A new generation of talent was on display at the Iron Mike Promotions’ The Pride of Pittsburgh boxing event at Consol Energy Center, Aug. 8t. But it was a familiar face that stole the show.
Lightweight Monty Meza-Clay (36-3-0), of Rankin, knocked out Alan Herrera of Sinaloa, Mexico, in the 10th and final round.
“I’m not the main event but I’m the main event,” said Meza-Clay. “I live a fighters lifestyle. I’m all business. I might be the smallest but I fight like I’m the biggest.”
In the main event Monessen native Sammy Vasquez Jr., (16-0-0) defeated previously unbeaten James Stevenson (21-1-0) of Baltimore. Vasquez stopped him in the ninth round.
“I never been past round six and I was hoping that he took me into deep water and he did,” said Vasquez. “I come a long way from a tiny gym at Courttime to the Consol Energy Center and it’s because of all my great fans. They want to see me fight so we keep moving into bigger and bigger arenas.”
Monty Meza-Clay relinquished his title out of health concerns and after a controversial loss. Tommy Yankello, the man who trains Meza-Clay, once called his fighter “Pittsburgh’s fourth franchise,” after the Steelers, Pirates and Penquins.
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