Joselito Velazquez has demonstrated one loss doesn’t outline his profession.
Velazquez will face Andres Campos tonight on the Poliforum in Velazquez’s adopted hometown of Cancun, Mexico. The ten-round junior bantamweight bout will air dwell all through Mexico on Canal 5 and TUDN (10 p.m. Mexico Metropolis time).
At Thursday’s weigh-in, each Velazquez and Campos weighed in at 115 kilos.
The Velazquez-Campos struggle is a compelling conflict between once-beaten fighters who’ve bounced again from an earlier defeat of their respective careers. Frank Espinoza, who manages Velazquez, believes a formidable win over a former world title challenger in Campos might result in a world title shot for Velazquez.
“We’re wanting ahead to a different superb efficiency,” Espinoza instructed The Ring Thursday afternoon, “(and this) will put (Velazquez) on the street for a world title shot within the close to future.”
Velazquez (19-1-1, 12 knockouts), who’s initially from Oaxaca, Mexico, final fought on March 22, dropping Luis Araujo Arellano as soon as en path to a unanimous determination win. In his earlier struggle on November 24, Velazquez defeated Pablo Carrillo by determination over 10 one-sided rounds.
Each wins over Arrellano and Carrillo befell in Cancun.
The 31-year-old has received his final 4 fights since a unanimous determination loss to former world titleholder Cristofer Rosales.
Velazquez has been educated the final couple of years by Eddy Reynoso, who additionally trains Ring tremendous middleweight champion and unified world titleholder Canelo Alvarez. Velazquez represented Mexico on the 2016 Olympic Video games.
Campos (16-1-1, 5 KOs), who resides in Santiago, Chile, fought to a majority determination draw towards Edinson Martinez in his final bout on Could 28.
The 28-year-old challenged then-IBF world flyweight titleholder Sunny Edwards on June 10 of final 12 months, dropping by unanimous determination. Campos returned to motion three months later, dropping Ben Ligas earlier than successful by knockout in spherical seven.
Campos is managed by Tony Tolj, who relies out of Australia.
Within the co-main occasion, unbeaten junior featherweight Celex Castro Olivares (17-0, 13 KOs), who additionally resides in Cancun, will sq. off towards Argentina’s Ckari Cani Mansilla (17-3, 12 KOs) in a 10-round bout.
Preliminary motion will air dwell on Canal 5 and TUDN at 9 p.m. on a card that might be co-promoted by Cancun Boxing, Oswaldo Kuchle, and Boxing Time Promotions.
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 could be reached at [email protected]
