Findley defeats Hernandez!

Sunday, May 11 2008

Ringside by Jacob Chavez, photos by John Booz

Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions and Octavius James’ One In A Million Boxing Inc. teamed up to put on a terrific event that brought big time boxing back to the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, IL on Friday night. The fight card, which was billed as the “Battle For Pride,” featured a cross-town battle between Chicago’s Miguel “Macho” Hernandez (20-8-0, 10 KOs), whose notoriety was earned from his appearance on the third season of the popular reality TV boxing series “The Contender”, against the up and coming Derrick “Superman” Findley (11-2-0, 6 KOs) of Gary, IN. Findley has gained significant interest and has Midwest boxing insiders talking not just because of his boxing skills, but also because of his very muscular build as well. After his experience on “The Contender,” Hernandez needed a win to get his career back on track. In the end it was youth over experience as Derrick Findley controlled the fight en route to an eight round unanimous decision over Miguel Hernandez by a comfortable margin . . . Click here for more

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