Tarver/Hopkins June 10 undercard from A.C.

WBC super bantamweight champion Israel “El Magnifico” Vazquez will defend his title against former world champion Ivan “Choco” Hernandez to lead up the televised undercard of the clash between Antonio “The Magic Man” Tarver and Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins on June 10 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Also, Hector Camacho Jr. will battle for the vacant NABF junior middleweight title against Andrey Tsurkan. Super lightweight prospect Jorge Paez Jr. will open the telecast against Travis Hartman.

Mexico City’s Israel “El Magnifico” Vazquez (39-3, 28 KOs) won his first world title in March of 2004 by stopping Jose Luis Valbuena in 12 rounds. The 28-year-old Vazquez defended his crown twice before his December 2005 rubber match with Oscar Larios, in which he stopped his game foe in just three rounds with a performance that has put him on many boxing insiders’ pound for pound lists.

Ivan “Choco” Hernandez (22-1-1, 13 KOs) is no stranger to the top of the boxing world, having won the WBO super flyweight title in September of 2004 with a stunning eighth round knockout of future Hall of Famer Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson. After a non-title decision win, Hernandez would lose his title in his first defense to two-division champion Fernando Montiel in April of 2005, but with a move up in weight and impressive wins over Cesar Morales and Roberto Leyva, “Choco” is looking to move onwards and upwards.

Hector Camacho Jr. (41-1-1, 23 KOs) knows that a win over Andrey Tsurkan on June 10th will move him one step closer to a world title shot. Still just 27 years old, the native of San Juan, Puerto Rico is riding a nine fight unbeaten streak since his only pro loss to Omar Weis in 2002.

Hailing from the Bronx, New York by way of the Ukraine, Andrey Tsurkan (24-2, 14 KOs) has won his last two fights by knockout.

The son of the flashy former world champion, Jorge Paez Jr. (8-0, 7 KOs) is doing a pretty good job of carving out his own identity in the fight world with an unblemished record that has seen seven of his eight victories end by way of knockout. An accomplished amateur who scored 80 wins before turning pro in 2005, the 18-year-old from Mexicali decisioned previously unbeaten Lowell Brownfield on May 6th and will meet Missouri’s Travis Hartman (7-3-1, 5 KOs), a 22-year-old who has won his last two bouts.

Tickets for the Tarver vs. Hopkins “Fight To The Finish” are priced at $750, $600, $400, $200, $100 and $50, are on sale now and can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations by calling 800-736-1420 or at www.ticketmaster.com.

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