CHICAGO, IL (January 25, 2012) Advance tickets are now on sale as former world title challenger Edner “Cherry Bomb” Cherry makes his Chicago debut in the main event at Windy City Fight Night 21 on Friday, February 24th at the UIC Pavilion, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.

The co-main event at Windy City Fight Night 21 will feature a Chicago cross-town showdown between local welterweight standouts, Adrian “EL Tigre” Granados and Jaime “The Truth” Herrera.

Advance tickets, priced at $31, $51, $76 and $101 are available through Ticketmaster, (www.ticketmaster.com, the UIC Pavilion Box Office (Phone 312-413-5740) and the 8 Count Productions Office (312- 226-5800).

Continuing to campaign as a junior lightweight, Cherry has compiled a record of 28-6-2 with sixteen knockouts over his ten-year career. The 29-year-old Wauchula, Florida resident is currently riding a four bout-winning streak, all of which ended within the first three rounds by knockout. Included among the world champions and ranked contenders he has faced are Timothy Bradley, Paulie Malignaggi, Jose Armando Santa Cruz, Stevie Johnston, Eric Aiken, Monty Meza-Clay, Daniel Alicea, Ricky Quiles, Jaime Rangel and Wes Ferguson.

More details on Cherry’s bout will be announced shortly.

The 22-year-old Granados, a lifelong resident of Cicero, has compiled a record of 6-1-1 with three knockouts as a professional, The all-action attraction is coming off a terrific battle with Los Angeles based Frankie Gomez, on August 26, 2011, losing a very controversial eight round majority decision to the heavily hyped Gomez in a bout broadcast on SOLO BOXEO.

Earlier in 2011, Granados looked dominant in a six round unanimous decision over the previously undefeated Antton Slaughter on July 15th at the UIC Pavilion. He also battled former world title challenger Lanardo Tyner on March 25th in River Grove, Illinois, a bout scored a majority draw which most ringside observes had Granados winning.

Also 22 years. Herrera was born and raised in nearby Franklin Park, Illinois. Although he lost his first bout of 2011 on January 28th to Alex Deleon, Herrera bounced back strong with two big wins later in the year, a third round knockout of Eric Draper on May 20th followed by a six round decision win over Detroit based and much more experienced Robert Jones on September 23rd, both of which took place at the UIC Pavilion.

Featured on the undercard will be Puerto Rican undefeated junior welterweight sensation Luis “Sito” Santiago, super middleweight newcomer Paul Littleton, undefeated cruiserweight prospect Dimar “Strongman” Ortuz, former amateur standout, light heavyweight Junior Wright, lightweight newcomer Juan Bustamante and heavyweight prospect Curtis Tate.

More details on the full undercard will be announced shortly. Doors on the night of the event will open at 7pm with the first bell at 8pm. The UIC Pavilion is located at 525 S. Racine, at the corner of Harrison and Racine, just one block south of the Eisenhower Expressway in the West Loop area of Chicago.

8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING, was started by Dominic Pesoli in 1998 and has consistently presented the highest quality professional boxing events in Chicagoland.

Fighters currently under the 8 Count Productions banner include; former world title challenger Edner Cherry, super middleweight contender Donovan George, world ranked light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara, middleweight prospect Viktor Polyakov, junior welterweight prospects Ivan Popoca and Adrian Granados along with welterweights Achour Esho and Jaime Herrera.

For more information on 8 Count Productions please visit their new website, www.8countproductions.com. Follow them on Twitter at 8_Count and Facebook at “8 Count Productions”.

For further information about the UIC Pavilion please visit their website at www.uicpavilion.com. The UIC Pavilion is now serving alcohol at all boxing events.