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Gary Shaw Productions and Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions will present a sensational world championship fight card on Friday, May 14, 2010, at the Chumash Casino Resort (3400 E. Highway 246, Santa Ynez, California). The main event and co-featured fights will be televised on Showtime’s “Shobox: The New Generation” series, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)



In the main event, scheduled for 12 rounds, WBO junior middleweight world champion Sergiy Dzinziruk, 36-0 with 22 knockouts, of Roszewska, Ukraine, will make his sixth defense of the title against Sherzod Husanov, 14-0-1 with 7 knockouts, of Fergana, Uzbekistan.



Dzinziruk will make his United States debut in this fight - he has been based in Germany for his entire professional career and fought exclusively in Europe. Now 34 years old, he won the WBO title in December, 2005. He was also an international amateur standout – Sergiy represented Ukraine in the 1996 Olympics and was the silver medalist at the 1997 World Championships.



Husanov, 30 years old, is also making his U.S. debut and like Dzinziruk, is a former international amateur standout, as well – he represented Uzbekistan in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and was the silver medalist at the 2003 World Championships and the bronze medalist at the 2001 World Championships.



The co-featured bout is to be announced.



More exciting bouts will complete the card. All bouts subject to change without notice.



Doors open at: 5:30 P.M. PT with the first bout beginning at 6:00 p.m. PT. Tickets priced at $25, $40, $55, $70, and $85 can be purchased at Chumash Casino Resort’s Club Chumash, the Chumash Casino Resort webpage – www.chumashcasino.com, and by phone at StarTicketsPlus - 1-800-585-3737.