CHICAGO, IL - Advance tickets are now on sale for one of the most highly anticipated fights in Chicago boxing history as fan favorites and long-time cross town rivals Adrian “EL Tigre” Granados and Jaime “The Truth” Herrera will clash in the main event at Windy City Fight Night 21 on Friday, February 24th at the UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.

Advance tickets, priced at $31, $51, $76 and $101 are available through Ticketmaster, (www.Ticketmaster.com), the UIC Pavilion Box Office (Phone 312-413-5740) and the 8 Count Productions Office (312-226-5800). 

“We’re very proud to kick off the 8 Count Productions’ 2012 campaign with this fantastic main event. Since they turned pro, Chicago fight fans have wanted to see Granados and Herrera battle.  Each has very large fan bases, very similar records and we will have a tremendous crowd for this event,” said Pesoli.  ‘Both guys have always wanted the toughest tests out there so it was no surprise they agreed to this fight.”

“When we started this series three years ago our commitment to the Chicago fight fans was to present terrific fights and fantastic events, this fight between these two young warriors fully exemplifies that.”

The 22-year-old Granados, a lifelong resident of Cicero, has compiled a record of 6-1-1 with three knockouts as a professional, The all-action attraction is coming off a terrific battle with Los Angeles based Frankie Gomez, on August 26, 2011, losing a very controversial eight round majority decision to the heavily hyped Gomez in a bout broadcast on SOLO BOXEO.

Earlier in 2011, Granados looked dominant in a six round unanimous decision over the previously undefeated Antton Slaughter on July 15th at the UIC Pavilion. He also battled former world title challenger Lanardo Tyner on March 25th in River Grove, Illinois, a bout scored a majority draw which most ringside observes had Granados winning.

Also 22 years. Herrera was born and raised in nearby Franklin Park, Illinois. Although he lost his first bout of 2011 on January 28th to Alex Deleon, Herrera bounced back strong with two big wins later in the year, a third round knockout of Eric Draper on May 20th followed by a six round decision win over Detroit based and much more experienced Robert Jones on September 23rd, both of which took place at the UIC Pavilion.

Featured on the undercard will be the previously announced Chicago debut of former world title challenger Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry, Puerto Rican undefeated junior welterweight sensation Luis “Sito” Santiago, super middleweight newcomer Paul Littleton, undefeated cruiserweight prospect Dimar “Strongman” Ortuz, former amateur standout, light heavyweight Junior Wright, lightweight newcomer Juan Bustamante and heavyweight prospect Curtis Tate.

More details on the full undercard will be announced shortly.

Doors on the night of the event will open at 7pm with the first bell at 8pm. The UIC Pavilion is located at 525 S. Racine, at the corner of Harrison and Racine, just one block south of the Eisenhower Expressway in the West Loop area of Chicago..