Malignaggi vs Senchenko replay Sunday at 8 pm

SPECIAL EDITION BROADWAY BOXING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 

DOUBLEHEADER THIS SUNDAY ON SNY AT 8PM

Posted on Oct. 12th, 2012 by DB NEWS ROOM

This Sunday, SNY will air a special edition of Broadway Boxing, featuring a welterweight world championship doubleheader previously aired only on PPV.  Viewers will have the chance to watch Brooklyn’s own Paulie Malignaggi claim the WBA welterweight crown over defending champion Vyacheslav Senchenko.  Malignaggi will make the first defense of his belt next Saturday at the Barclays arena in Brooklyn against Pablo Cesar Cano shown live as part of the SHOWTIME® CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING quadruple-header.  Telecast begins live at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast)

In the televised co-feature, watch South Africa’s IBO welterweight champion Chris van Heerden defend his title against Sebastian Andres Lujan.

“Broadway Boxing has built a strong, loyal following on SNY since webegan our partnership in 2006,” said Gary Morgenstern, SVP of Programming at SNY.  ”They consistently provide us with first-rate events, and we’re excited to showcase this world championship double-header this Sunday at 8pm on SNY.”

Broadway Boxing airs Sunday nights at 8PM on SNY.  Broadway Boxing also airs on many Comcast affiliates across the nation and is available in over 40 million homes.

Spear-headed by DiBella Entertainment President Lou DiBella, Broadway Boxing has created a rebirth for boxing in New York City.  Featuring up-and-coming fighters and promising contenders, the Broadway Boxing series is the longest-running and most successful boxing series in the NYC area.

This Sunday, SNY will air a special edition of Broadway Boxing, featuring a welterweight world championship doubleheader previously aired only on PPV.  Viewers will have the chance to watch Brooklyn’s own Paulie Malignaggi claim the WBA welterweight crown over defending champion Vyacheslav Senchenko.  Malignaggi will make the first defense of his belt next Saturday at the Barclays arena in Brooklyn against Pablo Cesar Cano shown live as part of the SHOWTIME® CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING quadruple-header.  Telecast begins live at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast)

In the televised co-feature, watch South Africa’s IBO welterweight champion Chris van Heerden defend his title against Sebastian Andres Lujan.

“Broadway Boxing has built a strong, loyal following on SNY since webegan our partnership in 2006,” said Gary Morgenstern, SVP of Programming at SNY.  ”They consistently provide us with first-rate events, and we’re excited to showcase this world championship double-header this Sunday at 8pm on SNY.”

Broadway Boxing airs Sunday nights at 8PM on SNY.  Broadway Boxing also airs on many Comcast affiliates across the nation and is available in over 40 million homes.

Spear-headed by DiBella Entertainment President Lou DiBella, Broadway Boxing has created a rebirth for boxing in New York City.  Featuring up-and-coming fighters and promising contenders, the Broadway Boxing series is the longest-running and most successful boxing series in the NYC area.

Healthy diets have long-lasting positive effects

Healthy diets have long-lasting positive effects even with partial weight regain

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Stone Hearth News

Mediterranean and low-carbohydrate diets have lasting, healthy effects, even with partial weight regain, according to a follow-up study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Israel’s Nuclear Research Center.

The results were published in a peer-reviewed letter in the current New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) as an update to the landmark study, the workplace-based Dietary Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial (DIRECT), a tightly controlled 24-month dietary intervention.

According to Dr. Dan Schwarzfuchs from the Nuclear Research Center Negev in Dimona, Israel, “Our follow-up subsequent data shows lasting, positive effects of Mediterranean and low-carbohydrate diets six years later.” The results suggest that the lipid profile (lower cholesterol, triglycerides and arteriosclerosis) improved for the long term, regardless of partial regain. “Data from trials comparing the effectiveness of weight-loss diets are frequently limited to the intervention period,” explains BGU Prof. Iris Shai.

