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Harutyunyan-Hayashida tonight!
March 31, 2005
By Francisco Salazar
Non-stop action will be plentiful as Kahren Harutyunyan will face Tatsuo
Hayashida for the North American Boxing Organization (NABO) Junior
Bantamweight title tonight at the Quiet Cannon in Montebello, CA.
The bout will headline a six-bout “Battle of the Rising Stars” card,
presented by All Star Boxing.
Both fighters have fought at the Quiet Cannon before. Ironically, both
fighters lost their last bouts at the Quiet Cannon and hope to turn things
around in this fight.
Harutyunyan, (11-2-3) from Glendale, CA by way of Yerevan, Armenia, has been
against strong opposition. The 23 year old made his professional debut in
2000 and has primarily fought his professional career around Southern
California.
In his last bout, Harutyunyan was winning decisively against Gilberto
Bolanos when he suffered a cut over his eye. Because the cut was allegedly
caused by a punch and the ringside physician ruled that Harutyunyan would
not be able to continue, Bolanos was awarded the victory after the seventh
round of an eight round bout.
Before the loss, Harutyunyan was undefeated in 12 fights. He has contributed
to Fightnews.com.
Hayashida, (17-5-1, 8 KO’s) from Tokyo, Japan, will fight for only the
second time outside of the Land of the Rising Sun.
Hayashida has lost his three bouts in a row. In his last bout, he lost a
very close decision to Miguel “Maikito” Martinez in September. Hayashida
appeared to be the fresher fighter and was dominating the action towards the
end of the fight.
He is a former OPBF Light Flyweight champion, having successfully defended
the title three times in 2002. He is a strong boxer-puncher and will hope to
come out victorious in his battle against Harutyunyan.
Both fighters realize the importance of this fight. A victory would earn the
winner the title and a spot in the top 15 of the World Boxing Organization
rankings in the Junior Bantamweight division.
In the co-feature, Junior Middleweight Santiago Perez will face Felipe
Santana in a six round bout.
Santiago, (8-0-1, 2 KO’s) from El Monte, CA by way of Copala, Guerrero,
Mexico, is coming off a controversial six round majority decision draw to
Terry Wright last month. Most at ringside felt Perez won the fight.
Perez has fought all of his bouts in Southern California and hopes to find
success in 2005 since his professional debut in 2003.
Santana, (2-0, 2 KO’s) from Mexico, has not fought since late 1991. In those
two bouts, he scored knockouts in the first and second rounds.
Santana hopes that despite the 13 and a half year layoff, he will pick off
where he left off and defeat the young Perez.
Francisco Zepeda will face George Moreno in a six round Welterweight bout.
Zepeda, (3-2-2, 1 KO) from Los Angeles by way of Michoacan, Mexico, won a
four round unanimous decision victory over Eduardo Estrella in November. He
is unbeaten in his last four bouts.
Moreno, (2-7-1) from West Covina, CA, has lost his last two bouts, both by
knockout. Moreno hopes to break Zepeda’s unbeaten streak in getting a
victory.
In other bouts:
– Middleweight Joey Aragon, (5-2, 2 KO’s) from Rosemead, CA, hopes to return
to the win column tonight against his opponent, Chris Moorings, in a four
round bout. Aragon is a former minor league baseball player in the Minnesota
Twins system.
– Jorge Espinoza, (2-0) from Los Angeles, will face Shane Langford in a four
round Super Featherweight bout. Langford (1-6-1) is from Los Angeles by way
of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
– Aaron Martinez, (1-0) from Southern California, will face an opponent to
be determined in a four round Junior Middleweight bout.
Doors to the venue open at 6:30PM, with first bell scheduled at 7:30PM.
Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling (323) 816-6200. Tickets
are priced at $50 and $35. All Star Boxing consists of Ed Holmes as the
promoter and Pete Hironaka as the matchmaker.
The Quiet Cannon is located south of the 60 Freeway, off of Garfield
Boulevard on the grounds of the Montebello Golf & Country Club.
Questions? Comments? Email Francisco Salazar
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