Art Pelullo/Banner Promotions and German Titov Promotions brought ESPN's Friday Night Fight series to the Northern Quest Casino on Fri, June 18th. The main event, broadcast live around the country, was a 10 round matchup between #9 WBO ranked Jr. Middleweight Sherzod Husanov out of Russia and Jhon Berrio of Columbia, both fighters making their US debuts. This was an excellent fight that went the distance with Husanov coming out on top on two of the three judges scorecards, while the 3rd judge called it even, for the Majority Decision. 

The Co-feature was a 10 round Super Middleweight contest between rising prospect Maxim Vlasov of Russia and former Olympian, Jerson Ravelo, a late replacement for Kingsley Ikeke who broke his jaw in training. Vlasov came out hard and worked Ravelo through the first two rounds, finally dispatching him with a hard right in the third for the win and Vlasov remains unbeaten with 18 wins. 

In a Heavyweight contest that made the live broadcast, undefeated Jonte Willis out of Tacoma took on tough journeyman Leo Bercier and took home a unanimous decision after 4 rounds.

On the undercard, pro MMA fighter Dave Courchaine out of Spokane tried his hand in the boxing ring and ran into Aubrey Morrow out of British Columbia who dropped him twice in the third causing Courchaine's corner to stop the fight when the round ended. Rob Diezel from Seattle dominated Ramon Santos out of Auburn, WA in their Junior Lightweight bout, forcing the ref to step in midway through the 4th round. Portland's Michael Birthmark proved to be too much for Rafael Umarov fighting out of Kent, WA, stopping the Super Middleweight midway through the third via Ref Stop.

Art Pellulo's Banner Promotions hold Pro Boxing and MMA fight events at the Northern Quest Casino fairly regularly. Get more info at banner-promotions.com.