Chicago, IL, Thursday, August 30, 2013–Listed below are the weights for “Night of the Rising Stars” presented by Hitz Boxing at to be held on Friday, August 30 at 7:00 PM at Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois.
Weights
Fidel Navarrete
Highland, IN
1-0-1, 1 KO
131 lbs
Super Featherweight
4 Rounds
Brian Strickand
Indianapolis, IN
0-2
134 lbs
Roy Navarro
Chicago, IL
2-0, 1 KOs
148 lbs
Welterweight
4 Rounds
William Bokhart
Mishawaka, IN
1-10
151 lbs
Semajay “The Truth” Thomas
Chicago, IL
PRO DEBUT
147 lbs
Welterweight
4 Rounds
Anthony Willis
Battle Creek, MI
1-3
148 lbs
Ricardo “El Diablo” Chavez
Chicago, IL
4-0, 3 KOs
251 lbs
Heavyweight
4 Rounds
Calbert Lewis
Gary, IN
0-3
Antonio “Aztec God of War” Canas
Chicago, IL
7-1, 3 KOs
139 lbs
Light Welterweight
6 Rounds
Greg Coverson Jr.
Detroit, MI
3-6, 2 KO
139 lbs
Since its debut in 1991, Hitz Boxing has been the Midwest’s leading boxing promoter. Led by Bobby Hitz, who boasted a 21-4 record with 18 KO’s as a boxer, Hitz Boxing is the longest running boxing promoter in the Chicago area dating back to the bi-monthly boxing series the “Ramada Rumble,” held at the former Rosemont Ramada Inn. The organization currently promotes the wildly popular “Fight Night at the Horseshoe” at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN and is the subject of “Hitz Boxing,” a webseries which has amassed over 5 million views. Over the years the organization has produced matches that have included some of the top names in boxing such as James Toney, Antonio Tarver, Montell Griffin, Iran Barkley, Andrew Golota and “Fast Fres Oquendo.
