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Kelsey Jeffries Featured on HP Pavilion
July 13, 2005
(JULY 13) Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank returns to HP Pavilion and
with it returns the same hard-hitting action that Bay Area boxing fans have
come to enjoy. The action is scheduled for Thursday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m.
The following is a press release on this event:
Featured in the evening’s 10 round main event will be Fernando Beltran Jr.
(25-1-1, 17 KO’s) of Culiacan, Mexico who will take on Ramon Leyte (14-7, 9
KO’s) of Mexico City, Mexico. Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank fan
favorite Kelsey Jeffries (32-8, 2 KO’s) of Gilroy, Calif. returns to HP
Pavilion to fight Leona Brown (13-15, 5 KO’s) of Buffalo, New York in a six
round semi-main event.
The other semi-main event will feature Said Zavalete (4-0, 2 KO’s) of Mexico
City, Mexico who will face Arturo Quintero (14-2, 9 KO’s) of Las Vegas,
Nevada in a six round Lightweight bout. New to the scene will be hard
hitting Mike Hull (0-0) and Sean Duggan (0-0) who will each be making their
professional fighting debut in a four round bout. Getting the evening kicked
off will be San Jose’s own Renee Aguaristi (1-0, 1 KO) who’ll be taking on
Teron Scott (0-0) in a four round Light Middleweight bout. Fighters are
subject to change.
Individual tickets to Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank are on sale now at
the HP Pavilion Ticket Office, Ticketmaster Ticket Centers located in
Wherehouse Music stores, Tower Records and Ritmo Latino locations throughout
the Bay Area, online at ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at (408)
998-TIXS, (415) 421-TIXS or (510) 625-TIXS. For information about purchasing
season tickets to next year’s Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank series or
for group discounts call (408) 999-5746.
Special Guest:
On hand to check out the hard-hitting action will be special guest, boxing
legend Lou Duva. Known to many as the "Raging Bulldog," Duva is most famous
for his work in the corner of 15 world champions including Hall-of-Famer
Joey Giardello, Johnny Bumphus, Rocky Lockridge, Bobby Czyz, Livingston
Bramble, Vinny Pazienza, Mark Breland, John-John Molina, Meldrick Taylor,
Darrin Van Horn, Michael Moorer, Eddie Hopson and future Hall of Famers Mike
McCallum, Evander Holyfield and Pernell Whitaker. Duva emerged to the
forefront of the boxing world by signing five members of the 1984 U.S.
Olympic team -- Taylor, Whitaker, Breland, Holyfield and Tyrell Biggs.
Weigh-in:
The weigh-in Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank event will take place on
Wednesday, July 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bamboo Lounge at the Clarion Hotel
San Jose Airport. Here is the address:
Clarion Hotel San Jose Airport
1355 North Fourth Street
San Jose, California 95112
Driving directions from San Jose International Airport: Take Airport Pkwy E
to Old Bayshore Hwy and turn right. Then turn right onto N Fourth St and
proceed to the hotel.
Schedule Change:
The Miller Lite Fight Night at the Tank event originally scheduled for
Thursday, September 15 has been postponed one day and will now be held on
Friday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m. |
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