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Solo Boxeo Martin Honorio vs. Rogers Mtagwa
Cicero Stadium Cicero, Illinois
Featured Bouts: USBA Featherweight Title Bout (12 Rds) Martin Honorio (22-3-1, 12 KOs) vs. Rogers Mtagwa (21-10-2, 16 KOs)
Super Featherweight Bout (8 Rds)
Vicente Escobedo (10-1,
9 KOs) vs. Ramon Guevara (7-9, 5 KOs) _________________________________________
De La Hoya Adds Escobedo To Cicero Hill Card Martin Honorio vs. Rogers Mtagwa In Main Event Huge Undercard Features Tavoris Cloud, Mike Gonzalez, Rudy Cisneros, Andrzej Fonfara, Barbaro Zepeda And Victor Polakov
November 10th at Cicero Hill, it was announced by Oscar De La Hoya, President of Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.
The eight bout world class Cicero Hill professional boxing card, broadcast internationally on Solo Boxeo De Miller, is presented by 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING and Golden Boy Promotions, along with Miller Lite and TCF Bank.
Cicero Stadium is located at 1909 S. Laramie, just minutes from the Eisenhower and Stevenson Expressways. Doors for this event will open at 5:30pm with the first bell at 6:30pm. Tickets, starting at $30, are on sale in advance by calling 312-226-5800.
Said De La Hoya about the eight round Escobedo/Guevara matchup; "Vicente Escobedo is a young man whose career I've been following since he was an amateur, and after he represented the US in the 2004 Olympics, I knew we had to sign him for Golden Boy Promotions.”
“He's got amazing talent, a strong work ethic, and the type of star quality you can't teach. I definitely see him becoming a world champion in the coming years if he stays on the path he's on now."
"Ramon Guevara is one of those fighters that you can't judge solely by his record. He always comes to fight, he's young, he's hungry, and he knows what beating someone like Vicente Escobedo will mean for his career."
Speaking about his debut in Chicago, Escobedo of Woodland Hills, CA said, "The opportunity to fight in Chicago means everything to me. I've always wanted to experience all the different cultures of the Windy City."
On his opponent: “Guevara is a good, decent opponent with more experience than me, but I'm going to win again, impressively. I'm excited to get back in the ring, feeling strong, and to remind Chicago when I come back, to lookout for Vicente Escobedo.”
The full Cicero Hill fight card is; - Rogers Mtagwa vs. Martin Honorio, twelve rounds, featherweights USBA Featherweight Title - Tavoris Cloud vs. Douglas Lafontsee, eight rounds, light heavyweights - Vicente Escobedo vs. Ramon Guevara, eight rounds, super featherweights - Mike Gonzalez vs. Marcus Brashears, six rounds, lightweights - Rudy Cisneros vs. Earl Jackson, six rounds, junior middleweights - Barbaro Zepeda vs. Hassan Wasswa, six rounds, featherweights - Andrzej Fonfara vs. Calvin Pitts, five rounds, welterweights - Victor Polakov vs. TBA, four rounds, middleweights
The open to the public weigh-in for this event will be held on Thursday November 9 at Las Islas Maria’s Restaurant located at 6550 W. Fullerton in the Brickyard Mall on the northwest side of Chicago.
The Master of Ceremonies for this event will be the internationally recognized voice of Latino boxing, Lupe Contreras.
8 Count Productions was started by Dominic Pesoli in 1997 and has consistently presented the highest quality professional boxing events in Chicagoland. In 2003, Pesoli along with former featherweight contender Mike Garcia opened JABB Boxing Gym, a 6,000 square foot venue dedicated to the finest Chicagoland boxers of all talent levels.
To view the seating chart and poster for this event or for more information on 8 Count Productions and JABB
Boxing Gym, please visit
www.8countproductions.com
and www.jabbboxinggym.com
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- Press Release issued by Golden Boy Promotions with a little editing from us (color, etc...)
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