After a successful event this past Saturday night where WBO bantamweight queen Kaliesha “Wild Wild” West successfully
defended her crown against Argentinean Claudia Andrea “Chica 10” Lopez
in Rosarito, Mexico, Erik “Terrible” Morales’ Box Latino jumps back into
the mix with an explosive fight card featuring the best Tijuana has to
offer. Slated for the historic Tijuana Auditorium
on Monday, April 23, the line up titled “The Dynasty Continues” calls
up memories of the golden era of Tijuana boxing during the eighties when
all the top prospects including Julio Cesar Chavez, Raul “Jibaro” Perez
and Manuel “Mantecas” Media among others would perform in front of
adoring local crowds every other Monday night. This event looks to be no different.
In
the main event, undefeated twenty-one year old Ivan “Niño Maravilla”
Morales (16-0, 11KOs) takes on Edgar “Destroyer” Martinez (9-5, 5KOs) of
Anahuac, Chihuahua, for ten bantamweight rounds in his second fight of
the year. In his first back in January, the
southpaw Morales impressed his hometown fans with a third round stoppage
of the durable Ricardo “Rocky” Armenta. Now,
Morales, the younger brother of former world champions Erik and Diego,
looks to take his first steps towards history as he looks to put
together a successful campaign leading up to a world title and thus
become part of the first set of three siblings to be crowned world
champions.
In
the semi-main event, Tijuana top prospect Emilio Bojorquez (20-1,
14KOs) continues his meteoric rise in the ranks as he faces his sternest
test yet in Alberto “La Mosca” Mendoza Martinez (16-6, 11KOs) in an
eight round junior welterweight contest. Bojorquez,
a blue chip Baja California amateur standout, is on a KO streak as he
has stopped his last two opponents and dominated Alejandro Alonso and
Jorge Juarez in his last four starts. Martinez
from Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, has faced the better opposition Rosbel
Montoya, Ivan Pereyra and the son of Julio Cesar Chavez, Omar “Business
Man” Chavez.
Also
featured on the card will be local stars Javier “Cobra” Mendoza
(16-2-1, 13KOs), Christian “Huevo” Bojorquez (6-0, 1KO), San Diego’s
Adrian Vargas (6-0-1, 4KOs) and Pablo Armenta (8-1-1, 4KOs) as well as
Mexico City’s Pedro “Guerrero” Melo (7-3-1, 1KO) and Los Mochis,
Mexico’s Osvaldo “Waldo” Castro (12-4-1, 8KOs).
Tickets will be available on the ticket office of the Tijuana Auditorium ranging from $15-$5dlls. Doors open at 7:30pm with the first punch thrown at 8:30pm.