Thursday, August 22, 2013

OFFICIAL WEIGHTS FROM TURNING STONE; Iron Mike Productions debut event


ESPN Friday Night Fights
mENDEZ & uSMANEE
L-R:  Argenis Mendez, Mike Tyson, Arash Usmanee and Greg Cohen
(photo by Tom Casino / Iron Mike Productions) 

Main Event - IBF Junior Lightweight Championship (12) -- ESPN
ARGENIS MENDEZ (21-2, 11 KOs), Champion, Miami, FL via Dominican Republic   130 lbs.
vs.
ARASH USMANEE (20-1, 10 KOs), Challenger, Edmonton, Canada via Afghanistan   129 lbs.

Marrero and CuellerL-R - Claudio Marrero, Mike Tyson and Jesus Andres Cueller
(photo by Tom Casino / Iron Mike Productions) 

Co-Feature - Vacant WBA Featherweight Championship (10) -- ESPN
CLAUDIO MARRERO (14-0, 11 KOs), Miami, FL via Dominican Republic   126 lbs.
vs.
JESUS ANDRES CUELLER (22-1, 18 KOs), Buenos Aires, Argentina   126 lbs.

Collado and Sanchez
L-R - Alexei Collado, Mike Tyson and Guillermo Sanchez
(photo by Rey Sanchez - Iron Mike Productions)

Super Featherweights (10)
ALEXEI COLLADO (16-0, 15 KOs), Miami, FL via Cuba   131 lbs.
vs.
GUILLERMO SANCHEZ (13-9-1, 5 KOs), Buffalo, NY via Puerto Rico   132 ¼ lbs.

Welterweights (10)
ED PAREDES (33-3-1, 22 KOs), Hollywood, FL   149 lbs.
vs.
NOE BOLANOS (24-8-1, 16 KOs), Ciudad Obregon, Mexico   149 lbs.  

Super Middleweights (6)
ANTOINE DOUGLAS (8-0, 6 KOs), Burke, VA   161 ¼ lbs.
vs.
EDGAR PEREZ (5-5, 3 KOs), Chicago, IL   167 lbs.

Heavyweights (6)
DORSETT BARNWELL (9-0, 4 KOs), Newport News, VA   248 lbs.
vs.
MARLON HAYES (23-12, 11 KOs), Newark, NJ   219 lbs.

Junior Lightweghts (4) --  ESPN SWING
ALBERT BELL (1-0, 1 KO), Miami, FL   129 lbs.
vs.
LEONEL GARCIA (pro debut), Hartford, CT   125 ¾ lbs.

M & U sdL-R - Argenis Mendez, Mike Tyson and Arash Usmanee
(picture by Tom Casino / Iron Mike Productions 


M & C staredownL-R - Claudio Marrero, Mike Tyson and Jesus Andres Cueller
(photo by Tom Casino / Iron Mike Productions 

Tyson and wardL-R - Mike Tyson and Micky Ward (trainer for Iron Mike Productions)
(photo by Tom Casino / Iron Mike Productions)

legendsL-R - John David Jackson (co-head trainer for Iron Mike Productions), Mike Tyson and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (head trainer of Arash Usmanee)
(photo by Rey Sanchez / Iron Mike Productions) 



WHAT:             "Tyson Is Back!" professional boxing

WHEN:            Friday, August 23, 2013

WHERE:           Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY

TELEVISION:   ESPN Friday Night Fights

PROMOTER:    Iron Mike Productions in association with Greg Cohen Promotions

TICKETS:         $150, $95, $55 and $45 and available to purchase at the Turning Stone box office, by calling (315) 361-7469, or visit www.Ticketmaster.com 

INFORMATION:          www.IronMikeProductions.com or www.TurningStone.com 

OTHER:                        Doors Open 6:00 p.m. ET, first bout 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN FNF starts 9:00 p.m. ET.

Iron Mike Productions, previously Acquinity Sports, is a boxing promotion company co-founded and led by Acquinity Interactive CEO Garry Jonas. It is a partnership with Hall of Famer Mike Tyson committed to changing traditional boxing promotion by advocating for its fighters' successes inside the ring and out, throughout their professional careers and into retirement.

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