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01/24/2008 Archived Entry: "Chicago's 'Solo Boxeo' Weigh-In Thurs. Night at 'El Jimador's'!"
Chicago's 'Solo Boxeo' Weigh-In Thurs. Night at 'El Jimador's'!
Thursday night, EL Jimador’s Restaurant, 1600 N. Mannheim Road in Stone Park, just west of Chicago, will host the “open to the public” weigh-in at 7pm for THE MONTH OF THE KINGS, an outstanding evening of world class professional boxing set for Friday, January 25th at Cicero Stadium, presented by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions.
Tickets for THE MONTH OF THE KINGS are available in advance by calling the 8 Count Productions offices at 312-226-5800. 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.
Along with Chicago’s 8 Count Productions and Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, THE MONTH OF THE KINGS is presented by TCF Bank, Tecate Beer and AeroMexico, Mexico’s premier airline travel headquarters. The SOLO BOXEO TECATE broadcast will be viewed in 42 US markets and 70 foreign countries.
Headlining THE MONTH OF THE KINGS is an outstanding flyweight bout between former junior flyweight world champion Hugo “EL INCREDIBLE” Cazares, 25-4-1 (19KO’s) of Los Mochis, Mexico and Columbian veteran Kermin Guardia, 37-7 (21KO’s) both of whom will be making their Chicago debuts.
The full card of boxing is:
Hugo Cazares vs. Kermin Guardia, twelve rounds, flyweights
Carlos Ivan Velasquez vs. Ever Perez, six rounds, super featherweights
Barbaro Zepeda vs. Jose Navarrete, six rounds, featherweights
Juan Carlos Velasquez vs. Noe Inzunza, four rounds, featherweights
Ivan Popoca vs. Richard Baldo, four rounds, welterweights
Michael Faragon vs. Heriberto Ponce, four rounds, junior welterweights
Daniel Jacobs vs. Francisco Martinez, four rounds, junior middleweights
Gadiel Andaluz vs. Marsay Buggs, four rounds, super featherweights
The Master of Ceremonies for THE MONTH OF THE KINGS will be Lupe Contreras, the internationally recognized voice of Latino boxing.
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
Additional information can also be obtained by visiting the Golden Boy Promotions website at www.goldenboypromotions.com
