Chris Colbert should wait yet another week for his ring return.
The Ring has confirmed that the beforehand scheduled Oct. 9 ProBox TV present was pushed again one week because of the menace of incoming Hurricane Milton. Colbert is because of face Omar Salcido however their light-weight bout is now anticipated to happen on Oct. 16. The modified date requires the approval of the Florida State Boxing Fee, which isn’t anticipated to be a difficulty.
The present will nonetheless air stay from ProBox TV Occasions Heart in Plant Metropolis, Florida. No matter ramifications come from this week’s anticipated hazardous storm ought to clear up in time for the modified date.
“Hurricane Milton is heading straight for Tampa and the west coast of Florida,” ProBox founder and CEO Garry Jonas famous in a press release supplied to The Ring. “In abundance of warning, we’ve got postponed our October 9 present.
“Pending the Florida Fee approval, we’re pushing it to Wednesday, October 16.”
Colbert-Salcido was beforehand elevated to the Oct. 9 predominant occasion rather than the present’s authentic headliner. The date was initially reserved for the Nicholas Walters-Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz battle of former titlists. That battle will now happen in November, additionally from ProBox headquarters in Plant Metropolis.
Colbert (17-2, 6 knockouts) beforehand held the WBA junior light-weight title. The Brooklyn, New York native has misplaced two of his three previous begins, nonetheless. He suffered a lopsided defeat to then-unbeaten Hector Luis Garcia in Feb. 2022 to finish his title reign.
13 months handed earlier than Colbert returned to the ring. He moved as much as light-weight, the place he claimed a disputed 10-round unanimous resolution over Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela final March 25 in Las Vegas. Valenzuela bought it again in blood, as Colbert was savagely knocked out within the sixth spherical of their rematch final Dec. 16 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Valenzuela-Colbert II aired stay on the final ever broadcast of Showtime Championship Boxing. Showtime bowed out of the game quickly thereafter. The night time, for now, additionally serves as Colbert’s most up-to-date ring look.
Salcido (19-1, 13 KOs) fights within the U.S. for the third straight time. The 24-year-old is initially from Mexico, which housed his first seventeen profession bouts.
The U.S. debut for Salcido produced his lone profession defeat. It got here on a ProBox present, as he was outpointed by Jose Nuñez (17-0-2, 7 KOs) of their battle of unbeaten prospects final Oct. 4 in Plant Metropolis, Florida.
Salcido rebounded with an eight-round win over Luis Coria final Dec. 1 in Houston, Texas.
The remainder of the undercard can even transfer with Colbert-Salcido. Unbeaten junior light-weight prospect Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (10-0, 5 KOs) faces Frency Fortunato (15-1, 9 KOs) within the co-feature. Additionally on the cardboard, collection common Najee Lopez (11-0, 8 KOs) meets Anthony Hernandez (7-3-1, 5 KOs) in a scheduled eight-round gentle heavyweight contest.
Tbe Nationwide Hurricane Heart has already upgraded Milton from a tropical storm. It’s now anticipated to the touch land as “an intense hurricane with a number of life-threatening hazards” by midweek. The better Tampa space is predicted to get hit with main harm because the area continues get better from the ramifications of Hurricane Helene.
