Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions has announced a fight card for Friday, in advance of St. Patrick’s Day, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, to be broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass.
The seven-fight event will be headlined by “King” Callum Walsh (9-0, 7 KOs) of Cork, Ireland, clashing with hard-hitting Kazakh veteran Dauren Yeleussinov (11-3-1, 10 KOs) in a scheduled 10-rounder for the vacant WBC Continental Americas super welterweight title.
Fighting in a 10-round battle for the WBA Continental Americas super featherweight title will be Feargal McCrory (15-0, 7 KOs) of Coalisland, Ireland, facing Mexico’s hard-hitting Carlos Carlson (25-7, 16 KOs), winner of two of his last three fights by knockout.
Popular light heavyweight ”Irish” Joe Ward (10-1, 6 KOs) of Moate, Ireland, will fight for the fifth time ono the grounds of MSG, making his return against veteran contender and fellow southpaw Derrick “Take It to the Bank” Webster (29-4-1, 14 KOs) of Glassboro, N.J., in a scheduled eight-rounder.
Also on the card is all-action Reshat “The Albanian Bear” Mati (14-0, 8 KOs) of Staten Island, N.Y., who will put his undefeated record on the line in an eight-round super lightweight contest against Irving “Poderoso” Macias (15-4, 10 KOs) of Monterrey, Mexico.
Long Island fan favorite and super lightweight Cletus “The Hebrew Hammer” Seldin (27-1, 23 KOs), currently riding a six-fight winning streak, will battle Ecuador’s Jose Angulo (16-7, 9 KOs) in a scheduled eight-rounder.
Six-time New York City Women’s Golden Gloves Champion and NYPD officer Nisa Rodriguez makes her highly anticipated professional debut in a four-round super middleweight bout against Jozette Cotton, a veteran of four professional bouts.
Opening up the card, undefeated Ridgewood, N.Y., heavyweight Giovanni Scuderi (9-0, 4 KOs) will face Brandon Carmack (7-3-2, 4 KOs) of Kansas City, Missouri.
The St. Patrick’s Day Weekend event is presented as part of 360 Promotions’ nationally acclaimed Hollywood Fight Nights series. Doors will open on the night of the event at 6 p.m., with the first bell ringing at 6:15 p.m. Remaining tickets starting at $45 can be purchased at MSG.com.
