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TAMPA, FL (February 16, 2010) Sensational heavyweight prospect Lenroy “TNT” Thomas is primed and ready for battle this Friday night in his hometown of Tampa, Florida, in one of the feature bouts of “TRIPLE-HEADER IN TAMPA” at the A La Carte Event Pavilion, presented by TKO Boxing Promotions and Fight Night Productions.



The 24 year old Thomas, guided by award winning trainer Dan Birmingham, brings a record of 14-1-0 with eight knockouts into the six round battle with Texas based Homero “EL OSO” Fonseca, 8-2-2 (2KO’s).



“It’s great to fight here in Tampa, I’ve always had fantastic support amongst the local sports fans and I’m looking forward to putting on a terrific performance” said Thomas who has won fourteen in a row since losing his pro debut.



Among the most popular fighters in the talent rich state of Florida, Thomas had an outstanding 2009 with four big wins, culminating in a unanimous decision over Andrew Greeley on November 5th in Cockeysville, Maryland at the Fourth Annual Jonathan Ogden Foundation Charity Boxing Event.



Based in Driscoll, Texas, the 23 year old Fonseca has won four in a row most recently taking an eight round unanimous decision over Freddy Gatica on September 25th in Kingsville, Texas. In 2008, he won two decisions over highly regarded heavyweight contender Raphael Butler.



About Fonseca, Thomas stated, “I haven’t seen him fight but his record states that he’s a real solid boxer who can handle himself in the ring. But I’ve trained hard with Dan and I feel very confident that I’ll come out on top.”



Headlining “TRIPLE-HEADER IN TAMPA” is an eight round lightweight battle between former world title challenger Edner “CHERRY BOMB” Cherry and Columbian veteran Hevinson Herrera.



The undercard featured local standouts; welterweight Joseph Elegele, female sensation Jenna Shiver, middleweight Ahsandi Gibbs, and Ali Tareh.



Tickets for “TRIPLE-HEADER IN TAMPA ” starting at $20, can be purchased through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com). The A La Carte Event Pavilion is located at 4050 Dana Shores Drive. Doors on the evening of the event will open at 7pm, with the first bell at 8pm.



ABOUT TKO BOXING PROMOTIONS

Formed in early 2008, Chet Koerner’s Las Vegas based TKO BOXING Promotions, originators of the “HOMETOWN HEROES TO WORLD CHAMPIONS” national boxing series, stable includes; heavyweight Lenroy Thomas, cruiserweight Andres Taylor, super middleweight Fedor Chudinov, middleweights Peter Manfredo Jr., Elvin Ayala, James Countryman, Dmitry Chudinov and J’Leon Love, junior middleweights Bastie Samir, welterweights Demetrius Hopkins, Bradley Blankenship, Mikael Zewski, Leti Leti and Eric Mendez, junior welterweights Francisco Contreras, Joseph Elegele and Hastings Bwalya, lightweights Edner Cherry, Rolando Reyes, Mickey Bey Jr., Terence Crawford and Fidel Maldonado Jr., featherweights Matt Remillard, Carney Bowman, Dat Nguyen, Delvin Placencia, Rafael Lora, Maxwell Awaku and Robert Rodriguez, super bantamweights Rafael Valenzuela, bantamweight Leo Santa Cruz and flyweight Rayonta Whitfield



ABOUT FIGHT NIGHT PRODUCTIONS

Fight Night Productions, LLC is a professional boxing promotion based out of Tampa, Florida . The company was created in December 2009 and is comprised of prominent Orthodontist Dr. Randy Feldman (formerly of Starfight Productions), Jim McLoughlin, Christian Myer, Shea Bailey Promotions, Inc. and Pugilist Promotions, Inc. Fight Night is headed by Chief Executive Manager, Aaron Jacobs (formerly of Starfight Productions and Banner Promotions), as well as Vice Executive Manager, Shea Bailey (formerly Starfight Productions and Pound for Pound Promotions). The group was formed with the intentions of continuing the long standing tradition of professional boxing in the Tampa Bay area. Feldman, Bailey and Jacobs were part of the recently dissolved Starfight Productions which had promoted over fifty professional boxing events in Tampa including numerous nationally televised live events on ESPN2. McLoughlin is a former boxing trainer and manager and patriarch of the 4th Street Boxing Gym. Myer, a criminal defense attorney, currently co-owns the 4th Street Boxing Gym in St. Petersburg, Florida which is the home to many of the Bay area's top boxing talents including Jenna Shiver, Ahsandi Gibbs, Derrick Samuels, Carlos Rivera and Jason Barnett.