Saturday’s conflict between junior welterweights Jose Zepeda and Josue Vargas is just not the one combat within the Mexico-Puerto Rico rivalry happening this weekend.
Light-weight Victor Betancourt will sq. off in opposition to Miguel Angel Marrero tonight, Friday Oct. 29 on the Silver Spurs Enviornment in Kissimmee, Florida. The ten-round bout will headline a ‘Boxeo Telemundo’ telecast (Telemundo, 12 a.m. ET/ 9 p.m. PT).
At Thursday’s weigh-in, Betancourt weighed in at 134 kilos. Marrero weighed 135 kilos.
Tonight’s conflict has lots of significance. A victory may propel the winner into contender standing, but in addition bragging rights are in play as Betancourt-Marrero is one other chapter within the ongoing rivalry between Mexico and Puerto Rico.
‘Boxeo Telemundo’ can be celebrating its twentieth anniversary and promoter Tuto Zabala, Jr. believes tonight’s conflict between Betancourt and Marrero may dwell as much as the expectations of one other Mexico-Puerto Rico in former world titleholder Oscar Larios and Angel Chacon.
“(Tonight) is one other basic that the town of Kissimmee is thought for,” Zabala instructed The Ring Thursday morning. “Since our begin in 2001 (on Telemundo) with the combat between Larios and Chacon, we now have had nice fights between Mexico and Puerto Rico. We anticipate the identical (with tonight’s combat).”
Betancourt (27-3, 14 KOs), who resides in Mexicali, Mexico, stopped journeyman Ulises Perez Torres in spherical 3 of his final bout on July 17. The victory happened virtually a 12 months after shedding by knockout to Panama’s Jaime Arboleda, a combat that happened on an FS1 telecast.
The 30-year-old Betancourt had gained his earlier 4 bouts previous to the loss to Arboleda.
Except for making his United States debut in opposition to Betancourt, Marrero (9-1-2, 4 KOs) will likely be returning to motion tonight for the primary time in over two years. That combat was a one-sided win over journeyman Luis Rivera.
The win over Rivera happened over a 12 months after struggling the one lack of his profession by the hands of Alberto Mercado.
Additionally in motion, unbeaten mild heavyweight contender Fenlong Meng (16-0, 10 KOs) of China will face Panama’s Israel Duffus (20-6, 17 KOs) in a 10-round bout.
In a conflict of unbeaten bantamweights, Gianny Garcia of Miami by means of Cuba will sq. off in opposition to Savion Morales in a six-round bout. Each enter the combat with equivalent data of 3-0, 3 KOs.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He will be reached by e mail at [email protected] or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing
