Primm, Nevada - On July 18th 2008 ARENA Box-Promotion USA, LLC, and Golden Boy Promotions bring world championship boxing to the "Star of the Desert Arena" at Terrible's Casino Resort in Primm, Nevada when red hot rising star Yuriorkis Gamboa (10-0, 8 kos) faces former world title contender Al Seeger (27-1, 21 kos) who replaces originally scheduled opponent, four-times world title contender Jose "Cheo" Rojas (25-6-1, 17 kos).

The co-main event features strong light middleweight contender Richard Gutierrez (24-2, 14 kos) who returns after losing a dramatic ring battle against unbeaten Alfredo Angulo (13-0, 10 kos) on May 17th. ESPN will broadcast the show LIVE in their "Friday Night Fights" series.

Sensation, phenomenon, superstar in the making - these are only a few synonyms that have been used to describe 2004 Olympic gold medallist Yuriorkis Gamboa from Cuba. It's no surprise that most experts and fans agree that the 25-year-old Cuban is one of the hottest prospects in the sport today.

In only thirteen months "El Ciclon de Guantanamo" has literally blown away 10 high-class opponents with a combined record of 325 wins and only 31 losses capturing the NABF championship and the WBC international champion title.
After his last performance - a 10-round whipping of experienced Darling Jimenez which Gamboa won by unanimous decision - HBO expert and former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis compared Gamboa with the young Roy Jones, jr.

29-year-old Richard Gutierrez has proved more than once that he can become a dominating force in the light middleweight division. Powerful punches, great heart and exciting performances are the trademark of the Colombian who fights out of Miami.

Both Gutierrez and Gamboa return to the "Star of the Desert Arena" at Terrible's Casino Resort in Primm, Nevada after great fights on May 17th.

On July 4th Sinan Samil Sam wants to recapture "his" European heayvweight championship title. Six years ago the "Bull from Bosporus" could win the belt by beating Poland's Przemyslaw Saleta by tko in the 7th. Two years later Sinan felt that the belt was stolen from him in a very controversial decision loss against Luan Krasniqi.

Now Sinan is back at the top of the European ranking but the title fight in front of his home crowd at Büyük Anadolu Hotel in Ankara will be no walk it the park. Originally Sinan was scheduled to face Matt Skelton but the former British and Commenwealth Champion had to pull out due to a virus infection. As Univerum's Sascha Dimitrenko didn't want to fight Sinan "Titanium Jaw" Paolo Vidoz from Italy gets his chance to win the title.

"It is a fight for one of the most important titles in the world", states ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner. "So you can't chose your opponent. It will be a very close fight. Both fighters are very experienced and they also both know that this is their last chance to get back to the top of the word."

Former WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide will be back in action as well. "The Dancing Destroyer" will defend his WBC international cruiserweight championship against "Albanian Tyson" Nuri Seferi.

As special attraction World amateur champion Erislandy Lara will give his pro-debut in Ankara. The 25-year-old Cuban defected one year ago but was arrested an sent back to Havanna. Now that he finally arrived in Germany he wants to make his way to the top as fast as possible.

There will be eight fights on the card in total including rising middleweight star Mahir "Lion" Oral, unbeaten heavyweight prospect Yakup Saglam and Olympic silver medallist Atagün Yalcinkaya. German sports network DSF will broadcast the show LIVE in Germany.

Yan Barthelemy main event on June 27th at War Memorial Auditorium in Miami

It should have been the first big night of all three Cuban Olympic gold medallists Odlanier Solis, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Yan Barthelemy in the USA. Because two of them won't make it - Solis was denied visa and Gamboa's fight against WBA #2 rated Jose Rojas has been postponed - the third one has the chance to shine even brighter.

For the first time Yan Barthelemy will be the featured main event fighter at ESPN's Friday Night Fights. His opponent hasn't been named yet but Barthelemy couldn't care less.

"This is a great honour for me and my big chance as well" states Yan. "So far I got good critiques for my style and my technique but Solis and Gamboa are in the main focus of the public. Now I want to step out of their shadows and show the world that I am an exciting fighter as well."

There will be 7 action-packed fights in total. The show starts at 7pm (local time) and will be broadcasted LIVE by ESPN2.