Overall six-year weight loss was significantly lower from baseline for Mediterranean and low-carbohydrate diets, but not for the low-fat group. In the four-year post-intervention, participants regained nearly six pounds. Total weight change for the entire six-year period was approximately -7 lbs. for the Mediterranean diet and -3.7 lbs. for the low-carbohydrate diet.

After four years post-intervention, more than two-thirds (67 percent) of the DIRECT participants had continued with their original assigned diet, 11 percent switched to another diet and 22 percent were not dieting at all.

The researchers also found that after six years, the HDL/LDL ratio remained significantly lower only in the low-carbohydrate diet. Triglyceride levels remained significantly lower in the Mediterranean and low-carbohydrate diets. Overall, total cholesterol levels remained persistently and significantly lower in all diet groups as compared to baseline.

In the original study, 322 moderately obese subjects were randomly assigned to one of three diets: low-fat; restricted-calorie; Mediterranean; or low-carbohydrate, non-restricted-calorie, and were provided color-labeled food per diet daily in the workplace cafeteria. The two-year adherence rate was 85 percent. The results suggested beneficial metabolic effects to low-carb and Mediterranean diets. Moreover, the researchers found a significant diet-induced regression in the carotid vessel wall volume across all diet groups. This change was mainly dependent on diet-induced reduction of blood pressure.

“This breakthrough, even years later, continues to yield valuable information that can help every one of us make healthier diet choices,” says Doron Krakow, executive vice president of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. “It is another example of BGU and Israeli researchers, thanks to generous funding by the Atkins foundation, improving the quality of our lives.”

This research was supported by the Nuclear Research Center Negev; the Chief Scientist Office of the Israel Ministry of Health (Project No. 300000-4850); and the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Research Foundation in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Why natural playgrounds are more beneficial to children

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Stone Hearth News

Children who play on playgrounds that incorporate natural elements like logs and flowers tend to be more active than those who play on traditional playgrounds with metal and brightly colored equipment, according to a recent study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

They also appear to use their imagination more, according to the report.

The study, which examined changes in physical activity levels and patterns in young children exposed to both traditional and natural playgrounds, is among the first of its kind in the United States, according to Dawn Coe, UT assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies.

“Natural playgrounds have been popping up around the country but there was nothing conclusive on if they work,” she said. “Now, we know.”

For the study, Coe observed children at UT’s Early Learning Center. She began in June 2011 by observing the children while the center still had traditional wood and plastic equipment. She logged how often they used the slides and other apparatuses, the intensity of their activity and how much time they spent in a porch area to get shade from the sun.

The Early Learning Center staff then began renovations of the playground and over several months added a gazebo and slides that were built into a hill. They planted dwarf trees, built a creek and landscaped it with rocks and flowers. They also added logs and tree stumps. They turned it into what Coe called a “natural playscape.”

Coe, working with Cary Springer, a statistician with the Office of Information Technology, returned for follow-up observations this year and found significant differences between usage of the traditional and natural playground.

The children more than doubled the time they spent playing, from jumping off the logs to watering the plants around the creek. They were engaging in more aerobic and bone- and muscle-strengthening activities.

“This utilized motor skills, too,” Coe said.

She also found that the children were less sedentary and used the porch area less after the renovation.

Coe is preparing a manuscript of the study to submit for publication.

“Natural playscapes appear to be a viable alternative to traditional playgrounds for school and community settings,” Coe said. “Future studies should look at these changes long-term as well as the nature of the children’s play.”

How sprint interval training leads to longer calorie burn: new research

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Stone Hearth News

Newswise — WESTMINSTER, CO (October 10, 2012)—Time spent in the drudgery of strenuous exercise is a well-documented turn-off for many people who want to get in better shape. In a new study, researchers show that exercisers can burn as many as 200 extra calories in as little as 2.5 minutes of concentrated effort a day—as long as they intersperse longer periods of easy recovery in a practice known as sprint interval training. The finding could make exercise more manageable for would-be fitness buffs by cramming truly intense efforts into as little as 25 minutes.

