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Gonzalez Returns to Action Against Delisle
SAN JOSE, CA, October 17 -- Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E)
and Goossen Tutor Promotions announced today that former WBO Light
Heavyweight World Champion Julio Gonzalez (38-3, 23 KO’s) will return to
action Thursday, November 17 when he takes on Australian Jason Delisle
(18-3-2, 9 KO’s) in the main event at Miller Lite Fight Night at the
Tank. The bout is scheduled as a 12-round IBF light heavyweight world
title elimination bout and will be held at HP Pavilion at San Jose with
under card action beginning at 7:30 p.m. A complete fight card will be
announced shortly.
In addition, SVS&E and Goossen Tutor Promotions announced a new
partnership to work together to enhance the Miller Lite Fight Night at
the Tank boxing series. As part of the deal, Goossen Tutor will now
oversee all aspects of matchmaking for the professional boxing series
which will now be a co-promotion between SVS&E and Goossen Tutor
Promotions. The Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank series is currently
in its fourth season. The partnership between SVS&E and Goossen Tutor
Promotions kicks off with the title elimination bout between the two
world contenders.
“We are excited to be working with Goossen Tutor Promotions, an
organization synonymous with boxing excellence,” said Steve Kirsner,
Director of Event Booking at HP Pavilion. “Fans and season ticket
holders of the Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank series have come to
expect and deserve a boxing series that delivers exciting bouts with
hard-hitting action. We look forward to utilizing the expertise of
Goossen Tutor Promotions to take this series to that next level.”
This will not mark the first time Goossen Tutor Promotions and SVS&E
have worked together. In August, 2005 the two teams came together to
bring Bay Area boxing fans “The Best Damn Night of Olympians,” an
action-packed card televised nationally on Fox Sports Net’s “Best Damn
Sports Show Period.” Featured on the card was Bay Area resident and 2004
Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward and 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Audley
Harrison.
“We’ve had our eyes on this series for quite some time and always
believed that with the formation of this partnership, that the fighters
and the fans would be the beneficiaries,” said Dan Goossen, President of
Goossen Tutor Promotions. “Come November 17, fans will be treated to a
main event that has the future of two fighters on the line – the winner
fights for the IBF light heavyweight world championship. That’s what
boxing is all about – big fights.”
Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank is the premiere boxing series in the
Bay Area. The series debuted in March, 2002. Since that time, more than
71,000 fans have attended the series at HP Pavilion. Special guests to
appear at Miller Lite Fight Night at the tank include current boxing
greats Oscar De La Hoya, “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Andre Ward, Mia “The
Knockout” St. John, Sergio Mora and Eric “Butterbean” Esch, former
champs Ken Norton Sr. and Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini and boxing
personalities Lou Duva, Jackie Kallen, Jim Lampley, Al Bernstein, Bert
Sugar and Freddie Roach to name a few.
Individual tickets to Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank on November 17
are on sale now at the HP Pavilion Ticket Office, Ticketmaster Ticket
Centers located in Wherehouse Music stores, Tower Records and Ritmo
Latino locations throughout the Bay Area, online at ticketmaster.com, or
charge by phone at (408) 998-TIXS, (415) 421-TIXS or (510) 625-TIXS. For
information about purchasing season tickets to next year’s Miller Lite
Fight Night at the Tank series or for group discounts call (408)
999-5746.
