Olympic gold medallist Odlanier Solis and former world heavyweight champion Francois Botha were meant to meet in the ring on May 30th in Bilbao, Spain but the fight has been moved to June 27th when ARENA presents its next show in Miami. But there will be high class heavyweight boxing in Spain nonetheless when "Sandman" Konstantin Airich faces "Brixton Bomber" Danny Williams.

Both men are known for their extremely hard punch. Airich stopped 8 of the 10 opponents he faced so far (1 draw), Williams could knocked out 30 guys in 45 fights (6 losses). The most impressive k.o.-victory Danny could score so far was surely the 4th round stoppage of none other but Mike Tyson in Louisville, Kentucky - hometown of Muhammad Ali - in 2004.

"Of course, this is a real tough test for Konstantin", states ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner. "Danny is very experienced and has beaten a lot of great guys. But Konstantin got fists of steel. If he manages to hit Danny I believe the 'Brixton Bomber' might go down."

The co-main event of the night features former WBO world heavyweight champion Herbie Hide who is looking to defend his WBC international cruiserweight title against Ehinomen Ehikhamenor from Benin (fighting out of New York).

Also on the card: Promising middleweight prospects Mahir "Lion" Oral (vs.  stable-mate Alexander Sipos) and Ruben "El Destructor" Diaz who is looking to impress his home crowd.

German sports network DSF will broadcast the show LIVE from Bilbao on May 30th starting at 10p.m.

Terrible's Primm Valley Casino Resort - Primm / Las Vegas, USA

JAMES KIRKLAND, ALFREDO ANGULO, and YURIOKIS GAMBOA, the undefeated trio of young boxing phenoms, with a combined record of 42-0 (35 KOs), headline "Night of the Rising Stars", Saturday, May 17, at Terrible's Primm Valley Casino Resorts. HBO Boxing After Dark will broadcast all three 10-round bouts live, beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast.)

Gamboa (9-0, 8 KOs), a 2004 Cuban Olympic gold medalist, has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the professional ranks since making his pro debut 12 months ago. He is well on his way toward fulfilling his lofty potential., devastating an ambitious roster of opponents.  Gamboa captured the vacant NABF super featherweight title in his last fight, in February, knocking out Johnnie Edwards (13-1-1, 7 KOs), in the first round.  The Miami, Florida resident is a bonafide Top-Five contender, rated No. 3 by the WBA and No. 5 by the WBC.  Gamboa will be facing battle-tested DARLING JIMENEZ (23-2-2, 14 KOs), from the Bronx, New York by way of the Dominican Republic, for the vacant WBC International super featherweight championship.  Jimenez returns to the ring on the heels of his finest victory, a third-round knockout of former world champion Mike Anchondo (27-1, 19 KOs).

Kirkland (21-0, 18 KOs), the junior middleweight sensation from Austin, Texas, who will be making his 2008 debut on this card, has become a one-man wrecking crew knocking out three of the four opponents he faced last year. The top-10 contender ended Mohammad Said's (23-5-1, 15 KOs), four-bout streak of knockout victories with a second round stoppage last September.  He followed that victory with a year-end finale, knocking out Allen Conyers (11-2, 9 KOs) in the first round of their November fight, despite getting knocked down himself.  Kirkland's success has catapulted him up the ratings, where he is ranked No. 4 by the World Boxing Association, No. 7 by the International Boxing Federation and No. 9 by the World Boxing Council.  He'll have his hands filled when he rumbles with EROMOSELE "BAD BOY" ALBERT.  Albert (21-1, 10 KOs), hails from Miami, Florida by way of Nigeria.  Enjoying a three-year 11-bout winning streak, Albert's last fight was a seventh-round TKO victory of the rugged Daniel Edouard (18-1-2, 10 KOs).

 Angulo (12-0, 9 KOs), from Mexicali, Mexico, recently cracked the Top-20 junior middleweight rankings thanks to his first round knockout victory of Ricardo Cortes (22-1-1, 15 KOs), in February, ending Cortes' five-year, 12-bout winning streak with an exclamation point!  

Angulo has won his last eight bouts by knockout, with only one opponent making it to the fourth round.  Angulo will be facing his toughest opponent to date in top-10 contender RICHARD "LA LÁMINA" GUTIERREZ from Miami, Florida by way of Colombia.  Gutierrez (24-1, 14 KOs), returns to the ring fresh from a career-best victory, a 10-round unanimous decision over Jose Varela (23-2, 16 KOs), in February, ending Varela's five-bout winning streak.  Gutierrez is currently world-rated No. 8 by the IBF.

Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC and Arena Box-Promotion, tickets for "Night of the Rising Stars" go on sale April 19, at 11 a.m. PT, and are priced at $84.45 , $56.95, and $40.45, including tax and $2 facility fee.  They can be purchased at Buffalo Bill's Resort box office, by calling 1-800-386-7867, at any Ticketmaster outlet, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.  Additional service fees will be incurred when purchasing through Ticketmaster.

19 Mayis Spor Salonu - Trabzon, Turkey

On April 26th ARENA Box-Promotion is back in Turkey! After the great show featuring Sinan Samil Sam vs. Oliver McCall on June 16th 2007 and the foundation of the Turkish Professional Boxing Commission in February 2008 ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner sends his stars out to the Black Sea. The show will be headlined by local hero "Mini-Tyson" Selcuk Aydin.

"The Thunderstorm from the Black Sea" ("Karadeniz Firtinasi") is going for his first professional title on April 26th in his home town when he faces Lucky Lewele from South Africa for the WBC international welterweight championship. Selcuk's stablemate Alpaslan Agüzüm lost the belt to Lewele on March 31st 2007 due to a bad cut.

Also on the card: Olympic silver medallist Atagün Yalcinkaya, middleweights Mustafa Karagöllü and Mahir "Lion" Oral who is coming back from a hand injury and the unbeaten heavyweight prospects Yakup Saglam and Steffen Kretschmann.

ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner: "I'm looking forward to a great show and it makes me proud to bring first-class boxing to Turkey again. The fans will be really fired up to see their hero Selcuk but I'm sure that they will support every fighter - it will be an unforgetable night for everybody!"