Not solely is tonight’s ProBox TV major occasion a crossroads bout, nevertheless it may additionally make for a compelling and motion battle.
Chris Colbert and Omar Salcido sq. off in a 10-round light-weight bout on the Whitesands (also called the ProBox TV) Occasion Heart in Plant Metropolis, Florida. The ten-round bout will headline a three-fight card that can stream reside on the ProBox TV utility and YouTube web page (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT).
The battle was initially scheduled to happen on October 9, however was pushed again as Hurricane Milton hit Florida early final week.
Regardless of Colbert being the favourite entering into, ProBox TV’s Chris Glover believes the Colbert-Salcido will ship as a result of a lot is on the road and the winner will transfer on to larger fights in 2025.
“I actually like this battle,” Glover instructed The Ring Monday evening. “It’s an incredible crossroads battle. Due to Luis DeCubas, Sampson (Lewkowicz), and Paco Damian for making this battle.
“These are two thrilling fighters. That is what we do at ProBox TV so far as matching fights with motion. Salcido isn’t anticipated to win, however he has nothing to lose and all the pieces to win. He’s educated by Jose Benavidez, Sr., who additionally educated (present WBA world junior welterweight titleholder) Jose Valenzuela. So far as I’m involved, Valenzuela has two wins over Colbert. If Colbert loses, he’s carried out.”
In his final battle on December 16, Colbert (17-2, 6 knockouts) was brutally knocked out by Valenzuela in spherical six. The loss to Valenzuela was a rematch of their conflict virtually 9 months prior, when Colbert received a controversial unanimous determination that a number of boxing insiders and media thought Valenzuela did sufficient to win.
The 28-year-old, who resides in Brooklyn, New York, received his first significant battle at 130 kilos in September 2019, knocking out former world title challenger Miguel Beltran within the opening spherical.
Colbert adopted the win over Beltran by defeating Jezzrel Corrales, Jaime Arboleda, and Tugstsogt Nyambayar earlier than shedding by determination to Hector Luis Garcia in February 2022. Colbert held an interim world title belt at 130 kilos.
Salcido (19-1, 13 KOs), who’s initially from Hermosillo, Mexico and now resides in Lakeside, California, defeated Luis Coria by unanimous determination in his final bout on December 1.
The win over Coria passed off lower than two months after Salcido misplaced to Jose Nuñez in a conflict of unbeaten prospects. The 24-year-old made his United States debut within the loss to Nuñez.
Within the co-feature, unbeaten junior light-weight Tsendbaatar Erdenebat will sq. off towards Frency Fortunato of the Dominican Republic in a 10-round bout.
Erdenebat (10-0, 5 KOs), who’s initially from Mongolia and now resides within the Los Angeles suburb of Paramount, stopped gatekeeper Alberto Mercado within the third spherical of his final bout on Might 8. In his earlier battle on February 28, Erdenebat defeated Mohamed Soumaoro by determination over eight one-sided rounds.
Fortunato (15-1, 11 KOs) has not fought since February 10 of final 12 months, knocking out Keine Montenegro within the third spherical. In his earlier battle in September 2022, which passed off on a ShoBox telecast, Fortunato defeated Bernard Torres by cut up determination. He has received his final 5 fights since a choice defeat to Alberto Melian in March 2021 that noticed a complete of seven knockdowns between the 2 fighters.
A compelling conflict may also happen on the cardboard between featherweight prospects David Navarro (6-1, 3 KOs) of Hemet, California and Cincinnati’s Mykell Gamble (7-0, 4 KOs) over eight rounds.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
