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09/09/2008 Archived Entry: "Cicero Welcomes Back '8 Count' for Mexican Independence Day Show Sept. 19th!"
Cicero Welcomes Back '8 Count' for Mexican Independence Day Show Sept. 19th!
Press Release
Mayor Larry Dominick (right) and 8 Count Productions President Dominic Pesoli (photo courtesy 8 Count Productions)
CHICAGO, September 9, 2008 -- Cicero Mayor Larry Dominick and 8 Count Productions President Dominic Pesoli met this morning at the Mayor’s office to discuss “LIBERTY”, the upcoming world class professional boxing card set for Friday, September 19th at Cicero Stadium.
Said Pesoli, ‘We’re very happy to return to Cicero as part of their huge Mexican Independence Day festivities. Mayor Dominick and his team have done a great job within the community to celebrate with the festival, parade and fireworks and we’re very happy to be part of it.
We’ve put together a terrific show of first rate professional boxing and we’re looking forward to an outstanding evening with boxing fans from Cicero and the rest of the Chicagoland area.”
Tickets for “ LIBERTY ”, presented by 8 Count Productions, along with Budweiser, TCF Bank, Aero Mexico, Jack Daniels, EL Jimador Tequila, Grossinger Auto Group, ABT Electronics and New York Jewelers, are on sale in advance by calling the 8 Count Productions office at 312-226-5800. Cicero Stadium is located at 1909 S. Laramie. Doors for this event will open at 7pm with the first bell scheduled for 8pm.
Headlining the “ LIBERTY ” card is an eight round junior welterweight bout between Sonora , Mexico ’s Ramon Montano and Bayamon, Puerto Rico native Mike Gonzalez.
The 26 year old Montano, now living in Las Vegas, NV, sports a record of 15-5-2 since turning professional five years ago. Most recently he battled then WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz on March 15th in Las Vegas , losing a hard fought majority decision. Other notable names on his record include world ranked Dmitriy Salita (DRAW-8) and Americo Santos (W-SD8).
The heavy handed Gonzalez, 10-4-1 (9KO’s) now based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, splashed onto the local boxing scene three years ago and quickly ran off a string of eight wins, all by knockout.
Most recently Gonzalez has fought against some of the best prospects in boxing, losing hard fought battles to Jorge Teron and Joel Torres both in their hometown of New York City . In his last local fight, Gonzalez devastatingly knocked out Jaime Alvarado in April 2007 at the PAR-A-DICE Casino in East Peoria , IL .
The co-main event features the return of Chicago fan favorite Luciano “EL MICHOACAN” Perez taking on Puerto Rico ’s Devin Lopez in a junior middleweight bout.
Perez, 15-8-1 (13KO’s), returns to Cicero Stadium where he has fought successfully twice before, a third round knockout of John Vaughn in March 2007 and a SOLO BOXEO televised knockout of Carson Jones in February 2006.
Two years ago, Perez battled fellow Mexican Francisco Rincon at the Aragon Ballroom in one of Chicago most action packed fights in recent years. The blood filled war, featuring continuous power shots from both warriors, was won by Perez as he rallied to win the fight in the last two rounds.
In his last major bout, Perez battled former world champion Carlos Baldomir at the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California, losing a highly disputed ten round majority decision which was also broadcast on SOLO BOXEO.
Lopez, now fighting out of Hammond, Indiana , brings a record of 7-3-1 (6KO’s). He had won three in a row before being stopped by Aaron Pryor Jr. earlier this year.
In a special feature attraction, Noe Perez, brother of Luciano, will make his professional debut. The nineteen old amateur standout will battle local favorite Nick Arellano in a scheduled four round lightweight bout. Perez was the 132 pound 2008 Chicago Golden Gloves champion.
Also featured at “LIBERTY” is a six round light heavyweight bout between Chicagoan Gerald Taylor, 4-0-1 (2KO’s) who will look to continue his winning ways against Davenport, Iowa’s Jeffrey Osborne Jr., 5-11-2 (2KO’s) in a scheduled six round bout. Taylor is coming off a four round unanimous decision win over previously undefeated Walter Foster on July 11th at the Aragon Ballroom. In Osborne’s last bout he knocked out Courtney Buck in the second round on August 15th in Somerset, Wisconsin.
Opening the show, Chicago based fighters Miguel Angel Figueroa and Jeff “THE BIG FROG” Curran will battle in a four round bout.
More information on this card will be announced shortly.
The public weigh-in for “ LIBERTY ” will take place at TCF Bank/ Melrose Park at 1440 W. North Ave. at 7pm on Thursday, September 18th.
The Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be noted boxing ring announcer Thomas Treiber.
TCF is a Wayzata, Minnesota-based national financial holding company with $16.4 billion in total assets. The company has 453 banking offices in Minnesota , Illinois , Michigan , Colorado , Wisconsin , Indiana and Arizona , providing retail and commercial banking services, and investments and insurance products. TCF also conducts leasing and equipment finance business in all 50 states.
8 Count Productions was started by Dominic Pesoli in 1998 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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