CICERO, Ill. – Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions has announced further details of the eight fight June 16th “DESTINY” event at Cicero Stadium. The main event will feature an outstanding matchup between Chicagoland’s most popular boxer, 1996 US Olympian David Diaz and Efren Hinojosa of Lakeside, California in a twelve round bout for the IBA Lightweight World Championship..
“DESTINY” is presented by 8 Count Productions and Bob Arum’s Top Rank Incorporated, along with Miller Beer and TCF Bank.
Cicero Stadium is located at 1909 S. Laramie, just minutes from the Eisenhower and Stevenson expressways. Doors for this event will open at 6pm with the first bell at 7pm. Tickets, starting at $30 are on sale in advance by calling 312-226-5800.
Diaz, 30-1-1 (16), is coming off a terrific ten round decision win over Silverio Ortiz at the Aragon Ballroom at the 8 Count Productions “MADNESS IN MARCH” event on March 17th of this year.
Hinojosa, 29-2-1 (17) is undefeated in his last five fights. His eleven year career includes wins over contenders Ernesto Zavala (twice), Ivan Robinson, Lamar Murphy, and Steve Quinonez.
Said Pesoli, “This is an outstanding world title fight. Both guys have very similar records and are highly skilled warriors. David showed a lot of heart winning his fight with Silverio Ortiz. I’ve seen quite a few of Hinojosa’s fights on TV and he’s a very tough kid who’s always in great fights.”
The full fight card is as follows:
David Diaz vs. Efren Hinojosa, 12 rounds, lightweight
IBA Lightweight World Championship
Mike Gonzalez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
Gilbert Venegas vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Francisco Diaz vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights
Donovan George vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweight
Kenny Kost vs. Alberto Mercedes, 6 rounds, middleweights
Barbaro Zepeda vs. Miguel Figueroa, 6 rounds, super featherweights
Trinidad Garcia vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights
“We’ve got 56 scheduled rounds of boxing on this card. Our fans should truly get their monies worth and they should call ahead because I fully expect this card to sell out,” said Pesoli. Additional information on this event will be announced very shortly.
8 Count Productions was started by Dominic Pesoli in 1997 and has consistently presented the highest quality professional boxing events in Chicagoland. In 2003, Pesoli along with former featherweight contender Mike Garcia opened JABB Boxing Gym, a 6,000 square foot venue dedicated to the finest Chicagoland boxers of all talent levels.
To view the seating chart and poster for this event or for more information on 8 Count Productions and JABB Boxing, please visit www.8countproductions.com and www.jabbboxinggym.com