to his boxing savvy.” “Look for Ayo to drop down to middleweight for his next fight.” Added Martinez.

Fadeji has had 2 fights under the guidance and training of Martinez, in his last outing Fadeji showed a lot of poise mixing defense with a strong offensive arsenal, a trademark of Martinez.

Garcia is nobody’s opponent, his excellent record is proof. In his last outing against Anthony Bartinelli he showed he is a Lion that cannot be tamed. Defeating Bartinelli by unanimous decision in 8 rounds.

The winner of this fight will certainly move up the ladder and into the spotlight of boxing.

The rest of the card promises to keep boxing fans on the edge of their seats.

In a Lightweight bout, Janae Archuleta will be looking to rebound from a loss to Holly Holm in New Mexico last month as she takes on Angie Poe who is fresh off a win over Sarina Hayden of Colorado Springs. Larry “The Pitt Bull” Gonzales will fight Andrew Poulos in a lightweight battle. Larry Dawson is matched up against Roosevelt Parker, as Che Velarde is against Augustine Trujillo in heavyweight contests. New Mexico’s Tommy Aragon fresh off his upset win over Russell Jones will make the trip back to Denver with every intention to inflict massive pain to the "past his prime” Steve Valdez. Valdez has not won a fight since September of 2001. Valdez at the age thirty-four will be the younger fighter in the ring and can’t see himself losing to a senior citizen. Aragon is riding forty.

When you look at the match-ups for this event, it’s hard to pick the winner in any of the bouts.

This is the type of boxing event geared toward the fight fan, not a single mismatch in the bunch. And to add a little extra cream to that cup of cappuccino, ticket prices are at a low $20 General and $30 Ringside.

Mark your calendar, better yet get your tickets in advance to this spectacular all-ages admitted boxing event. For tickets and information call: 720.938.0347 or 303.725.6216. Credit card purchases are welcomed.

We were able to catch up with Mia St. John after her fight Sunday night for a quick interview. We also have highlights from the fight. Special thanks to AirTight Boxing and Steve 'Matchmakin' Maestas for bringing her to Denver and for getting us exclusive access to her after the bout. And of course a very special thank you to 'The Knock-Out' Mia St. John!

The ever sexy Mia St. John showed again that she is much more than just a pretty smile. She has skills. She cruised to a third round stoppage over the very game Melissa Yanas. St. John established the jab early and she quickly wore Yanas down in the mile high altitude before unleashing a twenty punch barrage that caused Kurtis Thrasher to call a halt to the bout.. In the co main event Terri 'Lil' Loca took a huge step up fight in facing two time world champion 'Downtown' Leona Brown. Brown's has been in many of the best in the women's boxing and has fought in four world title fights. Cruz didn't lose a round on my card, although I had the 'feeling out' first even, and she basically dominated the fight with her jab before being caught by a wide-right hook that landed flush. The punch caused Cruz to turn to the ropes, possibly looking to a take a knee, when Brown clubbed her with another right hook. Only this one was to the back of the head followed by an uppercut before Thrasher could get in to stop the bout. Despite the loss Cruz proved she can more than hold her own with world class competition. No shame in that. One of my personal favorites, Mercedes 'Hard Luck' Mercury lost a tough bout with Terri 'The Road Warrior' Blair. Ed Walsh stopped it at the bell to end the fifth round. M&M looked sharp as usual, she just happened to matched tough with a power puncher who was experienced and well coached. It seemed to be the theme of the night for Steve 'Match Makin' Maestas as he matched all his women up with very tough opponents, showing he's not afraid to risk a loss to get a long term gain. These fight gave all of them the tests and experience they need to make it to the next level. They will learn from this and come back better fighters. Maestas also kept, Rob 'The Project' Frankel as I am now calling him or 'Red Hot' Rob as he affectionately known by the House of Pain crew, busy in a bout with Eloy Varos. Varos showed a much tougher chin than I had seen in the past and he hung in there tough. Frankel landed some vicious double right hands making Varos shell up a bit, but not putting him down or out. Frankel seemed to have a bit of an off night though as I expected him to pick a ko win over Varos. There were also two exhibition bouts. Martha Deitchtman got some good work in with the soon to debut Tana Gallegos. The other bout had Vangie Abeyta, who normally fights around 120 pounds in with Sarina Hayden who made her pro debut at 139. I'm not sure what went wrong here but someone has got to explain the meaning 'exhibition' to the fighters. I almost think the referee should issue warnings for known incidents of 'excessive power in an exhibition' and even stop the bout quickly if a boxer cannot control themselves in this department. Anyway; Hayden knocked Abeyta flat on her back with a very hard right hook in the third round after hammering away on her much smaller 'exhibition partner'. It was another great night of live local boxing complete with La Boheme ring card girls and the Chingaso Gear booth in a perfect venue for the event, Club Avalon. Airtight Boxing and Steve Maestas will be going again in August. We will have exclusive video highlights and an interview with Mia St. John later this week. The RMB round by round coverage will be up Tuesday.