Kyle Sevits, Garrett Peltonen, Rebecca Scalzo, Scott Binns, Anna Klochak, Christopher Melby, and Christopher Bell, all of Colorado State University, and Edward Melanson and Tracy Swibas, both of University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus, compared volunteers’ energy expenditures on two different days, one in which they performed a sprint interval workout on a stationary bicycle. Their results showed a marked uptick in the amount of calories the volunteers burned on the workout day, despite the short amount of time spent in actual hard exercise.

Their poster presentation entitled, “A Single Session of Sprint Interval Training Increases Total Daily Energy Expenditure,” will be discussed at The Integrative Biology of Exercise VI meeting being held October 10-13 at the Westin Westminster Hotel in Westminster, CO. This popular meeting is a collaborative effort between the American Physiological Society, the American College of Sports Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. The conference is supported in part by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, GlaxoSmithKline, Inc., Stealth Peptides, Inc., and Seahorse Biosciences. The full program is online at http://bit.ly/OrMFtN.

Feeling the Burn
Study leader Sevits notes that despite exercise’s numerous documented benefits, few people hit the U.S. government’s recommendations of 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week. “Research shows that many people start an exercise program but just can’t keep it up,” Sevits says. “The biggest factor people quote is that they don’t have the time to fit in exercise. We hope if exercise can be fit into a smaller period of time, then they may give exercise a go and stick with it.”

Though other studies have shown that sprint interval training can markedly improve fitness and athletic performance, little was known about how this type of exercise affects energy expenditure, a factor that motivates many people to exercise. To determine how many calories a typical sprint interval training workout might burn, Sevits and his colleagues recruited five healthy male volunteers, all between the ages of 25 and 31 years old. These volunteers made an initial visit to Colorado State University in Fort Collins in which they performed an exercise stress test to make sure their hearts were healthy enough to participate. The researchers also analyzed the volunteers’ body compositions and their resting metabolic rates.

Over the next three days, the volunteers ate a diet precisely calibrated to meet their metabolic needs so that they’d be in “energy balance,” Sevits explains, with just enough calories so they weren’t over- or under-eating. At the end of those three days, the men then checked in to a research facility at the University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus that was outfitted much like a typical hospital room. However, this room was completely enclosed, with air intake and exhaust regulated and equipment installed to analyze oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water content. Based on the results of this analysis, the researchers could determine how many calories the volunteers burned while each stayed in the room.

For two days, each volunteer lived in the room, continuing to eat the prescribed diet and spending the majority of their time in sedentary activities, such as watching movies or using a computer. However, on one of the days, they engaged in a sprint interval workout that involved pedaling as fast as possible on a stationary bicycle in the room that was set at a high resistance for five 30-second periods, each separated by four-minute periods of recovery in which they pedaled slowly with very little resistance. During the intense, 30-second bouts, the researchers coached the volunteers over an intercom system, encouraging them to give 100 percent effort.

Sprint Interval Trainer?
Analyzing results from the room calorimeter system showed that the volunteers burned an average of an extra 200 calories on the sprint interval workout day, despite spending just 2.5 minutes engaged in hard exercise. Though the researchers can’t yet speculate on whether such efforts could translate into weight loss, Sevits and his colleagues suggest that engaging in intense, but brief, bursts of exercise could aid in weight maintenance. “Burning an extra 200 calories from these exercises a couple of times a week can help keep away that pound or two that many Americans gain each year,” Sevits says.

However, maintaining the maximum effort needed to exercise at peak intensity over the 30-second sprints could prove tricky for many people to maintain on their own without help, Sevits warns. “Motivating yourself can be very hard,” he says. “The way this could work in the real world is with the guidance of a personal trainer.”

