Derek Ennis is the USBA Champ! Victor Vasquez turns in his best performance yet!

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October 16, 2009 in Philadelphia. Before we talk about today, take a walk with me for a minute as I take a flash back to Philadelphia, circa 1999. Looking back, it was a year of change for this great city with many tall tasks and lots of uncertainty ahead. One of the all time Philly greats, Ed Rendell, was stepping down from his big office at room 215 in City Hall wrapping up one of the most successful runs in the history of the country as mayor of a big city. The people chose a 19 year veteran of City Council, John Street to lead the charge into the new millennium. The big building across from the street from the clothespin hasn’t been the same since. It was also a new day in Eagles country as 1999 marked the beginning of the Andy Reid- Donovan McNabb era whose goal was to give a fresh breath of life into a franchise that hit the bottom of the barrel. Say what you want about Big Red and his adopted son’s reign but five NFC Championship games later, the Birds as a well-respected and very lucrative franchise. The Phillies were still light years away from becoming World F. Champions but Overbrook’s Will Smith just putting down the mic to hit Hollywood for a career that saw him become one of the highest grossing actors of all-time.

Flying below the radar was Greg Robinson, a young ex-boxer with ambitions to stay in the game he loved. With family roots that ran deep into the heart of Philly boxing, he gave birth to his Power Productions promotional outfit in late 1999. In the one sport that is truly here today, gone tomorrow, Robinson has survived and even thrived in this landscape where only the strong, smart and crazy survive. Ten years later, Power Productions has become a Philly boxing club show main stay, producing some of the best action fights this town has seen in the 21^st century. For that I tip my cap to the man. Like Greg said at the press conference, there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that make this a very tough business at times, but this is the sport we choose. For that we continue on doing what we love.

Nakash plods to a decision win @ The Blue October 2nd!

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October 2, 2009 in Philly – The Phillies were hours away from clinching their third consecutive NL East title, the politicos in Harrisburg passed the budget and gave the city the funding it needs so Mayor Nutter didn’t have to axe most of his work force. Even “Sticky” the duct taped North Philly cat found a new home this week after being bound and dumped in a dirty yard a few days earlier. Across the board, things were looking much better than they were a week ago. On top of that, boxing was back at the Legendary Blue Horizon on North Broad Street to the tune of 7 bouts brought to you courtesy of the Vernoca Michael and Don Elbaum. The event not only kicked off what is looking to be a very active fall in Philly boxing, it also reminded everyone that it is now Breast Cancer Awareness month. Feel ‘em up and Save the Boobies ladies, we need them!

Ok back to business. As mentioned, 7 fights involving boxers of all shapes, sizes, styles, skills and significance. Here is the skinny on how it went down on North Broad Street.