La Organización Mundial de Boxeo (OMB) will oversee seven headline bouts around the world this weekend, two of which are for world titles.

 

 

 

Starting Friday, Junio 8, en Verona, Nueva York, WBO number one ranked Junior Featherweight Diego De La Hoya (20-0, 9 KOs) will defend his NABO 122 lbs title against José “Azúcar” Salgado (35-4-2, 28 KOs) en un duelo de 10 asaltos. The bout is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and will go on stage at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in the aforementioned city.

 

 

 

The fight will be televised live on ESPN3, a partir de 9:00 p.m. (Hora del este). ESPN2 will air the fights at 12:30 a.m. ET / 9:30 p.m. PT. and ESPN Deportes will air the fights the following day at 9:00 p.m. Y / 6:00 p.m. PT.

 

 

 

De La Hoya-Salgado will take place during the International Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekend, where “Dr. Ironfist” Vitali Klitschko, Erik “El Terrible” Moráles, and Ronald “Winky” Wright will be exalted, along with other important boxing figures such as Peter Kohl, Steve Albert, Jim Gray and Lorraine Chargin.

 

 

 

En Sábado, Junio 9 en Argentina, Facundo Galovar (10-2-1, 7 KOs), of Tucumán, and Rolando Mansilla (13-5-1, 5 KOs), of Entre Ríos, will face off for the vacant WBO Latino Super Middleweight belt in a scheduled 10 asaltos. The card will take place at the Club Atlético Central Córdoba in San Miguel, as part of an event promoted by Argentina Boxing Promotions.

 

 

 

Also on Saturday, but in the Philippines, two WBO Jr. Featherweight title bouts will take place, when local pugilist Jeo “Santino” Santisima (15-2, 13 KOs) faces Likit Chane (16-6, 10 KOs), from Thailand, for the vacant WBO Oriental 122 lbs belt, and local Albert Pagara (29-1, 20 KOs), quien ocupa el puesto n. 9 por la OMB, battles Laryea Gabriel Odoi (20-3-2, 14 KOs), de Ghana, for the vacant Inter-Continental Junior Featherweight title. Both fights are scheduled for 12 rounds in an event promoted by ALA Promotions at the Maasin City Complex.

 

 

 

In England, the former WBO Lightweight Champion Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 KOs), de Manchester, will seek to reign in a second division, when he clashes with Texan Maurice Hooker (23-0-3, 16KOs) for the vacant WBO Junior Welterweight crown. The duel will be the main event of a card presented by Queensberry Promotions. The fight will be held at Manchester Arena. Flanagan and Hooker are ranked in the first and second positions, respectivamente, at the Junior Welterweight division.

 

 

 

During his reign in the Lightweight division, Flanagan successfully defended the title five times.

 

 

 

The fight will be televised by BT Sports, on Showtime Boxing’s Facebook page, as well as in Showtime Sports’ YouTube Channel and Panama Cable Onda Sports beginning at4:30 p.m. Y / 1:30 p.m. PT.

 

 

 

Another WBO world title fight will be staged this Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Aquí, welterweight campion Jeff Horn, de Australia, will face WBO Super Champion and former Lighweight and Junior Welterweight champion Terence Crawford, de Omaha, Nebraska.

 

 

 

For Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs), it will be the second defense of the title he won by beating legendary WBO Super Champion, Manny Pacquiao.

 

 

 

With a victory over Horn, Crawford (32-0-0, 23 KOs) would join Oscar De La Hoya (130 libra, 135 libra, 160 libra), Miguel Cotto (140 libra, 147 libra, 154 libra), Jorge Arce (108 libra, 115 libra, 122 libra) and Fernando Montiel (112 libra, 115 libra, 118 libra) as the only three divisions champions of the entity.

 

 

 

También en la tarjeta, WBO Latino Lightweight Champion and ranked No. 5 by this sanctioning body, Antonio Moran (23-2, 16KOs), de Mexico, is heading for his second title defense, when he faces former Jr. Campeón de peso ligero, and WBO 14th ranked Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (23-1, 12KOs), de Puerto Rico, in scheduled 10 round match.

 

 

 

Horn-Crawford and Pedraza-Moran will be broadcast live via ‘ESPN+’ App, starting at9:30 p.m. Y / 6:30 p.m. PT. The event is promoted by Top Rank.