World
Middleweight Champion Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez of Maravilla Box
Promotions will make his promotional debut in his home country of
Argentina on Saturday, November 3, in the city of Colon, in Entre Rios,
Argentina, in a jam-packed night of professional boxing presenting two
world title fights and several top contenders in important battles.
Co-promoted
by Maravilla Box, Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing and Carlos
Gonzalez of Best Box, the exciting night will feature in the 12-round
main event, WBA #2 contender Roberto "La Araña" Vasquez (32-5, 22 KOs) of Panama City, Panama,
taking on WBA #3 contender John Mark "Iceman" Apolinario (17-2-1 4 KOs)
of Sarangani, Philippines, for the Interim WBA World Bantamweight
Championship.
The 29-year-old
southpaw Vasquez is a former WBA World light flyweight Champion.
22-year-old Apolinario won the WBO Oriental Super Flyweight title in
2009.
In
the night's 10-round co-main event, Cecilia "La Reina" Comunales (9-1, 6
KOs) from Paysandu, Uruguay, will make the first defense of her WBA
female lightweight title against Simone Da Silva Duarte (11-3, 4
KOs) from Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 23-year-old Comunales won
the title with a TKO 1 over Maribel Santana last March.
On the jam-packed undercard:
In
a 10-round super featherweight bout, Israel Hector Enrique "Cachito"
Perez (23-2-1, 13 KOs) from Oxnard, California via Buenos Aires, will
face Orlen Padilla (19-3-1, 17 KOs) from Puerto Colombia, Colombia.
In
a 10-round featherweight bout, Jonathan "Salomon King" Guzman (8-0, 8
KOs) of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, will face Emerson "The
Winner" Santos Carvalho (10-3-1, 8 KOs) from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In
another 10-round super featherweight bout, Fernando David "El Vasco"
Saucedo (46-5-3, 4 KOs) from Buenos Aires, Argentina takes on Cristian
El Tigre Palma (18-6-1, 5 KOs) from Lautaro, Chile.
In
a 10-round welterweight bout for the vacant WBA Fedelatin Welterweight
Title, Azael "Turbo" Cosio (15-1-2, 12 KOs) from Santa Marta, Panama,
will face Cesar Humberto Velez (11-3-1, 4 KOs) from Cordoba, Argentina.
In
an 8-round super lightweight bout, Juan Carlos "Merengue" Abreu (12-0,
11 KOs) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, will face Claudinei "Volcano"
Lacerda (14-6, 10 KOs) from Sombrio, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
And
in another 10-round super featherweight bout, undefeated Braulio "El
Chavo" Rodriguez (9-0, 9 KOs) from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
will take on Roberto Santos de Jesus (14-7, 10 KOs) from Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
The
beautiful City of Colón in Argentina is located on the western shore of
the Uruguay River and lies opposite Paysandú, Uruguay. Colón is the
center of an important tourist region, featuring high-quality hotels,
a casino, and also a hot springs and associated facilities.
The
event will be televised by TyC Sports in Argentina, in Panama on RPC
Channel 4, in Uruguay on VTV and on TV5 in the Philippines.
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