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Solo Boxeo Jauregui vs. Quintana
Austin Convention Center Austin, Texas Televised on Telefutura's "Solo Boxeo"
Line-up: Lightweight Bout (10 Rds) Javier Jauregui (50-12-2, 34 KOs) vs. Jose Quintana (12-9-2, 7 KOs)
Super Bantamweight Bout (8 Rds) Abner Mares (6-0, 5 KOs) vs. Yaman Muhammad (5-9-1, 3 KOs)
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Oscar De La Hoya's
Golden Boy Promotions Presents A Fight Night To Honor Two-time World Champion Jesus Chavez
AUSTIN, TEXAS - This past September 17, Austin's Jesus Chavez captured his second World Title when he defeated Leavandor Johnson for the coveted IBF World Lightweight Championship.
It was also Chavez' first fight under the promotional banner of Golden Boy Promotions, headed by six-time World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist, Oscar De La Hoya.
On Friday, December 16th at the Austin Convention Center, De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions will present "NIGHT OF HONOR," a nationally televised professional boxing event to officially honor Chavez for his winning a second world title.
The six bout card, which begins at 7:00 pm, will feature world ranked lightweight contender, Javier Jauregui (50-12-2, Guadalajara, Mx) battling Jose Quintana (12-9-2, 7 KOs) in the ten round main event.
The undercard will be headlined by 2004 Olympian Abner Mares, Jr. welterweight contender Ben Tackie
and local favorite Brian
Vera, a former Texas Golden Gloves Champion. super bantamweight contest.
Tackie (26-5-1, Bronx, NY), a former world title challenger, will face off with Roberto Valenzuela (34-17-1, 31 KOs) in an eight round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Vera (7-0, Austin) will be fighting an opponent to be announced in six-round middleweight fight. The remainder of the card is also to be announced. It is anticipated that additional Austin fighters will be added to the card.
Tickets for the event are priced at $15, $20 and $35 (plus service charges) at all GetTix locations, including Waterloo Records and Pinkie's Wireless stores. Tickets are also available online at www.gettix.net or by
calling 1-866-443-8849. has been looking forward to. "We know how much Jesus loves Austin and how much the fans there care about him," said De La Hoya from his Los Angeles offices.
"When we had a venue fall out for our (Dec.16th) event, we saw that as an opportunity to move the event to Austin and honor Jesus for all that he has accomplished. It is important for us to recognize these great fighters and no one is more deserving than Jesus."
After winning his first world title against Sirimongkol Singwangcha on August 15, 2003, Chavez was set to be honored later that year in a center-ring ceremony, also at the Austin Convention Center. However, Chavez was unable to attend when he decided a couple a days before to get married in Las Vegas. "I was really looking forward to being there and personally thanking all the boxing fans of Austin for their support," Chavez remembers.
"But right before the event, my fiancé (Aunisa) got notification from the Army she was going to be going to Iraq soon, so we decided to go ahead and get married right away. It was one of those things where only something as big as getting married would have kept me from being there."
Now, Chavez returns to finally be honored in the same ring where he captured his first world title. Only his time, he returns as a two-time World Champion.
"It will be exciting to walk-in with the two world title belts," Chavez stated. "I want to be the one to tell the fans, face-to-face, how much I appreciate them and share these titles with them. It's going to be a great card
for the fans and an exciting
night for me, also." For more information on Golden Boy Promotions, please visit our website at www.goldenboypromotions.com.
- Press Release issued by Golden Boy Promotions with a little editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)
(12/15/05)
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