Art Simonyan vs Agapito Sanchez on July 22

EastsideBoxing.com
July 15 2005

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’s “Friday Night Fights.”

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’s 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’s 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 “Irish” John Duddy,
10-0, with 9 knockouts, of Queens, New York, in an eight-round round
jr. middleweight fight against veteran Pat “Cat” 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)