Chicago, IL — Chicago’s greatest and longest operating boxing promotion, Hitz Boxing will current an enormous evening of boxing on Saturday, April eighth at The Donald E Stephens Middle (5555 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018) in Rosemont, Illinois.
A few of Chicago’s brightest fighters will probably be featured on the 11 bout card.
In a featured bout, Juan Carlos Guerra (3-0, 2 KOs) of Chicago fights Jorge Perez (4-0) in a battle of undefeated Chicago based mostly tremendous lightweights. The bout is scheduled for four-rounds.
“It is a throwback combat between Guerra and Perez. These are two fighters who’re keen to threat their undefeated information in a cross-town rivalry bout. I commend them for taking the combat. These are the kinds of fights that generate quite a lot of curiosity within the boxing neighborhood and this ought to be a barnburner once they collide on April eighth,” mentioned promoter Bobby Hitz.
In a six-round tremendous middleweight bout, Thomas Hughes (11-2, 5 KOs) of Chicago will tackle veteran Derrick Findley (35-28-1, 25 KOs) of Merrillville, Indiana.
Hughes has received two straight bouts and can look so as to add a top quality title in Findley to his resume.
Findley is an 18 year-pro and has fought lots of the greatest names within the sport. His ledger contains victories of Richard Pierson (4-0) Andrzej Fonfara (10-1), Michael Walker (19-2), David Thomas (10-1-2), Ronald Hearns (26-3), Lamar Russ (14-1), former world title challenger Antuon Echols, , Daniel Heinze (6-0), Donovan George (25-6-2)
Additionally in a six-round battle, undefeated heavyweight Deontae Pettigrew will tackle former United States Olympian Devin Vargas.
Pettigrew (8-0, 6 KOs) of Chicago has a win over Dajuan Calloway (2-0) and is coming off a unanimous determination over powerful 91-fight veteran Terrell Jamal Woods on October fifteenth in Rosemont, Illinois.
Vargas of Toledo, Ohio is 22-8 with 9 knockouts. The 2004 Olympian received his first 17 fights, and has victories over Ed Perry (6-1-1), David Saulsberry (5-1), Boris Shisporenak (6-0), Niall Kennedy (13-0-1) and Victor Bisbal (23-4). Vargas has fought former world heavyweight champions Charles Martin and Andy Ruiz Jr. plus former world title challengers Kevin Johnson and Dominic Breazeale.
Sensation heavyweight Michael Olas (12-0, 11 KOs) of Chicago through Poland fights Antonio Brown (8-2, 8 KOs) of Phoenix, Arizona in a battle of huge hitting heavyweights scheduled for six-rounds.
In an eight-round middleweight bout, Olivia Curry (6-1, 2 KOs) of Chicago fights Olivia Gerula (19-19-3, 3 KOs) of Winnipeg, Canada.
In four-round bouts:
Ron Jalomo (1-0, 1 KO) of Chicago battles Antoine Ellison (6-29-4, 3 KOs) of Milwaukee in a brilliant light-weight contest.
Brandi Robinson (1-0, 1 KO) of Chicago battles Tonia Craves (2-8-2, 1 KO) of Miami in a bantamweight tussle.
Francisco Rodriguez (1-0, 1 KO) of Tampa, Florida fights Kasey Keenan (0-1) of Kalamazoo, Michigan in a brilliant light-weight bout.
Additionally scheduled to look are tremendous middleweight William Langston (8-3, 5 KOs) of Kenosha, Wisconsin; light-weight Joshuah Hernandez (10-4, 8 KOs) of Chicago; Illinois State Tremendous Middleweight champion, James Quiter (6-1-1, 6 KOs) of Oak Park, Illinois and featherweight Lucas Moldenhauer of Chicago.
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