Mashantucket, CT (Xuño 22, 2016) – Undefeated world-rated junior featherweight prospect Luís “KO Rei” Rosa Jr. takes on former world title challenger Luís “Barcelo” Hinojosa in the eight-round main event Xovesnoite, Xuño 30, in Premier Ballroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

The 25-year-old Rosa (22-0, 10 Kos), born in Puerto Rico and fighting out of New Haven (CT), is a rising star in the junior featherweight division, world rated at No. 10 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) e n. 12 polo Consello Mundial de Boxeo (WBC). He is a recent graduate of Gateway College in New Haven with an associates degree in business.

Hinojosa is a former Dominican Republic and World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin bantamweight champion who was stopped in the 11^thround by Yonfrez Parejo na súa 2014 interim WBA bantamweight title fight.

Rosa doesn’t feel any added pressure in terms of risking his ranking and undefeated record against a veteran such as Hinojosa. “I’m hungrier knowing I’m so close to a major fight,” Rosa dixo. “I’m working even harder, I’m right there, knocking on the door for a world title fight. I think that will take a little more than a year. I know it’s hard to get a world title fight. I’m willing to fight any of the top 122-pounders. I’m ready to take them on, but I still take it one fight at a time. Eventualmente, they’ll (campións do mundo) Terá que loitar contra min, and then I’ll take their belts.”

In the eight-round co-feature event, Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) junior featherweight champion Jennifer “The Bolivian Queen” Salinas(18-3, 4 Kos), now fighting out of Providence (RI), faces off in a non-title fight against Hungarian challenger Gina Chamie (14-6, 6 Kos), a three-time world title challenger.

Unbeaten Irish junior welterweight prospect Noel Murphy (6-0, 2 Kos) faces Albanian invader Afrim Mema (5-3-1, 2 Kos), who fights out of Detroit, nun ataque de seis rolda.

Also fighting on the undercard is the newest DBE signee Mykey Williams (1-0, 1 KO), the 18-year-old three-time Ringside World amateur champion from East Hartford, in a four-round welterweight fight against an opponent to be determined.

Also scheduled to be in action are New Haven’s highly decorated Fomentar brothers, medio-pesados Charles (10-0, 5 Kos) and junior lightweight William III (2-0, 1 KO), in six and four-round matchups, respectivamente, versus TBAs. Both brothers were National amateur standouts.

Worcester, MA featherweight Irvin Gonzalez, another decorated New England amateur who qualified for the 2016 USA Olympic Boxing Team Trials, will make his professional debut in qa four-round fight against TBA.

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