IFL middleweight champion Matt Horwich, will defend his title on Feb. 29 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas

Matt Horwich, the IFL Middleweight champion, who fights out of Team Quest in Portland, Ore., will defend his middleweight crown vs. Ryan McGivern from Miletich Fighting Systems in Bettendorf, Iowa. The bout is one of three championship fights on the eight-bout card on Feb. 29 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Horwich defeated Benji Radach on Dec. 29 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. to win the first IFL middleweight title. ---"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."- Thomas Jefferson * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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