Martin Castillo fights this Friday!

Tickets are now on sale for Friday's big Solo Boxeo event at Cicero Stadium near Chicago, Illinois. The 8 Count Productions/Top Rank card, billed as '3 Gallos,' is headlined by the Windy City debut of former world champion Martin “El Gallito” Castillo, 32-2 (17 KO’s) of Mexico City as he battles Columbian knockout artist, Jonathan Perez, 13-2 (10 KO’s) in the ten round super flyweight main event. Castillo has won two in a row since his battle with Nobuo Nashiro on July 22, 2006 in Japan which was abruptly stopped on cuts resulting in Castillo losing his world title. The co-main event features the Chicago return of world ranked and undefeated junior flyweight Giovanni Segura, 18-0 (14KO’s). The all action Segura, has scored two devastating knockouts in Chicago over Daniel Reyes and Jesus Martinez this year. Segura, a native of Ciudad Altamirano, Mexico, now fighting out of Bell Gardens, California will battle Columbian veteran Wilfrido Valdez., 23-2 3 (16KO’s) in a scheduled ten rounder. Segura is currently ranked #4 in the world by the WBC, #2 by the WBA, #3 by the IBF, and #3 by the WBO. http://www.fightnews.com/1464.htm