Philadelphia’s very own Brian ‘Bionic Bull’ Cohen (9-2) heads up anawesome 10 fight card when he faces Lafayette, Indiana’s Robbie ‘TazMexican Devil’ Tovar (15-4-1) for the WBC Americas Light Heavyweight titleat the Donna Cohen promoted ‘Brawl On Broad Street’ event at SouthPhiladelphia High School, Broad & Snyder, Philadelphia on the 9th May.
Cohen, who cuts an imposing figure due to his chiseled bodybuilder stylephysique, is odds on favourite to add another championship belt to hisalready impressive collection, which includes the USA Mid American, USAMid West, NABC, C.A.M. Land Indiana State Light Heavyweight Titles, eventhough he failed to capture the WBC USBN title in his previous outing inJanuary this year.
So why is Cohen such a sure fire bet? One thing for sure is it isn’tbecause his opponent a lame duck, anything but, as Tovar has an excellentpedigree and is a three time local champion at two different weights,Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight. The answer to this conundrum canbe found elsewhere.
Firstly, Cohen’s January loss to Billy Bailey followed a freak asthmaattack bought on by the 95 degree heat in the arena that day. Promoter,Donna Cohen, is taking no chances of a repeat scenario on the 9th May byhaving an air-conditioned trailer placed adjacent to the arena for Cohenon the day.
Secondly, and probably more relevant, is that out of the Cohen’s ninevictories to date all but one were by stoppage within three rounds, withfour of those being by way of knockout. Now that’s impressive stats andsurely answers the question.
Supporting Cohen vs.Tovar will be a card packed with local talentincluding Super Middleweight Dennis Hassan (8-0), Heavyweight ‘Big’ JohnMercurio (2-0), Cruiserweight Pedro Martinez (3-2), Super MiddleweightDhafir ‘No Fear’ Smith (20-19-6), Featherweight Paul Fernandez (4-2-1) andMiddleweight ‘Mighty’ Mike Tibberi (7-1)In addition to the seven male fights there will also be three femalefights, although unfortunately the highly anticipated and heavilypublicized debut at this event of former World Champions, the legendary Smokin’ Joe Frazier and Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham’s protégé, British SuperBantamweight Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston will not be one of them due tothe American authorities decision not to grant her a visa in time to takepart.
Instead Donna Cohen has bought in an exciting replacement in the form ofNo. 8 ranked Welterweight Olivia Fonseca (2-2-2) in addition toLightweight Lonnie Jackson Jr. (1-0) and the professional debut ofLightweight Liz Sherman.
For tickets and further details on ‘Brawl On Broad Street’ at SouthPhiladelphia High School please contact:Donna CohenABBCorp, Inc. & Bionic Bull EnterpriseTel: 215 755 8155
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