Murrysville Madness returns Saturday night March 25

Gionta Management’s fourth installment of the Murrysville Madness boxing series returns to the Pittsburgh suburb of Murrysville Saturday night at the SportZone Arena.

 

The five-bout card will feature various locals, a female fight, and an all-Ohio match-up that will excite the fans. 

 

Mike "Maverick" Conway, 5-3-1 (2 KOs), of Pittsburgh will face East Moline, Illinois lightweight Guadalupe "Lupe" Jimenez (6-9-1, 4 KOs) in a six-rounder.  

 

Coshocton, Ohio’s Andre Donovan (3-2, 1 KO, 1 NC) will face fellow Ohio native Robert Presley (3-2, 1 KO), of Newark, OH. 

 

The southpaw buzzsaw Donovan has been in the ring with stiff competition since debuting in October 2021.  

 

A deceiving record and willingness to fight anywhere at any time have earned him a vastly growing fan base in his hometown that will make the trip to Pittsburgh.

 

Presley, sporting the same record, has a 6-inch height advantage.  

 

Neither of the two has faced opposition with a losing record thus far in their career.  

 

Popular Pittsburgh female Junior lightweight Colleen "Chaos"  Davis, 1-0-1 (1 KO), will face Columbus, Ohio’s Jessica Emerick, 1-0-1, 1 KO, in a four-round fight. 

 

Pittsburgh’s Paul Palombo, 3-0 (1 KO), will face Houston, Texas veteran Gabriel Smith (11-7-1, 4 KOs) in a four-round middleweight contest.  

 

Also slated to fight will be Wellsburg, West Virginia’s Tyler Ainscough (1-1, 1 KO), and Nashville’s Martin Bills III (0-1) in a four-round super middleweight match.  

 

Both have military backgrounds. 

 

Promoter Derek Gionta is happy to return to a familiar site where boxing is growing more popular each time.

 

"It seems like we just did our first show here in September 2021 and here we are now with the 4th installment of Murrysville Madness," said Gionta. 

 

"This is a really nice part of town where sports are a big deal, much like the rest of Pittsburgh and it’s surrounding suburbs. Our name is growing here, and we have kept the events consistent over the past year and a half."

 

"There’s a lot of talent and exciting matches to be made among local boxers and others from neighboring states.  I’m happy to bring this here and put the sport of professional boxing on display. No other sport compares when boxing is at its best," said Gionta.