'Bombs Away' Showdown: Edwin Rodriguez vs. Donovan George on HBO Saturday Night

This Saturday night (St. Patrick's Day), on HBO's "World Championship Boxing" beginning at 10 PM ET/PT on the televised undercard of Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin, the co-feature entitled "Bombs Away" will take place.

Super middleweight (168 lbs.) contenders Edwin "La Bomba" Rodriguez (20-0, 14 KOs) and Donovan "Da Bomb" George (22-1-1, 19 KOs) will put their impressive records and high knockout ratios on the line in a scheduled 10-rounder at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Twenty-six-year-old Rodriguez of Worcester, MA, by way of the Dominican Republic, is undefeated and is ranked IBF No. 3, WBC No. 5, WBA No. 8 and WBO No. 14 at super middleweight, with a knockout percentage of 70 percent.

Twenty-seven-year-old George, who is half-Greek and half-Irish, hails from Chicago, IL, is ranked by the IBF No. 11 and is the current United States Boxing Association (USBA) champion with a 79.17 percent knockout ratio.

In the amateur ranks (via information obtained from BoxRec.com) Rodriguez was the 2005 United States Amateur middleweight champion and 2006 National Golden Gloves middleweight champion.

George as an amateur won a bronze medal in 2003 at the US National Junior Olympics at 165 lbs., and competed at the same in the 2003 National Golden Gloves and the 2004 US Eastern Olympic Trials.

Both Rodriguez and George will be making their HBO and Madison Square Garden debuts. Rodriguez, who is promoted by DiBella Entertainment, has had most of his bouts in the New England area. George, promoted by Warriors Boxing, has had the majority of his fights in Chicago.

Both fighters stand at six feet even, with Rodriguez having a reach of 76 inches compared to George's 70-inch reach. Professionally, Rodriguez has boxed 94 rounds, with George at 83.

On paper and statistically, Rodriguez has fought tougher opponents with better records. Both fighters are entertaining and in their primes; the winner should be ready for that next step in championship bouts and headlining big cards on HBO, Showtime and pay-per-view cards in the future.