Bantamweight WBO Latino champion Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Rodriguez ( 12-0, 8 KO-a ) will be defending his title for the third time, against Mexico’s Alex Rangel ( 16-4-2, 10 KO-a ) on a scheduled 10 rounds duel, zakazan za Subota, Avgust, 22 at the Tomas Dones Coliseum in Fajardo, Portoriko

“Rangel is a good fighter that throws lots of punches, has faced good fighters and I understand that this fight will be a war. I have no doubt about it” said Emmanuel Rodriguez, koji su nastavili, “Rangel went the distance with Cesar Seda and lasted nine rounds against Alexis Santiago. In both fights, Rangel looked good in losing effort, so I have to be in excellent condition to keep the belt in Puerto Rico”.

Rodriguez, who is the first Puerto Rican boxer to grab gold at a Youth Olympic Games ( Singapur 2010 ), had on last May, the biggest win of his young career by defeating via spectacular KO in the third round, former WBA rated #11, Luis Hinojosa.

“Rangel is the kind of opponent important and necessary on Rodriguez’s development” said Juan Orengo, manager of Emmanuel Rodriguez, “We expect Rangel to be in great shape. The fight may go the distance but nothing is guaranteed because ‘Manny’ has gained a lot of power, and is knocking out his opponents with one punch”.

Oktobra 2014, neporaženog portorikanski senzacija, zarobljeni WBO Latino titulu oborila Miguel 'No Fear’ Cartagena in the first round. Cartagena je bivši dva puta United States National Champion, i 11 Golden Gloves puta pobjednik u Philadelphiji.

Rodriguez ima druge značajne pobjede jednoglasnom odlukom preko svijeta za titulu, David Quijano, i bivši prvak WBC FECARBOX, Felix Perez.

Videos – Complete fights

Rodriguez vs. Hinojosa

Rodriguez vs. Cartagena