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Promoters Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions, Golden Gloves Promotions, Thompson Boxing Promotions and Tony Holden Productions and will present a sensational fight card on Friday, February 25, 2011, at the Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The main event and other selected fights will be televised live on ESPN at 9:00 P.M. Eastern, 6:00 P.M. Pacific.
In the main event – scheduled for 10 rounds – featherweight contender Juan Carlos “Mini” Burgos, 25-1 with 18 knockouts, of Tijuana, Baja California, will battle Frankie Archuleta, 27-7-1 with 14 knockouts, of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Burgos, now 23 years old, is ranked No. 4 by the WBC at 126 pounds. In his last fight on November 26 in Nagoya, Japan, he challenged Hozumi Hasegawa for the vacant WBC featherweight world title.
Hasegawa, a former WBC bantamweight world champion with 10 successful title defenses, is considered by many to be one of Japan’s best fighters of the last decade. It was a tremendous battle, one of the most exciting fights of the year – Burgos rallied in the last four rounds and finished the fight strongly, but came up short in the scoring and lost by 12 round decision.
Archuleta, 35 years old, is a 14-year professional veteran. A former WBC Latin American and North American Boxing Association featherweight champion, he has won two fights in a row.
In the co-featured bout – scheduled for 10 rounds in the super middleweight division – rising prospect Maxim Vlasov, 19-0 with 10 knockcouts, of Samara, Russia, will take on Isaac “Golden Boy” Chilemba, 15-1-1 with 8 knockouts, of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Also scheduled are heavyweights Garret Simon, 5-0, 4 KOs, Puyallup, Washington, vs. Kevin Shepard, 8-7, 7 KOs, Topeka, Kansas, bantamweights Simpiwe Vetyeka, 21-1, 12 KOs, Johannesburg, South Africa, vs. Roberto Leyva, 27-12-1, 21 KOs, Ensenada, Mexico, junior middleweights Harry Joe Yorgey, 21-1, 10 KOs, Saratoga, Pennsylvania, vs. Taronze Washington, 14-14, 7 KOs, Dallas, Texas.
Bantamweights Alex De Oliveira, 16-1, 12 KOs, Sao Paulo, Brazil, vs. Robert Da Luz, 13-31-3, 9 KOs, Miami, Florida, light heavyweights Warren Walker, 3-0, 3 KOs, Tulsa, Oklahoma, vs. Rich Cherry, 1-1, 1 KO, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, heavyweights David Latonia, 7-0-0, 3 KOs, Chicago, Illinois, vs. TBA.
All bouts subject to change without notice.
Ticket prices: $35; must be 18 years old and older. Tickets available at: Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino Box Office located in the Tulsa Casino at 951 W. 36th Street; the Box Office is open Monday through Saturday, 9:00 am to 11 pm; closed Sunday. (All times Central Time). By telephone at 918.699.7667. From the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino website: http://www.milliondollarelm.com/event-center.
Doors open at: 6:00 pm. First fight at: 7:00 pm.
