AGUASCALIENTES, MX (April 16, 2018) – Opponents have been announced for Humberto “Tito” Velazco (19-1-1, 13 KOs) jeung Damien “Gula” Vazquez (13-0, 7 KOs), who are both scheduled to fight on April 28, 2018 in Aguascalientes, MX, dina “Feria de Campeones” kartu, diwanohkeun ku promosi gula.
Velazco, who hails from Aguascalientes, will face Columbian power puncher, Davis Caceres(25-8, 20 KOs), in a 10-round main event bout, for the vacant WBC Silver Super Middleweight title. Vazquez, ti Las Vegas, NV, will battle Venezuela’s Luis Golindano (9-0, 6 KOs), for the WBC Jr. Bantamweight Youth World title, in a 10-round co-main event clash.
In his last fight on the undercard of Koswara Ortiz vs. Devon Alexander, Velazco scored an impressive 4th-round knockout over, Thomas Williams JR. (20-4, 14KOs), who was ranked top ten in the world one time. Velazco’s powerful straight left to the head of Williams ended the bout, and the punch was the knockout of the night. For gelut ieu, Velazco, who is currently ranked WBC #17 di heavyweight cahaya, will go down to super middleweight against Caceres.
“Although my last fight was at light-heavyweight, I’ll be campaigning at super-middleweight when I face Caceres,” said Velazco, anu diurus ku Greg Hannley ti Pangeran ranch tinju. “I’m very thankful to Sugar Promotions and the WBC for letting me fight for the vacant Silver super-middleweight title. Caceres is a big puncher, jadi Kuring nyokot ieu tarung pisan serius. But make no mistake about it, Kaula bade pikeun knockout nu. I’m very confident that in the very near future, I’ll be knocking on the doorstep of a world championship bout.”
The winner of Velazco vs. Caceres, will face the winner of Dmitrii Chudinov vs. Azizbek Abdugofurov. That winner, will be one step closer to fighting for the WBC super-middleweight title against David Benavidez.
Damien Vazquez, umur 20, will be looking to make a statement against Luis Golindano.
Against Miguel Lizardo in his last fight, Vazquez scored a 5th round TKO. Damien, who is the younger brother of former two-time world champion Israel Vazquez, has been training in Aguascalientes for the last two weeks.
“I wanted to host camp in Aguascalientes since I’m going to be promoting a lot of fights out here,” said Damien Vazquez, anu bapana Oscar Vazquez runs his promotional company, promosi gula. “My goal is to win impressively against Golindano and let everyone in my division know that I’m coming.”
“Feria de Campeones”, will take place at the world-famous Plaza deToros San Marcos in Aguascalientes, MX. Stadium View Network (SVN) will distribute the entire fight card to its network in the U.S., which include Racetracks, Casinos, and bars. Salaku tambahan, Sugar Promotions will be live streaming the event over the internet on Facebook Live, and Nextchannel.tv.