BOXING'S MOST TALENTED RISING STAR

BOXING'S MOST TALENTED RISING STAR ADRIEN BRONER AND WBC LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION ANTONIO DEMARCO TO BATTLE FOR LIGHTWEIGHT SUPREMACY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 AT BOARDWALK HALL IN ATLANTIC CITY LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHTS SETH MITCHELL AND JOHNATHON BANKS COLLIDE FOR NABO CHAMPIONSHIP IN CO-FEATURED BOUT TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW AT 12:00 P.M. ET NEW YORK, October 10 - On Saturday, November 17 boxing's most electrifying young star, Adrien "The Problem" Broner will step up in weight to challenge the hard-hitting WBC Lightweight World Champion Antonio DeMarco at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the main event of HBO World Championship Boxing®. In the co-main event, two of the United States' top hopes for heavyweight world championship glory will clash when undefeated Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell takes on once-beaten Johnathon Banks in a 12-round bout for Mitchell's NABO heavyweight title.  The fight was originally scheduled for July 14, but was rescheduled when Mitchell suffered a hand injury forcing him to withdraw from the original date.             "I'm not coming just to win this fight, I'm coming to knock DeMarco out," said Broner.  "This fight is speed vs. power and it's going to be just another day in the ring for me.  Going up in weight is going to be different and I know he can hit, but you can't hit what you can't see and I'm too fast and furious for him.  Power is nothing if you can't connect; it's like moving a sack of rocks." "This is another tough fight that has been presented to me and I'm going to do everything to keep my WBC title," said DeMarco.  "Broner talks a big game but he's never been in the ring with a hungry Mexican fighter like me.  I wanted this fight from the moment it was offered to me because I know I'll be the first person to beat Broner and put him in his place.  When I put my hands on him, he'll regret his decision to move up to my division." "It's taken a while, but I'm happy to finally be back in action and fighting a great opponent like Johnathon Banks," said Mitchell.  "I love fighting in Atlantic City because I know my fans from Maryland and the D.C. area will be out in force cheering me on.  I am going to give them all a great fight." "I'm looking to steal the show on November 17" said Banks.  "I'll prove what a true boxer at the highest level can do against a football player. The winner of our fight should be next in line for a title shot.  I plan on making sure that winner is me." "This is the perfect doubleheader the week before the Thanksgiving holiday because I guarantee that when it's over, you'll be thanking these four boxers for two great fights," said Oscar De La Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions.  "Broner vs. DeMarco is a great mix of styles and we'll see how Adrien handles the move up to lightweight against a hard and accurate puncher like DeMarco.  The heavyweight fight between Mitchell and Banks should produce an American heavyweight ready to fight for a world title, and I can't wait to see who prevails." "I applaud HBO for making this fight a reality because this is the type of fight that boxing fans around the world can appreciate," said New Jersey based promoter, Gary Shaw.  "My fighter, world champion Antonio DeMarco, is a warrior and a proud champion who brings nothing but pure excitement to the ring.  Broner has never face a fighter like DeMarco or his level of competition.  For Antonio it's another fight in which the challenger talks about upsetting the champion, but DeMarco knows what he needs to do to retain his title." "Atlantic City's reputation was built on hosting boxing's most talented and feared fighters competing in mega-championship bouts that are still talked about to this very day," said Don Marrandino, Eastern Division President for Caesars Entertainment.  "Boardwalk Hall is synonymous with legendary names like De La Hoya, Hopkins, Gatti, Holyfield, Tyson, and on November 17th Broner, DeMarco, Mitchell and Banks will add to that traditional." "Fight fans from coast-to-coast should circle November 17 on their calendars because we have a terrific night of boxing programming lined up," said Kery Davis, Senior Vice President, Programming, HBO Sports.  "A lot of questions will get answered, including will Seth Mitchell continue to fast-track through the heavyweight division and can Adrien Broner move up in weight to the 135-pound division and capture a world title belt?  The competition in Johnathon Banks and Antonio DeMarco, respectively, will be formidable and we look forward to an exciting night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City." Broner vs. DeMarco, a 12-round fight for DeMarco's WBC Lightweight World Championship will take place Saturday, November 17 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Gary Shaw Productions, sponsored by Corona, AT&T and Caesars Atlantic City and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Tickets priced at, $200, $100, $50 and $25, plus applicable taxes and service charges, go on sale on Thursday, October 11 at 12:00 p.m. ET and will be available for purchase at the Boardwalk Hall box office, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 736-1420 or online at ticketmaster.com. Unbeaten, charismatic and getting better with each fight, 23-year-old Adrien "The Problem" Broner (24-0, 20 KO's) has already won a world championship at 130 pounds, knocking out Vicente Martin Rodriguez in three rounds in November of 2011.  He then defended his belt with a fourth round technical knockout victory over then undefeated of Eloy Perez in February and stopped Vicente Escobedo in July.  Now, the Cincinnati phenom looks to close out an exciting year on November 17 when he will introduce his improved speed, power and dynamic style to the lightweight division staring with Antonio DeMarco. Despite Broner's fast start in the fight game, Tijuana southpaw Antonio DeMarco (28-2-1, 21 KO's) believes he will be the first man to solve "The Problem" in the ring.  A professional for over eight years, the 26-year-old banger first won the WBC Interim Lightweight World Title in 2009, but lost the belt to Edwin Valero in 2010.  Since then, he has looked unstoppable, winning the WBC crown in October of 2011 with an 11th round stoppage of Jorge "El Nino De Oro" Linares and then defending the title twice, knocking out Miguel Roman in five rounds and John Molina in just 44 seconds. A former standout linebacker for Michigan State University, Seth "Mayhem" Mitchell (25-0-1, 19 KO's) found his true calling in the prize ring and he has quickly built a reputation as the kind of fighter that can reinvigorate the heavyweight division.  The 30-year-old is soft spoken outside the ring, but a ferocious competitor between the ropes, and the Maryland resident has blasted through top contenders Timur Ibragimov and Chazz Witherspoon in a combined five rounds, with the latter bout showing that Mitchell not only has the power to succeed, but the heart as well. Three-time national amateur champion Johnathon Banks (28-1-1, 18 KO's) has earned a PhD in the ring thanks to his work with Emanuel Steward and Wladimir Klitschko over the years and now he's ready to make his run for the heavyweight title.  A professional since 2004, Banks' only loss came in a cruiserweight title fight against Tomasz Adamek in 2009 and after that fight, the 30-year-old from Detroit has put together an 8-0-1 record, the perfect way to lead into the biggest fight of his nine-year career. For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com, follow us on Twitter atwww.twitter.com/GoldenBoyBoxing, www.twitter.com/GaryShawBoxing,www.twitter.com/AdrienBroner, www.twitter.com/De_Marco07 www.twitter.com/SethMayhem48,www.twitter.com/BoardwalkHall, www.twitter.com/HBOboxing, follow the conversation using #BronerDemarco or become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing orwww.facebook.com/HBOboxing. ABOUT CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT   Caesars Entertainment Corporation is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment.  Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, more than 73 years ago, Caesars has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions, and now operates casinos on four continents.  The company's properties operate primarily under the Harrah's®, Caesars® and Horseshoe® brand names. Caesars also owns the World Series of Poker® and the London Clubs International family of casinos.  Caesars Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.  For more information, please visitwww.caesars.com.

