We are very excited to announce that The Undercard will make it’s broadcast TV debut tonight at 8pm on SNY as part of Broadway Boxing. The “Notorious” and “Willpower” shorts will appear before Tor and Will’s fights, respectively. Special thanks to Lou DiBella, Meredith Greenberg, Joe Quijambo and everyone at DiBella Entertainment for partnering with us to make this happen. And a huge shout out to Tor Hamer, who in addition to starring in the Undercard shorts and the Broadway Boxing telecast, was instrumental in conceiving this partnership and connecting us with DiBella Entertainment.
Congratulations to our man Nick Strini who shot and edited both pieces.
This is a very proud day for us at No Mas, and hopefully just the beginning of getting our video work out to more people.
If you miss the broadcast, you can see all the Undercard episodes on NoMasTV.
The Undercard is up on Nomas.TV in high-resolution splendor. Four episodes you may already have seen on youtube (Kid Chocolate, Gary Stark I and II, and Gotham Boxing) plus a brand new profile on Cedric Kushner, which gets into the game from the promoter’s point of view. We are working on a way to integrate commenting into the video site, but until then would love to hear any feedback from true school No Masians here. Hope you enjoy.
Alright we got the blog operational and now I figured out how to get the comments settings right so you’re lost gems are back from the abyss. Please fire at will now there will be no more problems on that score.
And since you’ve suffered the greivous loss of your words, we thought someone else’s suffering might cheer you up. If you’re into Schadenfreude Boxing Cinema, these jammies right here are classics.
Without further adieu, here is Staten Island’s Gary “Kid” Stark Jr. on the night of his rematch against Andres Ledesma, the hard-hitting Colombian who stunned Stark with a fifth round KO in May of 2007.
Part One: Rematch
Part Two: Lumps
In the coming weeks, we will also be featuring the Undercards on No Mas TV with a few added features and way higher quality resolution. Until then, we’ll always have youtube.
For the Undercard’s sophomore broadcast, we treat you to a double dip of local boys making good in the latest Gotham Boxing show at the Roseland: Dimitriy Salita and Jorge Teron.
In the fall of 2005, I profiled Dimitriy “Star of David” Salita for The Fader. When photographer Alex Tehrani and I went up to Salita’s training camp in the Poconos, we watched Dimitriy and his friend and sparring partner Merhav Mohar argue in their cabin’s kitchen about who kept better kosher, while a young Puerto Rican kid from the Bronx took it all in with a bemused smile. That kid’s name was Jorge Teron. When we watched the three work out later that day, Teron impressed us. His look and his style were from another time–a time of crisp double jabs, medicine balls and lightweight championships that packed the Garden.
Two and a half years later, I got to see an extremely smooth Jorge “The Truth” Teron remain undefeated (20-0-1) and knockout Sandro Marcos for the NABA title. Those initials don’t hold a lot of water, but fortunately it won’t be the only belt Teron ever wears. All we have to do is get him to retire the airbrush t-shirt and invest in a throwback robe and shorts we can start dusting off the Alexis Arguello comparisons.
As for Dimitriy, it was good to see him back in the ring, and hard to argue he didn’t deserve a soft landing after almost a year off. But Dima, much as we love you and wish you nothing but success–hebrew to hebrew, it’s time to step up or step down. Either way you choose you have my respect, but watching you take out the trash is losing some of its luster.
Stay tuned to the Undercard for a chilling Episode Three featuring Gary Stark and an incredibly swollen face.
No Mas and Round1 are proud to introduce “The Undercard” a new series of videos about the untold stories of the boxing universe: up and coming prospects, down and out train wrecks, unsung cut men, promoters on the make, refs not on the take, Vegas and AC late night shake and bake. Under the radar of the fair weather fan and right on your frequency.
Episode 1: “A night out with Kid Chocolate” includes a backstage peek at the man in brown as he prepares to squash tomatoes at the Roseland ballroom. The Kid delivers insightful conversation, then delightful devastation.
We are very excited to announce that The Undercard will make it’s broadcast TV debut tonight at 8pm on SNY as part of Broadway Boxing. The “Notorious” and “Willpower” shorts will appear before Tor and Will’s fights, respectively. Special thanks to Lou DiBella, Meredith Greenberg, Joe Quijambo and everyone at DiBella Entertainment for partnering with us to make this happen. And a huge shout out to Tor Hamer, who in addition to starring in the Undercard shorts and the Broadway Boxing telecast, was instrumental in conceiving this partnership and connecting us with DiBella Entertainment. 
