FACT SHEET

WHAT:             "Tyson Is Back!" professional boxing

WHO:               Main Event - IBF Junior Featherweight Championship (12)

ARGENIS "La Tormenta" MENDEZ (21-2, 11 KOs), Champion, Miami, FL via Dominican Republic

vs.

ARASH USMANEE (20-1, 10 KOs), Challenger, Montreal, Canada

Co-Feature - Vacant WBA Interim Featherweight Championship (10)

CLAUDIO "The Matrix" MARRERO (14-0, 11 KOs), Miami, FL via Dominican Republic

vs.

JESUS ANDRES CUELLER (22-1, 18 KOs), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Featherweights (10)

ALEXEI "The Hurricane" COLLADO (16-0, 15 KOs), Miami, FL via Cuba

vs.

HUGO "Guerrero" PARTIDA (19-4-2, 15 KOs), Mexico City, Mexico

Welterweights (10)

ED "The Lion" PAREDES (33-3-1, 22 KOs), Hollywood, FL

vs.

NOE "Platanito" BOLANOS (24-8-1, 16 KOs), Ciudad Obregon, Mexico

Middleweights (6)

ANTOINE DOUGLAS (8-0, 6 KOs), Burke, VA

vs.

ROBERT ACEVEDO (7-1, 4 KOs), Miami, FL

Super Featherweights (4)

ALBERT "Prince" BELL (1-0, 1 KO), Miami, FL

vs.

LEONEL GARCIA (pro debut), Hartford, CT

WHEN:            Friday, August 23, 2013

WHERE:           Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY

TELEVISION:   ESPN Friday Night Fights

PROMOTER:    Iron Mike Productions in association with Greg Cohen Promotions

TICKETS:      $150, $95, $55 and $45 and available to purchase at the Turning Stone box office, by calling (315 361-7469, or visit www.Ticketmaster.com 

INFORMATION:          www.IronMikeProductions.com or www.TurningStone.com 

OTHER:                        Doors Open 6:00 p.m. ET, first bout 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN FNF starts 9:00 p.m. ET.

Iron Mike Productions, previously Acquinity Sports, is a boxing promotion company co-founded and led by Acquinity Interactive CEO Garry Jonas. It is a partnership with Hall of Famer Mike Tyson committed to changing traditional boxing promotion by advocating for its fighters' successes inside the ring and out, throughout their professional careers and into retirement.

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CONTACTS:

Bob Trieger, Iron Mike Productions, 978.664,4482, [email protected] 

Jo Mignano, Mike Tyson's publicist, [email protected] 

Press Credentials:

Brett Stagnitti, Oneida Nation Public Affairs Manager, (315) 829-8310,  [email protected] (Friday, August 16 deadline to apply for consideration)