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REGGIE JOHNSON VS ANTONIO TARVER
(INSIDE BOXING)
January 3, 2002 - Promoters Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions, and Bobby Hitz /Bobby Hitz Boxing Promotions, Inc., will present a sensational double championship fight card on Friday, January 25,
2002, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel O'Hare, located at 6600 N. Mannheim Road in Rosemont, Illinois. The event will be a special telecast, the first of its kind, on ESPN and ESPN2. The Johnson-Tarver
fight will headline a 1 ½-hour telecast on ESPN from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (Central Time). At its conclusion, the Reid-Tackie fight will headline a 1 ½-hour telecast on ESPN2 from 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM (Central Time).
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This week's Title Specials
J.C. CANDELO VS ANGEL HERNANDEZ FOR VACANT NABF
(INSIDE BOXING)
Promoted by Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions, Inc., and Mat Tinley/America Presents Boxing, LLC, in association with Sunset Station Hotel and Casino, Budweiser, and Cabo Wabo. Fight Night - Saturday, January 12, 2002. Cox Pavilion at UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada. 12 ROUNDS, SUPER WELTERWEIGHTS - VACANT NABF TITLE J.C. CANDELO VS
ANGEL HERNANDEZ 23-3-3, 17 KOs, Denver, Co. 20-2, 15 KOs, Chicago, Il. In one of the chief supporting bouts for the Acelino Freitas vs Joel Casamayor world title unification main event, J.C. Candelo, 23-3-3, 17 KOs, a native of Colombia now based in Denver, Co., will challenge Angel "Toro" Hernandez, 20-2, 15 KOs, of Chicago, Il., for the vacant North American Boxing Federation super welterweight title, scheduled for 12 rounds.
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VEGAN SHUFFORD VS GONZALEZ
(INSIDE BOXING)
Nev.-Las Vegas heavyweight Charles Shufford faces hard hitting Jorge Luis Gonzalez, also of Las Vegas, in the 10-round main event on the nationally and internationally televised "Everlast Heavyweight Explosion" boxing card presented by Cedric Kushner Promotions Friday, Jan. 18, at Paris Las Vegas. The 10-round heavyweight semi-main event features Willie Williams of East Point, Ga., against Greg Pickrom of Houston. Four more heavyweight fights are on the card, including five-time U.S. and Golden Gloves national amateur champion DaVarryl Williamson of Denver against Kevin McBride, originally from Ireland and now living in Brockton, Mass., and undefeated Jean-Francois Bergeron of Montreal against Jason Nicholson of Tulsa, Okla.
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