โลกองค์กรมวย (WBO), กำกับโดย Francisco“ Paco” Valcárcel, will celebrate five interesting title fights; two of which are for world championships. The bouts will take place this Saturday, พฤษภาคม 12.
Brooklyn native Saddam “World Kid” Ali (26-1, 14 KO ของ), coming off the most important victory of his career against legendary Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto, makes the first defense of his WBO junior middleweight world title, when he faces the dangerous Mexican Jaime Munguía (28-0, 24 KO ของ). The fight will take place at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, นิวยอร์ก. The fight will be televised live on HBO at 10:00 p.m. และ.
“We will have a lot of activity this Saturday from the WBO. You have to pay close attention to the performance of the huge puncher Jaime Munguía, who will face a good attacker like Ali. It’s going to be a classic fight of puncher against a boxer. If Munguía wins, he would be placed on a select list of great Mexican boxers who have been world champions at or before 21 years of age”, said Valcárcel.
In Augsburg, ประเทศเยอรมัน, women’s boxing takes the stage when the popular former world champion Nikki Adler (16-1, 9 KO ของ) of Germany and the world contender Femke Hermans (6-1, 3 KO ของ) of Belgium, face each other for the vacant WBO world belt of the super middleweight division. The fight will be in the Eisstadion in Augsburg.
“We remain committed and supportive of women’s boxing. Germany is no exception. This great fight has the community looking on because there is a world title at stake and the fight will be liked by the public”, said Valcárcel.
In Latvia, three WBO International titles will be in play in 12-round duels in an evening at the Riga Arena. For the vacant International junior middleweight belt, the 13th ranked Ismail Iliev (10-0-1, 3 KO ของ) of Nazran, Russia will face Konstantin Ponomarev (33-0, 13 KO ของ) of Miass, รัสเซีย.
ด้วย, the WBO International Lightweight Champion and 5th ranked Isa Chaniev (12-1, 6 KO ของ) of Nazran, รัสเซีย, will defend his title against the strong Venezuelan puncher, อิสมาเอลบาร์โรโซ (20-1-2, 19 KO ของ).
For the vacant middleweight WBO International belt, Artur Akavov (18-2, 12 KO ของ) from Russia, will face against Argentina’s Gonzalo Coria (12-1, 5 KO ของ).
“We are making a presence in eastern Europe. ในเวลานี้, it was Latvia’s turn to have boxers who are already ranked in the top positions of the WBO and for the rest of the year, could be fighting for world titles”, expressed Varcárcel.