Q&A with Promoter Bobby Hitz

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Colorful Chicago boxing promoter Bobby Hitz, former heavyweight boxer and founder of Hitz Boxing, has much to smile about these days.

 

Hitz and close friend Artie Pellulo of Banner Promotions have teamed up to present an action-packed televised 10-round lightweight bout between Chicago's former WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz (36-3-1, 17 KOs) and Philadelphia's Henry "Hank" Lundy (20-1-1 10 KOs) on Friday, August 19, in the luxurious "Venue" in the Horseshoe Casino, in Hammond, Indiana, that will also be televised live on ESPN Friday Night Fights.

 

Also featured that night will be Chicago's former world champion Montell "Ice" Griffin (49-8-1, 30 KOs) who will be looking for his landmark fiftieth professional victory and future light middleweight world champion Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade (13-0, 9 KOs), who will be returning to Chicago for the first time since winning the 2007 amateur world championships at the UIC Pavilion.

 

With less than two weeks to go, and final preparations well underway, Hits sat down to answer a few questions in his unique old-school style.

 

Tell me about the event you have coming up in Hammond.

 

We have a super exciting ESPN2 fight coming up August 19, featuring a local kid and one of my favorites, David Diaz. He was born and raised in town. He was an Olympian and I've know the kid for most of his boxing life. I was fortunate to be able to promote him when he first came out of the Olympics. He went off and did his thing and now he's back full circle. He's in a great fight with Hank Lundy, it's a definite pick-em fight and Don't Miss TV.

 

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