FACT SHEET

 

WHAT:             “Tyson Is Back!” professional boxing

 

WHO:               Main Event – IBF Junior Featherweight Championship (12)

ARGENIS “La Tormenta” MENDEZ (21-2, 11 KOs), Champion, Miami, FL via Dominican Republic

vs.

ARASH USMANEE (20-1, 10 KOs), Challenger, Montreal, Canada

 

Co-Feature – Vacant WBA Interim Featherweight Championship (10)

CLAUDIO “The Matrix” MARRERO (14-0, 11 KOs), Miami, FL via Dominican Republic

vs.

JESUS ANDRES CUELLER (22-1, 18 KOs), Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Featherweights (10)

ALEXEI “The Hurricane” COLLADO (16-0, 15 KOs), Miami, FL via Cuba

vs.

HUGO “Guerrero” PARTIDA (19-4-2, 15 KOs), Mexico City, Mexico

 

Welterweights (10)

ED “The Lion” PAREDES (33-3-1, 22 KOs), Hollywood, FL

vs.

NOE “Platanito” BOLANOS (24-8-1, 16 KOs), Ciudad Obregon, Mexico

 

Middleweights (6)

ANTOINE DOUGLAS (8-0, 6 KOs), Burke, VA

vs.

ROBERT ACEVEDO (7-1, 4 KOs), Miami, FL

 

Super Featherweights (4)

ALBERT “Prince” BELL (1-0, 1 KO), Miami, FL

vs.

LEONEL GARCIA (pro debut), Hartford, CT

 

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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