The event of Alberto Mora continues.
Mora will face Benito Garcia tonight on the Domo del CODE in Garcia’s hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico. The ten-round bout will stream dwell on ESPN Knockout all through Latin America and on Field Televisa/Canal 5 all through Mexico (10 pm ET/ 8 pm Mexico Metropolis time).
At Thursday’s weigh-in, each fighters weighed in at 130 kilos.
Mora is signed to BXSTRS, which is selling tonight’s card. Alejandro Brito, Director of Operations for BXSTRS, believes Mora has improved and has the skill-set to be a high fighter within the junior light-weight division.
“Alberto had success as an newbie and we have now seen him develop in every struggle,” mentioned Brito in an interview that aired Thursday on TUDN in Mexico.
Mora (11-0, 8 knockouts) stopped Raul Galaviz Hernandez in spherical 5 of his final bout on June 14. Three months earlier than the win over Galaviz, Mora defeated once-beaten Fernando Romero Hilario by unanimous resolution.
The 26-year-old has stopped 4 of his final 5 opponents and has a regional title below his belt.
Mora has had current coaching camps in Southern California and has break up time between there and his hometown of Mexico Metropolis.
Garcia (17-8-3, 5 KOs) is a gatekeeper who’s coming off a knockout win over journeyman Jesus Garcia Frutos on July 27, which additionally came about in Guadalajara. The win over Frutos after back-to-back losses to Irvin Turrubiartes Perez and Jorge Mata Cuellar, respectively.
The 24-year-old does have a handful of upset wins, together with a once-beaten prospect Luis Ronaldo Ruelas in March 2021 and a unanimous resolution over unbeaten Oscar Murguia lower than 9 months later.
Within the co-feature, fringe junior welterweight contender Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela will sq. off towards Jesus Lopez Perez in an 10-round bout.
Gollaz (29-3-1, 17 KOs), who resides in Guadalajara, defeated Jesus Cuadro by unanimous resolution in his final bout on July 19. In his earlier struggle on September 30, Gollaz knocked out Yeis Solano within the sixth spherical.
The 29-year-old has received his final 4 bouts since an in depth unanimous resolution defeat to Montana Love.
Lopez (16-14-3, 4 KOs), who lives and trains in Costa Rica, Mexico, is unbeaten in his final 11 fights, together with a call win over unbeaten Carlos Cebada Chavez in November 2020.
Additionally in motion, Jose Russell (15-0, 10 KOs) will face Arnulfo Rodriguez (16-6-1, 9 KOs) in a 10-round conflict between flyweights who reside in Tijuana, Mexico.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
