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Dzinziruk vs. Vera Headlines
Jan. 25 On ESPN2
On Friday night January 25th, Arthur Pelullo’s Banner
Promotions, Gary Shaw Productions and Greg Cohen Promotions
will present ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights featuring the
former WBO Jr. Middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk.
Dzinziruk will take on perennial contender and world ranked
Brian Vera in a twelve round bout for the NABO Middleweight
championship that will headline a night of boxing at the
Turning Stone Casino Resort in Verona, New York that will be
broadcast live as part of ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights.
Dzinziruk of the Ukraine by way of Hamburg, Germany has a
record 37-1-1 with 24 knockouts. In 2005, He won the WBO Jr.
Middleweight championship with twelve round unanimous
decision over Daniel Santos and made six successful defenses
en route to compiling a perfect 37-0 record. On March 12,
2011, Dzinziruk moved up to challenge the great Sergio
Martinez for the world Middleweight championship. Dzinziruk
fought a valiant fight before being stopped in eight rounds.
In his last bout, despite giving up seven pounds in weight
to undefeated Jonathan Gonzalez, Dzinziruk was able to box
his way to a draw on September 1st as part of a card that
was televised on HBO Boxing After Dark
Dzinziruk is currently ranked number-nine by the WBC and
eleven by the WBO at Jr. Middleweight.
Vera of Austin, Texas has a record of 21-6 with 12 knockouts
and is generally in some classic brawls that make his fights
very television friendly.
The thirty-year old has some great wins over the likes of
Samuel Miller (17-1); Max Alexander (14-1-1); Vera put the
first loss on future world title challenger Andy Lee. Vera
also has wins over Sebastien DeMers (31-2) and two victories
over former world champion Sergio Mora with the latter
coming in his last bout on August 11th.
The ten round co-feature will pit the undefeated Jr.
Welterweight Tony Luis against Miguel Gonzalez.
The twenty-four year old Luis (15-0, with 7 KO’s) of nearby
Cornwell, Ontario is coming off a spectacular first round
stoppage over thirty-seven fight veteran Andres Ledesma on
September 1st at The Turning Stone Resort and Casino.
Gonzalez of Cleveland, Ohio has a record of 20-3 with 15
knockouts and has had solid wins over Tyrone Harris and
Humberto Toledo . Gonzalez will be looking to get back in
the win column after dropping a ten round unanimous decision
to Michael Dallas on February 17th.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the first undercard bout
starting at 7:30 p.m. The live ESPN2 telecast begins at 9
p.m.
Tickets prices from $25 to $70. Call the Turning Stone box
office at (315) 361-7469 or visit
www.Ticketmaster.com.
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