Logan Cotton McGuinness Defends Title Saturday Night Against Meacher “Major Pain” Major

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Stacked Undercard Features Some of Canada’s Hottest Undefeated Prospects

NABA Super Featherweight champion, Logan Cotton McGuinness (16-0-1, 8 KO’s), has handled the potentially treacherous transition from boxing prospect to boxing contender with brutal flair.

No longer simply punishing foes while honing his craft, Orangeville’s McGuinness has spent the past two years winning boxing’s hardened critics over with career-best efforts in a succession of fights designed to test his will, as opposed to merely showcasing his skills. 

As a result McGuinness has honed his style into a well-rounded blend of polish, poise, and power, combining nimble footwork, fluid combinations, and a crowd-pleasing style, all with fight-ending force. 

All of those attributes were there for the world to see last October at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, when McGuinness took the biggest step of his professional career, dropping down from 135 to take on one of the best pure boxers in the world, former world title challenger Benoit Gaudet for the vacant NABA 130 lb. title. 

Despite being behind on the judges score cards throughout the first half of the fight, McGuinness was nonetheless unyielding in applying pressure from the opening bell, and finally got to Gaudet in round 11, staggering him along the ropes before flooring the renowned veteran for the count. 

Now a full fledged contender on the world boxing scene (WBA’s 8th ranked Super Featherweight) McGuinness has to prove once again that he belongs in the shortlist of top fighters at 130 lbs. when he defends his title against Buffalo, New York’s KO merchant Meacher “Major Pain” Major (20-4-1, 17 KO’s) in the main event of another stellar boxing this Saturday, May 12th at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga.. 

After being stopped by rock-fisted veteran Dorin Spivey in November of 2009, Meacher has rebounded in devastating fashion, notching stoppages in three of his four consecutive wins heading into the battle with McGuinness. 

Wielding a blazing two-fisted arsenal, and a track record of facing some of the best in business, including a decision loss to pound-for-pound entrant Lamont Peterson in August of 2005, Meacher’s hand speed and unique punching angles make him a bonafide threat to end McGuinness’ undefeated run, and NABA tile reign. 

It’s the kind of challenge that separates prospects from suspects, and contenders from pretenders. And it’s one that McGuinness must overcome to maintain his status as one of boxing’s true young lions.

Such is life on the road to boxing excellence.

STACKED UNDERCARD

Saturday’s card features a huge lineup of some of Canada’s best undefeated prospects.

Undefeated Canadian Welterweight Champion and fan favorite Samuel Vargas (10-0-1, 4KO) will once again step into the ring in what is sure to be another crowd-pleasing performance as he takes on the veteran spoiler Arvydas Trizno in a six round welterweight battle. Vargas is fighting for the third time already in 2012, coming a huge 1st round stoppage over highly rated prospect Manolis Plaitis to win the title in February and a 5th round TKO over Ferenc Zold only 3 weeks later.

Trizno, a true road warrior, has fought 18 times in the past 12 months against top notch opposition, going the distance in a tough battle with former WBC World Champion Junior Witter and dropping a highly disputed split decision to undefeated Rory Coveney.

Undefeated Cruiserweight prospect and former Canadian Amateur Champion Denton Daley (5-0, 2KO) of Kitchener, ON, moves up to his first scheduled eight-round bout versus the always dangerous former Cruiserweight title challenger Frank White (7-6-2, 5KO) .

Fan favorite Brandon “Bad Boy” Cook (5-0, 2 KOs) faces Zoltan Surman in a six-round middleweight fight.

Steven Wilcox (1-0, 1 KO), a lightweight from Hamilton, Ontario who is the oldest of five fighting Wilcox brothers at their father’s Steeltown Boxing Club, meets David Aucoin (2-5, 1 KO) in a scheduled four rounder.

Junior middleweight Junmar Emon, of Toronto, makes his pro debut in a four-rounder against Hamilton’s Daryl Peron (0-1), and Dillon Carman takes on Matt White in a 4 round Heavyweight contest.  All fights and fighters are subject to change.  

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