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Chicago Radio Every Wednesday Night (JULY 12) Dominic Pesoli's 8
Count Productions along with Bob Arum's Top Rank Incorporated and Miller
Lite presents another installment of THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING as SOLO
BOXEO DE MILLER/NIGHT OF THUNDER takes place at the Aragon Ballroom on
Friday, July 15, 2005.
The Aragon Ballroom is located at 1106 W. Lawrence Avenue and 4800 North
(near the corner of Lawrence Ave. and Broadway), 5 miles north of
Downtown Chicago and 4 blocks west of Lake Shore Drive.
Headlining the huge evening is a terrific twelve round featherweight
bout between world ranked veterans
Hector Velasquez, 41-10-2 (30KO's) of Tijuana, Mexico and Aldo Valtierra,
22-7 (12KO's) of Mexico City, Mexico.
Velasquez, ranked #10 by the World Boxing Council, is on a four bout
winning streak including a stoppage of highly regarded Marcos Licona
this past February. Velasquez also holds wins over contenders Ubaldo
Hernandez, Guty Espadas and Armando Cordoba as well very tough decision
losses to world champions Israel Vazquez, Rocky Juarez, Kevin Kelley and
Orlando Soto over his illustrious twelve year career.
On April 8, 2001, the very tough Velasquez was involved in a brutal bout
with current IBF champion Robbie Peden on an 8 Count Productions FOX
Sports Net televised main event at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin,
IL, a fight that was stopped in the ninth round due to a massive cut
suffered by the hard swinging Mexican from an accidental headbutt which
resulted in a technical decision loss.
Valtierra looks to continue his winning ways as he comes off a ninth
round stoppage of previously undefeated contender Ernie Zepeda on May 5,
2005, a bout dominated by Valtierra from start to finish as seen on
ESPN2's Tuesday Night Fights boxing series.
Five years ago the extremely aggressive Valtierra was involved in a
bloody slugfest with Antonio "Chelo" Diaz on an 8 Count Productions card
at the Grand Victoria Casino which had the packed house on their feet
from start to finish. Although dropping a very close decision, Valtierra
earned the respect of the loyal Chicago boxing fans with his gutsy
performance. In November of 2004, Valtierra returned to the 8 Count
Productions ring losing a hard fought decision to world ranked Steven
Luevano at the Hawthorne Race Track on a SOLO BOXEO DE MILLER
internationally televised card.
Said promoter Dominic Pesoli, "this fight truly embodies the warrior
spirit of boxing, both of these guys, Velasquez and Valtierra, are known
for being very aggressive as our fans have seen before."
The huge co-main event features Chicagoland's most popular fighter,
"MACHO" Miguel Hernandez, 16-2 (9KO's) as he looks to continue his
winning ways by taking on tough veteran Kenny Kost, 9-1 (6KO's) of White
Bear Lake, MN in a ten round middleweight bout. Fan favorite Hernandez
is riding a modest two fight winning streak including a terrific win
over Jonathan J.J. Corn on April 8th at the Aragon Ballroom, a bout that
thrilled the packed Aragon Ballroom. Kost dropped a very tough six round
decision earlier this year to
2004 Gold Medal Olympian Andre Ward, a bout in which Kost dropped Ward
with a crushing left hook in the
second round. Said Miguel about his Kost, "He's a very tough guy, he
almost had Ward beat, it should be a
great fight. The huge crowd should see a real war between the two of
us."
The terrific undercard is anchored by a middleweight six round
Chicagoland crosstown showdown grudge match between heavy handed Jimmy
Gonzalez, 2-0 (2KO's) and Michael "The Midnight Stalker" Walker, 7-0
(5KO's) of Merrillville, Indiana's One in a Million Boxing. Although
never having met in the amateurs, both hot prospects are looking to
stamp themselves as the best young middleweight in the Chicagoland area.
Gonzalez has thrilled 8 Count Productions crowds with two devastating
knockouts this year and Walker has built a reputation in Indiana and
Illinois for his all out aggressive style. Said promoter Dominic Pesoli,
"They really don't care for each other, they weren't able to settle it
in the amateurs so they're both throwing down the gauntlet on July 15th
at the Aragon." This fight has been rescheduled from this past April due
to a minor injury.
A special six round attraction features hot lightweight prospect Carney
Bowman, 6-0 (3KO's) of York, PA against Jamie Alvarado, 3-2-2 (2KO's) of
Fort Wayne, IN. Bowman scored a stunning first round knockout of Leroy
Newton on April 22, 2005 at the 8 Count Productions SOLO BOXEO DE MILLER
event at the Cicero Stadium. Alvarado is riding a three fight winning
streak since his bout with Tommy Bach-Pyle, a four round slugfest which
resulted in a draw on December 10, 2004 at the Aragon Ballroom.
Bach-Pyle, 2-0-1 (1KO) of Buffalo Grove, IL returns to the 8 Count
Productions ring on the huge undercard with a four round lightweight
bout against hot Milwaukee prospect Mike Gonzalez, 1-0 (1KO) in a
scheduled four rounder.
Rounding out the card will be a four round heavyweight bout between Carl
"IRON FIST" Davis, 7-2 (6KO's) of Evanston, IL and Joe Jackson, 6-7
(4KO's) of Miami, FL.
Said Pesoli about the card, "Every fight is solid, our fans want great
fights and everyone of these are
terrific matchups. Tough Mexican warriors in the main, Miguel, who the
crowd loves in tough in the co-main
against Kost and a terrific undercard of the finest Chicagoland
prospects facing each others. Our fans want to see the next contenders
and champions and that's what we're giving them at each event."
Miguel and Bernard Fernandez, President of the Boxing Writers
Association of America will be special guests this week on KO CHICAGO
RADIO, presented by Dominic Pesoli's 8 Count Productions, home of THE
BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING. KO CHICAGO RADIO hits the airwaves every
Wednesday at 5:30pm on WJJG AM-1530. Fight fans are encouraged to join
in the lively 90 minute discussion by calling 708-493-1530. Miguel will
discuss his upcoming bout with Kenny Kost on SOLO BOXEO DE MILLER from
the Aragon Ballroom this Friday night. Fernandez, sports writer for the
Philidelphia Inquirer, has written about Bernard Hopkins during the
course of his career and will offer his unique perspectives and insights
to this Saturday night's world middleweight bout between Hopkins and
Jermaine Taylor.
KO CHICAGO RADIO is the only Chicagoland boxing radio show and features
the finest discussion about national and local boxing news each week.
Previous guests have included Fernando Vargas, Lamon Brewster, John
Ruiz, Bob Arum, Angelo Dundee, Carl Moretti, Christy Martin, Rocky
Juarez, Fres Oquendo, Joe Tessitore, Lucia Rijker, Calvin Brock, Christy
Martin, David Diaz, Freddy Cuevas and Frankie Tafoya.