BROOKLYN WELCOMES BACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING AFTER 80 YEAR ABSENCE

BROOKLYN WELCOMES BACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING AFTER 80 YEAR ABSENCE RICH BOXING TRADITION TO BE REVIVED WITH WORLD TITLE EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE NEW BARCLAYS CENTER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 LIVE ON SHOWTIME BROOKLYN, NY (October 10). When world championship boxing returns to Brooklyn, New York for the first time since 1931 at the brand new Barclays Center on Saturday, October 20, it will do so with one of its own.  Reigning WBA World Welterweight Champion Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi, fresh off of a masterful championship capturing upset of undefeated Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko in Senchenko's hometown of Donetsk, will attempt to defend his title for the first time in his home borough against rugged Mexican Pablo Cesar Cano.  Malignaggi, sure to be the hometown favorite, is part of a long legacy in the squared circle.  Brooklyn has been the birthplace of some of the biggest and most storied names in the history of boxing.  As Malignaggi prepares for Cano, a reflection on the shadows hovering over his homecoming reminds us just how much glory there is in the Brooklyn boxing tradition.  No shadow extends farther than that of Brooklyn's most famous fistic son. Kid Dynamite . . . Iron Mike . . . .Tyson.  The youngest heavyweight world champion of all time, defeating Trevor Berbick for the WBC title in 1986 at only 20 years of age, Tyson won a unification tournament with decision wins over James "Bonecrusher" Smith (WBA) and Tony Tucker (IBF) to become the undisputed heavyweight world champion in 1987.  Any dispute to the claim was laid to rest with a legendary 91-second knockout of Michael Spinks the following year.  Tyson would win his first 37 bouts before being defeated in what many regard as the biggest upset in the history of boxing and perhaps all of sport, a tenth-round knockout at the hands of James "Buster" Douglas.  Personal turbulence led to a prison term in 1992, but Tyson wasn't done with boxing yet.  He returned to the ring in 1995 and went on to win two more heavyweight titles with knockout wins over Frank Bruno (WBC) and Bruce Seldon (WBA) in 1996.  Tyson was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2011. Tyson is but one in the pantheon of Brooklyn's finest.  See below for information on other Brooklyn champions, the neighborhoods they hailed from and briefs on their careers.  Brooklyn's Champions Riddick Bowe (Brownsville): "Big Daddy" Bowe represented the United States at the 1988 Olympic Games, winning a super heavyweight silver medal.  In 1992, Bowe defeated Evander Holyfield for the undisputed heavyweight crown, holding the title until a rematch with Holyfield the following year.  Bowe would add the WBO Heavyweight title with a 1995 knockout of Herbie Hide and became the first man to stop Holyfield in their third and final fight later that year. Mark Breland (Bed-Stuy): Breland won the gold medal at welterweight at the 1984 Olympic Games.  In 1987, he stopped Harold Volbrecht in seven rounds to win the WBA Welterweight title and regained vacant WBA title in 1989 with a first round knockout of Seung-Soon Lee. Shannon Briggs (Brownsville): The big punching Briggs defeated George Foreman for the 'linear' heavyweight crown in 1997 and won the WBO Heavyweight belt with a dramatic twelfth round knockout of Sergiy Lyakhovich in 2006. Paddy DeMarco (Navy Yard): DeMarco won two out of three against the great Sandy Saddler in non-title affairs and won a decision over Jimmy Carter for the World Lightweight title in 1954. Joey Giardello (Flatbush): While much of his fighting glory would come in Philadelphia, Giardello's toughness and guile were born on the streets of Brooklyn.  Giardello won the World Middleweight title from Dick Tiger in 1963 and was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993. Junior Jones (Bushwick): "Poison" got off the canvas to win a decision over Jorge Eliecer Julio in 1993 to win the WBA Bantamweight title.  In 1996, he became the first man to defeat Marco Antonio Barrera and won the WBO Super Bantamweight crown in the process, dropping the Mexican great and forcing his corner to enter the ring for a forfeit/disqualification in the fifth round. Zab Judah (Brownsville): Judah won the IBF Junior Welterweight title in 2000 with a fourth-round knockout of Jan Bergman.  