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Adrien Broner Coming Back, Fights In Florida June 7th

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Adrien Broner Coming Back, Fights In Florida June 7th

THIS FIGHTING EVENT IS DEDICATED TO THE HONOR OF THE LIFE & LEGACY OF THE LATE  JOSE SULAIMAN IN THE SPIRIT OF FIGHTING FOR WORLD PEACE–

BRONER VS. COBBS,

MIKAELJAN VS. ROZICKI
ON FRIDAY, JUNE 7 AT SEMINOLE
HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO

Hall of Fame boxing promoter Don King, age 92, is chugging along. The high-haired ultra senior has AB in his main event against ex Golden Boy “character” Blair Cobbs.

Adrien “The Problem” Broner (35-4-1 with 24 KOs) faces Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (16-1-1 with 10 KOs) on Friday, June 7th at the beautiful Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Supposedly, this one will be for the WBC “People’s Championship.”

WBC Cruiserweight Champion Norair “The Dark Horse” Mikaeljan (27-2 with 12 KOs) meets Canada’s Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki (20-1 with 19 KOs).

Paterson, NJ’s Ian “The Young General” Green (18-2 with 12 KOs) will defend his WBA Continental USA Middleweight title against for TBA.

Cassius Chaney (23-1, 16 KOs) of New London, CT is to take on Michael “The Bounty” Hunter (22-1-2, 16 KOs) of Las Vegas, NV in a heavyweight tango.

“This spectacular fighting event is dedicated to the honor of the life and legacy of the late great Jose Sulaiman in the spirit of world peace,” said promoter Don King. “Jose was at the forefront of always putting on great fights and we plan to honor him with this great card.”

“I want to thank Mauricio Sulaiman and Don King for this great opportunity for Ryan Rozicki,” said Dan Otter, promoter for Rozicki. “Rozicki won’t disappoint boxing fans in his quest for a title.”

Furthermore, it's promised that WBA NABA Light Heavyweight Champion Ahmed “The American Pharoah” Elbiali (23-1, 18 KOs) will take part, as will Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (21-2, 16 KOs) of Miami, FL, in a super middleweight attraction.

NABA Welterweight Champion Tresean “Trigger” Wiggins (16-5-3, 9 KOs) of Newburgh, New York will face TBA.

Cruiserweight Yuniel “The KO Doctor” Dorticos (26-2, 24 KOs) from Cuba and young Cuban middleweight Yoenlis Feliciano “Yoyo” Hernandez (3-0) will also be featured on the Don King card.

De’von Williams (4-0, 4 KOs) of Ft. Lauderdale, FL will meet Travis Floyd of Douglasville, GA.

Ticket prices will be announced soon.

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.