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Octavius James’ One In A Million Inc.’s Stable Of Fighters Trim And Ready For A Sensational Night Of World Championship Boxing At The Hammond Civic Center
April 25 (Merrillville, In) – Just a night before their world championship showdown at the legendary Hammond Civic Center, undefeated NABC Lightweight World Champion “Merciless” Mary McGee (16-0, 10 KOs) and WBF Light Welterweight World Champion Kristy “Rose” Follmar (16-1, 9 KOs) glared into each other’s eyes for the last time at the official weigh-ins @ Langel’s Pizza before their “Date With Destiny.” McGee, a former Gary Roosevelt High School student, and Follmar, a Hanover Central High School graduate, will square off for the vacant WBC International Super Lightweight World Championship and McGee’s world title in a Main Event that will bring the region to its foundation. “This fight has me extremely excited and anyone who buys a ticket for this one will definitely get their money’s worth,” said Octavius James, C.E.O. of Octavius James’ One In A Million, Inc. “Just by the way that they stared at each other during the weigh-in, you know that it’s going to be a war out there.” McGee stepped on the scales with the crowd at full attention weighing in at a trim 133 pounds, while Follmar looked equally as impressive at 133 pounds. The Co-Main Event will consist of undefeated middleweight Orphius Waite (4-0, 3 KOs) vs. Cedric Johnson (10-3, 8 KOs) with Waite weighing in at a chiseled 159.5 pounds and Johnson tipping the scales at 156.5 pounds. Undefeated welterweight Ed “2 Fast 2 Furious” Ochoa (7-0, 7 KOs) made the scales move to 147.5 pounds, while his opponent Chris Hill (4-21-2, 2 KOs) weighed in at 143 pounds. For his first professional bout, heavyweight “Big” Ty Ortiz owned the scales at 252.5 pounds as his opponent undefeated Justin Sule (1-0, 0 KOs) weighed in at 222.5 pounds. Unbeaten middleweight Josh Crouch (3-0, 3KOs) weighed in at 158.5 pounds while his opponent Jeremy Parks (0-9-1, 0 KOs) weighed in at 162.5 pounds. Welterweight Angel Hernandez (11-3, 9 KOs) rounds out the card weighing at 146 pounds with his opponent Gustavo Palacios (2-5, 1 KOs) weighing at 146.5 pounds.
The Hammond Civic Center, 5825 Sohl Ave.
just 20 minutes from downtown Chicago will open doors at 6 p.m.
with the first bout at 8 p.m.
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