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May 6 2005
Agapito Sanchez: The Comeback Kid is Destined for Greatness.
By Edwin Gonzalez @ 7:42 am 5/6/2005
Former WBO junior featherweight champion Agapito "El Ciclón" Sanchez
will take on top contender and most recent IBF title challenger
Artyom Simonyan. This will be the co-feature of a Banner Promotions
event featuring an IBF title eliminator bout between junior
middleweights Teddy Reid and the "Kassim Ouma victim" Verno Phillips,
as announced earlier today. The bout will be televised live on May 24
on this year's first special edition of ESPN2's Tuesday Night Fights.
The fights will take place in Spokane, Washington in the Northern
Quest Casino. Artyom Simonyan's USBA junior featherweight title will
be up for grabs. Sanchez is coming off a very impressive TKO stoppage
victory over the rugged Ivan Alvarez who had defeated former world
champion Junior Jones, gone the distance with the WBC junior
featherweight champion Oscar Larios as well as losing a split
decision to the crafty veteran David Santos.
The native from the Dominican Republic is determined to position
himself for a title shot pending a victorious outcome on May 24.
Sanchez had been in the driver's seat before and was the next leading
contender in the IBF rankings, however, a bad career move saw him
fighting at two weight classes above his normal weight. Thus,
suffering a very tough defeat to the much bigger Carlos Navarro.
Agapito is quoted as saying, "There are no shortcuts to get to the
top, I am still very motivated and determined to become a two-time
world champion. By staying active and fighting at junior
featherweight I know I can reposition myself at the top."
In Artyom Simonyan's last fight challenged the reigning IBF junior
featherweight champion Israel Vasquez. Although he came up way short
against Vasquez, Simonyan, at a very young 14-1-1, 7 KOs is showing a
lot of heart by getting back in the ring to face a very, tough
opponent in Agapito Sanchez (34-11-3 17 KO's). So, it's imperative to
give that man his props.
According to the IBF rankings, the Armenian native Simonyan is ranked
number nine. He will tell you that he is ready to get back in the mix
for a title shot. There is a lot at stake in this explosive match up
in the junior featherweight division. Respect, recognition, and
notoriety are all up for grabs.
--Boundary_(ID_UNFMONt4vPmc+HCSX2WQDg)--
May 6 2005
Agapito Sanchez: The Comeback Kid is Destined for Greatness.
By Edwin Gonzalez @ 7:42 am 5/6/2005
Former WBO junior featherweight champion Agapito "El Ciclón" Sanchez
will take on top contender and most recent IBF title challenger
Artyom Simonyan. This will be the co-feature of a Banner Promotions
event featuring an IBF title eliminator bout between junior
middleweights Teddy Reid and the "Kassim Ouma victim" Verno Phillips,
as announced earlier today. The bout will be televised live on May 24
on this year's first special edition of ESPN2's Tuesday Night Fights.
The fights will take place in Spokane, Washington in the Northern
Quest Casino. Artyom Simonyan's USBA junior featherweight title will
be up for grabs. Sanchez is coming off a very impressive TKO stoppage
victory over the rugged Ivan Alvarez who had defeated former world
champion Junior Jones, gone the distance with the WBC junior
featherweight champion Oscar Larios as well as losing a split
decision to the crafty veteran David Santos.
The native from the Dominican Republic is determined to position
himself for a title shot pending a victorious outcome on May 24.
Sanchez had been in the driver's seat before and was the next leading
contender in the IBF rankings, however, a bad career move saw him
fighting at two weight classes above his normal weight. Thus,
suffering a very tough defeat to the much bigger Carlos Navarro.
Agapito is quoted as saying, "There are no shortcuts to get to the
top, I am still very motivated and determined to become a two-time
world champion. By staying active and fighting at junior
featherweight I know I can reposition myself at the top."
In Artyom Simonyan's last fight challenged the reigning IBF junior
featherweight champion Israel Vasquez. Although he came up way short
against Vasquez, Simonyan, at a very young 14-1-1, 7 KOs is showing a
lot of heart by getting back in the ring to face a very, tough
opponent in Agapito Sanchez (34-11-3 17 KO's). So, it's imperative to
give that man his props.
According to the IBF rankings, the Armenian native Simonyan is ranked
number nine. He will tell you that he is ready to get back in the mix
for a title shot. There is a lot at stake in this explosive match up
in the junior featherweight division. Respect, recognition, and
notoriety are all up for grabs.
--Boundary_(ID_UNFMONt4vPmc+HCSX2WQDg)--