Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions, Rodney Berman/Golden Gloves, and Zanfer Promotions will present a sensational world championship fight card on Saturday, August 14, 2010, at the Laredo Energy Arena, located at 6700 Arena Boulevard in Laredo, Texas. This internationally-flavored event will feature boxers from South Korea, Mexico, South Africa and Brazil.  Featured fights will be televised live on TV Azteca, Fox Sports, and live internationally worldwide.

In the main event, scheduled for 12 rounds for the vacant International Boxing Federation lightweight world championship, IBF No. 1-ranked Ji-Hoon “Volcano” Kim, 21-5 with 18 knockouts, of Goyang City, Korea, will battle IBF No. 3-ranked Miguel Angel “Titere” Vazquez, 25-3 with 12 knockouts, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Banner Promotions president Art Pelullo said, “My partners on this event - Rodney Berman, Zanfer Promotions, and Roy Medina at the Laredo Energy Arena - and I are very pleased to bring this exciting matchup to Laredo. This will be the first major world title fight in Laredo since the great International Boxing Hall of Famer Orlando Canizales defended the IBF bantamweight world title here in his hometown against Sergio Reyes 16 years ago in October, 1994, and we think it’s good one.

 “This is Kim’s third fight in Laredo – he’s given very exciting performances and gained a lot of fans here - and Vazquez  is coming off his career-best win against previously undefeated contender Breidis Prescott. Kim has won his last 11 fights by knockout, and Vazquez rose to the occasion and proved himself in the biggest fight of his life. It’s going to  be a classic boxer-puncher matchup, and we think a great night of world championship boxing.”

Featured bouts will include Hekkie Budler, 16-0 with 5 knockouts, of Johannesburg, South Africa, in a 10 round light flyweight bout. Budler is an undefeated star in South Africa and looking to make a name for himself in the United States.

Jackson Junior, 7-0 with 6 knockouts, a light heavyweight from Sao Paulo, Brazil, is the most talented fighter to come from Brazil since Acelino “Popo” Freitas. Jackson is managed by Servilio De Oliveira, the former Brazilian Olympic bronze medalist and manager of former IBF featherweight world champion Valdemir Pereira.

Also appearing on the card will be local Laredo favorite Rodolfo Gomez Jr., 6-0 with 5 knockouts, the son of Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez, in a super welterweight bout.

More exciting bouts will be announced. All bouts subject to change without notice.

Doors open at: 6:00 P.M. (Central Time)

First fight at: 8:00 P.M. (Central Time)

Tickets prices: $20, $40, $60, $80 (facility fee not included).

Tables: $300 (four-seat cocktail table); 10-seat tables available for: $700 (third row), $1,000 (second row), $1,500 (ringside).

Tickets available at: Laredo Energy Arena Box Office; all TicketMaster outlets, by phone at 1-800-745-3000, and TicketMaster.com.