Wednesday, April 25, 2001
[ BOXING HAWAII ]
The main event for the Tom Moffatt Productions Inc. boxing card on May 15 was given tentative approval yesterday by the Hawaii State Boxing Commission. Salud, Viloria on card
for fight at Convention
Center on May 15By Paul Arnett
Star-BulletinFormer junior featherweight champion Jesus Salud faces Fernando "Bobby Boy" Verlardez in the 10-round main event of the five-fight card that includes Olympic boxers Brian Viloria of Waipahu and Jose Navarro of Los Angeles.
Moffatt told the commission that the fights will be held in the Hawaii Convention Center. The venue will seat 3,700 with ticket prices ranging from $25 to $100 for ringside seats.
Moffatt said the bouts would be shown on ESPN2 and that the card would begin at 3 p.m.
"Jesus has always been a good draw here," Moffatt said. "Adding Brian to the card for his first professional bout is also big for Hawaii boxing fans. We're excited about being back in the fight business."
Viloria's opponent for his first professional bout is still unknown. The proposed flyweight fight is set for four rounds. Navarro doesn't know his opponent yet, either, but because he already has three pro fights, the junior bantamweight from California will have a scheduled six-round fight.
Rounding out the card are two women's fights. The first is a four-round bantamweight match between Trena Drotar of Canada and Roberta Bald Eagle from Las Vegas.
There is also a 10-round junior middleweight bout between Ann Wolfe of Austin, Texas, and Lisa Ested of Richmond, Va. The commission reviewed these two women's bouts, but wanted more information from Moffatt before giving its approval. The next commission meeting is in two weeks.