In 2003, a decision over DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley gave him the WBO Junior Welterweight crown.  Judah's finest hour came in 2005 when he knocked out Cory Spinks to win the undisputed welterweight title.  Since then Judah, added one more title belt to his collection in knocking out Kaizer Mabuza in seven rounds for the vacant IBF Junior Welterweight title in 2011. Solly Krieger (Williamsburg): Born Danny Auerbach, Krieger claimed the National Boxing Association Middleweight crown with a majority decision win over Al Hostak in 1938.  Krieger also had a huge rivalry with the great Billy Conn, dropping Conn en route to a decision win in their first of three bouts.  Paulie Malignaggi (Bensonhurst): When Malignaggi defends against Cano it will be as a two-division champion.  Malignaggi won a decision over Lovemore N'Dou for the IBF Junior Welterweight title in 2007. Eddie "Cannonball" Martin (Park Slope): Martin won recognition from the New York State Athletic Commission as the world bantamweight champion with a split-decision victory over Abe Goldstein in 1924.  Martin would later lose a pair of 1928 Junior Lightweight title shots to Todd? Morgan, the second at the famed Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Michael Moorer: Moorer was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Pennsylvania before coming under the tutelage of Emanuel Steward at the famed Kronk Gym in Detroit.  Moorer stopped Ramzi Hassan in five for the vacant WBO Light Heavyweight title in 1988.  Moving to Heavyweight, Moorer stopped Bert Cooper in 1992 to win the WBO Heavyweight belt.  A decision over Evander Holyfield in 1994 made him the first southpaw universally recognized as heavyweight world champion.  Moorer would later win a vacant IBF belt with a decision over Axel Schultz in 1996. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (Brownsville): Born Eddie Gregory, Muhammad knocked out Marvin Johnson in 1980 to win the WBA Light Heavyweight title.  Muhammad is famed today as a trainer of multiple world champions. Lou Salica (Bensonhurst): A Flyweight bronze medalist at the 1932 Olympics, Salica won the New York State Athletic Commission World title at bantamweight with a decision over Tony Olivera in 1939.  He added the National Boxing Association title in 1940 with a decision over Georgie Pace to earn universal recognition as the champion. World championship boxing returns to Brooklyn with an inaugural night of fights at the new Barclays Center on October 20 headlined by Unified Super Lightweight World Champion Danny Garcia against future Hall of Famer Erik Morales presented by Golden Boy Promotions and supported by Golden Boy Promotions sponsors Corona, DeWalt Tools and AT&T.  In the co-featured attractions, Brooklyn's own Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi puts his WBA Welterweight World Championship on the line against hard-hitting Pablo Cesar "El Demoledor" Cano, number one rated WBO middleweight contender Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin of Manhattan takes on unbeaten Hassan N'Damfor N'Dam's WBO Middleweight World Championship and Devon Alexander facesRandall Bailey for Bailey's IBF Welterweight World Championship in a bout presented in association with DiBella Entertainment.  The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).  Preliminary fights will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The undercard is loaded with many of New York's top fighters, including Brooklyn's hot middleweight prospect Daniel "The Golden Child" Jacobs, former World ChampionLuis Collazo, the Bronx's rising star Eddie Gomez, former world title contender Dmitriy Salita and Brooklyn prospect Boyd Melson. Tickets priced at $300, $200, $100 and $50 are available for purchase atwww.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by calling 800-745-3000. For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com,www.barclayscenter.com, http://Sports.SHO.com, follow us on Twitter at@GoldenBoyBoxing, @BarclaysCenter, @loudibella, @DannySwift, @terrible100,@PaulMalignaggi, @KIDCHOCOLATE, @DAlexandereal, @KOKING_Bailey,@DanielJacobsTKO, @Eddiegomez718, @SHOsports, follow the conversation using #BrooklynBoxing or become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing,http://www.facebook.com/lou.dibella or www.facebook.com/ShoBoxing.