WARRIORS ANNOUNCES ESPN FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS TRIPLEHEADER ON FRIDAY, JULY 25 AT
UIC PAVILION IN CHICAGO
Roberto Garcia to Face Breidis Prescott; Caleb Truax to ‘Pooh’ Ennis
Notre Dame’s Undefeated Light Heavyweight Mike Lee Returns
Home to the Windy City
In the night’s 10-round welterweight main event, Roberto “La Amenaza” Garcia (35-3, 23 KOs) of Weslaco, Texas, takes on hard-hitting and dangerous Breidis “Khanqueror” Prescott (27-5, 20 KOs) of Miami, via Barranquilla, Colombia.
WBA #15, IBF #13, and WBO #11-rated Caleb “Golden” Truax (23-1-2, 14 KOs) of Osseo, Minnesota, goes against former USBA Junior Middleweight Champion Derek “Pooh” Ennis (24-4-1, 13 KOs) in the co-main event.
Chicago’s own Mike Lee (12-0, 7 KOs) opening the worldwide telecast by facing Paul Gonsalves (7-3, 3 KOs) of Hyannis, Massachusetts in a light heavyweight six-rounder.
Topping the un-televised portion of “Conquerors” will be a six-round welterweight duel between Chicago’s promising Alex Martin (5-0, 5 KOs) and Jackson, Michigan’s Alfred Hall (3-4-2, 2 KOs).
Also scheduled is a six-round light welterweight matchup between Chicago’s comebacking former Illinois State champ Jaime “Superfly” Sandoval (16-4-2, 12 KOs) and Ocala, Florida’s Aaron Steadman (10-5-1, 6 KOs); a six-round light welterweight battle between Aurora, Illnois’ 2013 Chicago Golden Gloves Champion and undefeated professional Eddie “The Barber” Ramirez (4-0, 3 KOs) and Monterrey, Mexico’s Alexis Del Bosque (4-1, 3 KOs); a four-round light welterweight scrap featuring Alsip, Illinois’ thus-far perfect Jose Felix Quesada (2-0, 2 KOs) and Whiting, Indiana’s popular Jose Romero (1-1); and a four-round welterweight match between Chicago’s own future champ Semajay Thomas (3-0, 3 KOs) and Davenport, Iowa’s Charon Lamour Spain (0-3-1).
Starting out the night will be a women’s battle between Chicago’s Golden Gloves champ turned undefeated professional, Kristin Gearhart (3-0, 1 KO) and St. Joseph, Missouri veteran Ashleigh Curry (5-8-2, 1 KO).
Tickets for “Conquerors” are priced at VIP $151, VIP Ringside $101, Mezzanine $51 and General Admission $31 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster (Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-745-3000), the 8 Count Productions Offices: 312-622-7668 or the UIC Pavilion Box Office: 312-413-5740. More information at 8CountProductions.com. On fight night, doors open at 6 pm and the action starts at 7 pm.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
