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This past Wednesday, undefeated WBA and WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz and IBF lightweight champion Julio Diaz attended a press conference announcing “El Dia De Los Diaz” in Chicago, IL. Along with Juan Diaz and Julio Diaz, Mike Mollo and Art Binkowski were in attendance.
On Friday night, at the Congress Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, light heavyweight prospect Tavoris Cloud (16-0, 15 KOs) stayed undefeated by viciously knocking out another knock-out artist, Jose Luis Herrera (14-4, 14 KOs), in the fifth round of their ten-round contest. Both boxers landed significant punches throughout the fight, but Cloud was in complete control as he turned the tides toward his favor.
On Friday night, super featherweight Francisco Lorenzo (29-4, 14 KOs) defeated Baudel Cardenas (17-10-2, 6 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous decision at the Congress Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Both boxers landed meaningful punches throughout the fight, but Lorenzo was always a step ahead and had complete control from the beginning.
On Tuesday afternoon, three-time world champion Erik Morales and WBC lightweight champion David Diaz attended the press conference announcing “War For 4” in Chicago, IL. After Top Rank’s Bob Arum and Eight Count’s Dominic Pesoli presented their boxers, Morales and Diaz each took a moment to speak of their upcoming battle.
By Joe Harrison - Friday night at Cicero Stadium located near Chicago, welterweight prospect Freddy Hernandez (22-1, 17 KOs) overcame a bloody head and multiple low blows to defeat veteran Ben Tackie (29-7-1, 17 KOs) by a unanimous decision in their scheduled ten-round contest. In a full-scale battle, each man went to the extreme, landing meaningful punches and doing anything possible to gain control of the bout.
On Friday night, May 11th, at Cicero Stadium located near Chicago, Tavoris Cloud (15-0, 14 KOs) knocked out Jim Strohl (27-5, 21 KOs) in the first round of their scheduled ten-round contest. It was the ninth consecutive knockout victory for Cloud, and his fifth victory to end in the first round.
On Friday night at Cicero Stadium, located just outside Chicago, Illinois, bantamweight Abner Mares (12-0, 8 KOs) kept his unbeaten streak alive as he defeated Angel Priolo (30-6, 20 KOs) by a 6th-round technical knockout.
By Joe Harrison - At Cicero Stadium on Friday the 13th, Donovan “Da Bomb” George (13-0-1, 11 KOs) knocked down Alberto Mercedes (13-14-1, 9 KOs) three times to score a 1st-round technical knockout. It was the 6th straight knockout win for Chicago’s fastest rising fighter.
This past Friday night at Cicero Stadium, located just outside Chicago, Illinois, Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions provided boxing fans with another phenomenal evening of boxing.
By Joe Harrison - We are only three months into the year and the heavyweight division still has four world champions. Boxing fans all over the world are demanding unification bouts, but instead they are only provided with meaningless mandatory defenses. We just got one out of the way between Wladimir Klitschko and Ray Austin, but now we have three more to get past.