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It’s not all red carpets and flashing lights for one particular Chicago up-n coming fighter simply known as “Hollywood”, unlike the normal Hollywood star this young man likes to get his hands dirty like the rest of us! However, unlike the rest of us, he likes to use his hands to beat and destroy all competition he faces.
Undefeated super middleweight Mike “Hollywood” Jimenez (4-0 3KO’s) is young, heavy handed and steps in the ring with “Swagger” due to his overwhelming confidence and his aggressive fighting style. One thing that is clear is that Jimenez wants to follow in the footsteps of other Chicago fight club fighters such as his good friends Donovan George and “King” David Estrada; Jimenez wants to fight his way to the top of his division. Jimenez believes the right people surround him and that would help catapult him in the sport known as the sweet science. “I greatly appreciate what everyone has done for me thus far, I could not have been here without Pete George, he has brought me a long way and taught me a lot, I am very thankful for having him in my corner.”-Said Jimenez.
On June 19th 2010 Jimenez fought his first professional boxing bout that sent shockwaves throughout the city of Chicago. Jimenez destroyed his opponent in the very first round winning the contest via TKO. Jimenez stayed very active fighting in 2010 fighting two more times before 2010 came to an end. On March 25th 2011 Jimenez faced a tough rugged fighter in Cameron Allen and once again Jimenez walked away victorious but not by knockout instead he won by a unanimous decision. What many fans witnessed was a slugfest between the two fighters, what many fans did not know was that Jimenez was fighting injured. Not wanting to let his fans or the city of Chicago down, he decided to fight despite the pain that was following him weeks before the fight as he prepared for the bout.
After his victory over Allen, the celebration was cut short as Jimenez was informed by doctors that the pain Jimenez was experiencing before the fight were cause by loose bodies which are basically small bone chips, one of those bone chips were the size of a casino poker chip. Not only bone spurs needed to be shaven down but that poker sized bone chip needed to be removed and that required doctors to make a 2inch incision to remove the bone chip. This was not what Jimenez was hoping for, but knew the time was something his body needed to fully heal.
Jimenez sidelined with the injury was obviously depressed, even though he was not seen fighting, he was seen constantly supporting his friends by attending both amateur and professional boxing cards. Jimenez loved to sit and be a spectator but the more he watched punches being thrown the quicker he was missing the sport.
After the cast was removed from his arm Jimenez decided to have two training camps one being in Medellin, Colombia at the Knock Out Box Gym and the other in “The Windy City” training at Chicago Fight Club. In Colombia, Jimenez was able to work with the likes of Felipe Novoa, Newton Villareal just to name a few. “The best thing about my trip to Colombia was seeing my father”- said the heavy-handed fighter. In Chicago he was back to sparring with the likes of number #4 ranked Donovan “Da Bomb” George, welterweight contender “King” David Estrada, Chicago Iconic ring warrior Angel “El Toro” Hernandez and countless others.
Feeling much better Jimenez wanted to get back in the ring and Cynthia Tolaymat owner of CFC Promotions LLC could not have been happier. “Hollywood brings a fan base unlike any other, his fans come in and chant “Hollywood, Hollywood”, very loud and very exciting –said Tolaymat. “I am pleased to see Jimenez healthy, the fans can expect an exciting bout on October 7th.”
Serving as the Main Event on “Chicago Fight Night III” will be Chicago’s adopted son, middleweight Osumanu Adama (19-2 14KO’s) as he is put through the biggest test in his professional boxing career as he is scheduled to face former IBF light middleweight champion Roman “Made In Hell” Karmazin (40-4-2, 26 KOs), the bout is an IBF proposed eliminator box off.
One half of the co-main event will be former WBA world champion “Vicious” Vivian Harris (29-7-1 19KO’s) taking on former Indiana state champion Jermaine “Hawk” White (17-4 9KO’s) in a 10 round contest. There has been a great buzz surrounding this fight due to the all out action style of fighting both of these welterweights bring.
The undercard will feature middleweights Derrick Findley, Ramon Valenzuela Jr, Super Middleweight “Irish” Joe McCreedy, Light welterweights Sean Eklund and Antonio Canas as well as heavyweight Boban Simic who is making his long awaited professional debut.
Tickets for CHICAGO FIGHT NIGHT III, starting at $30 can be purchased in advance at Shop & Save, Cermak Produce, or Chicago Fight Club (http://www.chicagofightclubs.com) 708-333-3303 and Will County Boxing Gym (http://www.willcountyboxing.com) 815-661-0247.
Doors on the evening of the event will open at 7pm with the first bell at 8pm. The Club is located at 7600 S. Cicero Ave. Burbank, IL. For further information, please visit their website at (http://www.theclubchicago.com). The Club is serving alcohol at all boxing events.
