But Carlos Macias will be in tough on Friday in LI

Press Release: Longtime boxing manager Nelson Fernandez, who has handled the likes of Andrew “Six Heads” Lewis, Hector Acero-Sanchez, Julio Cesar Green, Bebis Mendoza, and Gary St. Clair is excited about his newest signee, Nicaraguan Carlos Macias. Although Macias had only 10 amateur fights, Fernandez says he is amazed at the progress Macias has made in just a few months. So far, under Fernandez’s tutelage, Macias is 2-0 as a pro. “He’s the hardest working fighter I’ve ever dealt with,” said Fernandez. “In his last fight, he beat a kid who was a three-time Puerto Rican champion. We knew going in that we had a tough fight. But Carlos is a tough kid. He gives a million percent in the gym.” Fernandez says that although Macias has a two-hour daily public transportation commute from his home in Maspeth, Queens, to the Hackensack, New Jersey, gym where he trains, he is the first to arrive and the last to leave. Besides boxing, Macias is also a college student majoring in mechanical engineering. His opponent on the March 23, 2007 show in Long Island, New York, is debuting Ray Zaragoza, a silver medalist at the National PAL tournament and a three-time New York State Metros champion on a show headlined by undefeated junior middleweight Pawel Wolak and heavyweight Art “The Polish Warrior” Binkowski of Chicago. The venue is the Huntington Town House, which is located at 124 East Jericho Turnpike (off Route 110). Tickets can be obtained by contacting Bob Duffy at 516-313-2304; the Huntington Town House at 631-427-8485; or Frankie G at 631-673-3520.