Martin Honorario fights Rogers Mtagwa in Chicago
Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions has announced plans for CICERO CHILL, the next fight card of world-class pro boxing at Cicero Stadium on Friday, November 10th, headlined by a twelve round USBA featherweight title fight between Mexico City’s Martin “El Brochas� Honorio and Tanzanian native, now living and fighting out of the City of Brotherly Love, Rogers “The Tiger� Mtagwa.
The eight-bout CICERO CHILL will be broadcast internationally on SOLO BOXEO De Miller, and is presented by Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions in association with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, along with Miller Lite and TCF Bank.
“I’m very happy to again work with Oscar on this event,�Pesoli said. “It’s another huge card with some terrific veterans and outstanding looking prospects. We’ve got 54 rounds of boxing scheduled for CICERO CHILL.�
The 26-year old Honorio, sporting a record of 23-2-1 (12 KO’s), is coming off a unanimous decision over Baudel Cardenas on August 25, 2006 at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona. His seven year professional career includes wins over Steven Luevano, John Nolasco, Giovanni Andrade and Gamaliel Diaz, as well as a draw with Jorge Lacierva. He is currently rated #4 by the WBC and #11 by the IBF.
Mtagwa, 22-10-2 (16 KO’s), won the USBA Title by knocking out Art Simonyan on June 16th of this year. In his last bout, Mtagwa defended the title by knocking out Alvin Brown in the fourth round on August 2, 2006 at South Philly’s New Alhambra Theater. He holds wins over Joe Morales and Fernando Trejo and is currently rated #8 by the IBF.
Also on the card, highly regarded undefeated light heavyweight prospect Tavoris Cloud will return to the 8 Count Productions’ ring in an eight-round bout. The heavy-handed Cloud, 12-0 (11 KO’s), brutally KO’d veteran Tim Shocks last month at the Aragon Ballroom. With his two previous appearances in Chicago this year resulting in early KO’s, the dynamic Cloud is fast becoming one of Chicago’s most popular fighters.
Super featherweight prospect Vicente Escobedo of Woodland, California will make his Chicagoland debut in an eight-round bout. A member of the 2004 United States Olympic team, Escobedo, 10-1 (9 KO’s) has thrilled the west coast boxing crowds with his knockout power.
Also on the card, Puerto Rican lightweight sensation Mike Gonzalez will battle in a six-round bout. Gonzalez, now based in Milwaukee, has won the first eight bouts of his professional career by knockout. Gonzalez’s most recent victim was Donnell Logan who was stopped in the second round last month.
Just added to CICERO CHILL is the Chicago born and junior middleweight Rudy Cisneros, 8-2 (7 KO’s), in a six-rounder. Cisneros is coming off a close split decision loss to Norberto Bravo as part of the second season of ESPN’s The Contender. Prior to that fight, Cisneros had won seven in a row, six by knockout in the first three rounds.
Popular Chicago featherweight, Barbaro Zepeda, will also be featured in a six-round bout, as will undefeated Polish prospects, light heavyweight Mateusz Masternak, 4-0 (4 KO’s) and welterweight Andrezej Fonfara, 3-0.
The Master of Ceremonies for this event will be the internationally recognized voice of Latino boxing, Lupe Contreras.
Cicero Stadium is located at 1909 S. Laramie, just minutes from the Eisenhower and Stevenson Expressways. Doors for this event will open at 5:30pm with the first bell at 6:30pm. Tickets for the November 10 CICERO CHILL start at $30, are on sale in by calling 312-226-5800.
To view the seating chart and poster for this event or for more information on 8 Count Productions and JABB Boxing Gym, please visit www.8countproductions.com and www.jabbboxinggym.com.