New Opponent For Fres Oquendo
on June 26th Card
June 24, 2009
(JUNE
24) CHICAGO, IL- Two time heavyweight world title challenger Fres
Oquendo of Chicago, will now face New Jersey native Mark Brown for the
WBC Latino Heavyweight Title this Friday night, June 26th, in the ten
round main event at the seven bout “WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 3” at
Chicago’s UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli,
President of 8 Count Productions.
Said Pesoli, “There was an issue with his original
opponent, Gonzalo Omar Basile getting into the United States from
Argentina . Brown is a very tough, heavy handed, heavyweight from New
Jersey . He’s won eight in a row and had three knockouts in 2008. He’s
coming to fight and I know Fres wants to put on a great performance for
the fans so it should be a very good battle.”
Advance tickets for “WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 3”, starting
at $31, can be purchased through the 8 Count Productions office at
312-226-5800 and through Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or
ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the door starting at
7pm on the night of the event.
A public press conference for “WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 3”
will be held at the UIC Pavilion on Wednesday night, June 24th at 7pm.
The open to the public weigh-in will be held on Thursday night at 7pm at
the Union Park Lounge, 228 S. Racine Ave. in Chicago, just three blocks
north of the UIC Pavilion. Fans are encouraged to join their favorite
fighters at both events.
Recently signed to Simmons Entertainment Marketing LLC,
headed by NBA Star Bobby Simmons, Oquendo is looking towards another run
at a world championship bout in the near future. The bout against Brown,
for the WBC Latino Heavyweight Title, is Oquendo’s first hometown bout
in nine years.
Oquendo, 29-5-0 (18KO’s) is coming off a highly
controversial split decision loss to former world champion James Toney
on December 13th. The bout, broadcast from Cabazon, California on
VERSUS, was thought to be amongst the worst decisions of 2008.
Brown, 15-1-0 (7KO’s) is coming off a unanimous decision
win over Willie Perryman on April 24th. Prior to that bout, Brown
knocked out previously unbeaten Tony Grano on September 27th in
Bridgeport , CT for the WBF All-Americas Heavyweight Title.
Co-headlining “WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 3” is an outstanding eight round
junior welterweight showdown between undefeated Chicago fan favorite,
Ivan Popoca, 10-0-1 (7KO’s) and Tulare, California’s Hector Alatorre,
15-7-0 (5KO’s)
An additional eight round bout at “WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT
3” is a super middleweight title fight between Chicago’s Andrzej “THE
POLISH PRINCE” Fonfara, 12-2-0 (3KO’s) and Rockford, Illinois’ Skyler
Thompson, 11-3-0 (9KO’s) for the WBF All-Americas Super Middleweight
Title.
In a special feature attraction, Chicago fan favorite
Rita “LA GUERA” Figueroa, 10-0-1 (3KO’s) and Lynnwood , Washington
native Tammie “THE TASMANIAN DEVIL” Johnson, 3-2-2, will square off once
again in an eight round rematch of their draw on March 27th at the
inaugural “WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT”.
The undercard features three Chicago natives;
featherweight Juan Bailon, 4-1-0 (1KO) taking on Denver, Colorado’s
Tommy Atencio, 3-1-0 (2KO’s) in a six round bout.
Ryan Smedick, 2-0-1 (1KO) will face Gabriel Morris, 1-1-1
of Toledo, Ohio and Chicago’s Achour Esho, 2-0-0 91KO) will face
Maryland’s Dontre King, 1-4-1, both welterweight bouts scheduled for
four rounds.
Doors on the evening of the event will open at 7pm with
the first bell at 8pm. The UIC Pavilion is located at 525 S. Racine ,
just one block south of the Eisenhower Expressway. Source/PR
