A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Yonkers heavyweight Tom Hardwick (5-0, 2 KOs) to share a card with the legendary Bernard Hopkins fell through when his undercard fight on Hopkins’s rematch with Chad Dawson at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night was called off.

Featherweight Patrick Hyland (25-0) got off to a winning start with new promoter Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi when he defeated Emmanuel Lucero (26-9-1) by unanimous decision at the Resorts Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City last Saturday night.

An Irish nun landed in solitary confinement in her convent after admitting she blew $850,000 in gambling sprees. She avoided a jail term however.

An Atlantic City Casino is offering gamblers a chance to win $25,000 towards a variety of plastic surgery procedures.

It has been well documented in the Irish Voice what the rematch with Bryan Vera at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on October 1 means to Andy Lee. The idea of setting the record straight for the Limerick man (26-1, 19 KOs) permeates to his very core, and if he wins, he will exorcise the demon of a loss that has followed him for more than three years.

Newly crowned NABA and NABF Middleweight Champion, Andy Lee (26-1, 19KOs) is confident of beating Brian Vera (19-5, 12KOs) in their rematch on October 1st at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Vera is the only boxer to have defeated the Kronk fighter in his 5 year professional career.

Heavyweight Tom Hardwick (2-0, 2 KOs) continued his winning ways as a professional when he defeated Rodelle Bolar (0-4) by TKO in round three at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday night.

Heavyweight Tom Hardwick (1-0, 1 KO) will fight Rodelle Bolar (0-3) at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City this Saturday night in a fight scheduled for four rounds.