Art Simonyan vs Agapito Sanchez on ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” — January 22, 2005
EastSideBoxing.com
15.07.05
Promoters Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions and Bobby Hitz/Hitz Boxing
Promotions, will present a sensational championship fight card on
Friday, July 22, 2005, at the Allstate Arena, located at 6920 N.
Mannheim Road in Rosemont, Illinois. The featured fights will be
televised live on ESPN2~Rs ~SFriday Night Fights.~T
In the 12-round main event, Art Simonyan, 14-1-1, with 7 knockouts, a
native of Armenia based in Glendale, California, will defend the USBA
jr. featherweight title against former WBO jr. featherweight world
champion Agapito Sanchez, 36-9-2, with 21 knockouts, of Brooklyn, New York.
Now 29 years old, Simonyan is the IBF~Rs No. 9 ranked contender at 122
pounds. He challenged IBF jr. featherweight world champion Israel
Vazquez in his last fight on December 28, but was stopped in the fifth
round. He was undefeated in 15 previous fights, which included a win in
an elimination bout for the IBF~Rs No. 1 ranking in May, 2004.
Sanchez, 35 years old, is ranked No. 10 by the IBF. He is experienced at
the top levels of competition and has impressive wins to his credit
against Oscar Larios, who currently holds the WBC super bantamweight
world title, and former IBF lightweight world champion Javier Jauregui.
The co-featured bout will feature rising prospect ~SIrish~T John Duddy,
10-0, with 9 knockouts, of Queens, New York, in an eight-round round jr.
middleweight fight against veteran Pat ~SCat~T Coleman, 29-11, with 20
knockouts, of Rockford, Illinois
Four more fights are scheduled to complete the card. All fights are
subject to change without notice.
Doors open at 7:00 P.M., first fight at 8:00 P.M. (Central Time)
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