Carlos Canizales gave pretty much as good as he acquired throughout his problem to Ring 108-pound champ Kenshiro Teraji. Photograph by Naoki Fukuda
Carlos Canizales was two rounds away from changing into Ring junior flyweight champion..
After arising quick, Canizales is assured he might be only a win or two away from once more combating for a world title belt.
Canizales, rated No. 5 at 108 kilos by The Ring, will face Ivan Garcia tonight at El Poliedro in his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela. The ten-round bout will headline a three-bout card that can stream dwell on ESPN Knockout (9 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. Mexico Metropolis time).
At Thursday’s weigh-in, Canizales weighed in at 107.6 kilos. Garcia got here in at 107.8 kilos.
In his final bout on January 23, Canizales (26-2, 19 knockouts) misplaced by majority resolution to Ring junior flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji, who additionally holds the WBC and WBA world title belts. One choose scored the bout 113-113, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 114-112 for Teraji. Every fighter scored a knockdown early on within the battle.
Those that symbolize Canizales consider he has what it takes to defeat Teraji in a rematch, however usually are not overlooking Garcia.
“Carlos could be very motivated, very excited for a number of causes,” Juan Contreras, matchmaker for Venezuela High Boxing, who’s selling the cardboard, advised The Ring Thursday afternoon. “He would be the headliner for the primary time on a card on the Poliedro. 9 years in the past, he received a (regional) title (towards then-unbeaten Rober Barrera) because the co-main occasion.
“(Tonight) his expectations are that he’s not overconfident as a result of he is aware of Ivan Garcia very nicely. Ivan fought right here in Venezuela, and may’ve received. Because of this, Carlos understands the significance of this battle and is assured primarily based on his expertise. His mentality is to have his arm raised (in victory). We, as his promoters, are to offer him with assist to attain the objective of combating for the WBC title or towards a contender.”
In his earlier battle on June 9 of final 12 months, Canizales defeated then-unbeaten contender Daniel Matellon by technical resolution.
Previous to the loss to Teraji, Canizales received his earlier 4 fights after a surprising upset loss to Esteban Bermudez in Might 2021. Getting into the Bermudez battle, Canizales had made two profitable defenses of the WBA title he had received in March 2018, defeating Reiya Konishi by unanimous resolution.
Garcia (12-2-1, 4 KOs), who resides in Ixtapaluca, Mexico, defeated then-unbeaten prospect Pedro Delgado Gaytan by unanimous resolution in his final battle on April 12. In his earlier battle on December 22, Garcia fought to a break up resolution draw towards once-beaten Rodrigo Ramirez, which happened in Maiquetia, Venezuela.
These two fights occurred after Garcia was stopped by gatekeeper Luis Cerrito Hernandez on July 15 of final 12 months.
The 23-year-old had received his earlier 4 fights.
Former IBF tremendous middleweight titleholder Jose Uzcategui (32-5, 27 KOs), who’s initially from El Vigia, Venezuela and now resides in Tijuana, Mexico, will sq. off towards Venezuela’s Fernando Brito (12-3, 12 KOs) in a 10-round bout.
Fringe junior welterweight contender Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela (28-3-1, 17 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico will face Venezuela’s Jesus Bravo (20-9, 16 KOs) in a 10-round bout.
Middleweight Keiber Gonzalez (20-1, 17 KOs), who’s initially from El Callao, Venezuela and now residing in Willemstad, Curacao, will battle Humberto Diaz (7-0, 6 KOs) of Venezuela in a 10-round bout.
In a conflict of unbeaten junior middleweight prospects who reside in Venezuela, 20-year-old Jeremy Alvarez (9-0, 9 KOs) will sq. off towards Leonardo Sanchez (15-0-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round bout.
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 will be reached at [email protected]
