ESPN2 Friday Night Fights

Raymond Joval vs. James McGirt Jr.

July 25, 2008

Sarasota Springs City Center

Sarasota Springs, New York

For more info, visit: www.pugnaciouspromotions.com.

Featured Bouts:

Middleweight Bout (10 Rds)

Raymond Joval (37-4, 16 KOs KOs) vs. James McGirt Jr. (18-1, 9 KOs)

Heavyweight Bout (8 Rds)

Gary Wilcox (21-3-1, 7 KOs) vs. Nagy Aguilera (8-0, 6 KOs)

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Friday Night Fights: Night Of Future Champions

Former Champion Joval To Face McGirt, Jr. In

10-Round Middleweight Showdown July 25th In Sarasota

Saratoga Springs – Former IBO middleweight champion Raymond Joval (37-4, 16 KOs) will face

middleweight prospect James “Buddy” McGirt, Jr. (18-1, 9 KOs) in the 10-round main event of the annual

“Night of Future Champions” summer boxing card at the Saratoga Springs City Center on Friday, July 25th.

The fight tops the annual card showcasing hot, young boxing prospects promoted by Pugnacious

Promotions, in association with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and DiBella Entertainment, during the first

weekend of world-class thoroughbred racing at the city’s historic race course. Feature fights on the card –

held on the first night of twilight racing the evening before the Breeder's Cup qualifier Whitney Stakes – will

be televised on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights.”

Also appearing on the card are Saratoga Springs own heavyweight Gary Wilcox (21-3, 7 KOs), Newburgh

heavyweight Nagy Aguilera (8-0, 6 KOs), Guilderland lightweight prospect Mike Faragon (3-0) and

Schenectady light welterweight Brian Miller (2-0-2).

“I am happy to return high-level boxing to the Capital Region for our fourth annual Saratoga Springs show,”

said Lisa Elovich promoter of the event. “Boxing fans will enjoy a night of competitive feature bouts as well

as an undercard filled with local up-and-coming prospects. Co-promoting with Star Boxing and DiBella

Entertainment enables us to bring in fighters at a high, tv-quality level. There is no better place to have a

show than in Saratoga during racing season and fans have been chomping at the bit to see another fight

night with future champions”

Joval, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is a three-time middleweight titlist who has faced world-class

competition in the ring for years. He beat Sam “The King” Soliman for the IBO Middleweight title and narrowly

lost an IBF Middleweight title eliminator to the awkward Australian. He also lost a close decision to former

world champion Fernando Vargas in 2005. Joval is trained by former world lightweight champion Tracy

Patterson, son of boxing icon Floyd Patterson.

McGirt, Jr., Vero Beach, Fla., is a young, southpaw prospect trained by his father, Buddy McGirt, the former

welterweight champion and high-profile cornerman of world champions including Arturo Gatti and Antonio

Tarver. McGirt Jr. was undefeated at 18-0 before meeting the son of another former champion, Carlos

DeLeon, in an April, ShoBox-televised fight. After five close rounds, Carlos DeLeon Jr. scored a mild upset

when he came off the canvas in round six to stop McGirt Jr. in the seventh by way of two knockdowns.

Tickets and more information are available from Pugnacious Promotions, www.pugnaciouspromotions.com or

518-527-0160. Reserved tickets are $125 for Golden Ringside and $75 for Ringside. General Admission open

seats are $40. VIP tables, including dinner catered by Brindisi’s and table service throughout the evening,

also are available.

- Press Release issued by Pugnacious Promotions with a little editing from us (color, etc..)

Subject to change

(7/24/08)