Bacon to fight Rocha on June 19 at El Paso

By LITO DELOS REYES

DAVAO CITY – Welterweight James “Bring Home the” Bacon of Mandaue City will fight Alexis “Lex” Rocha of USA on June 19 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.

Bacon (26W-4L-0D, 17KOs) recently beat Ramon De La Cruz Sena of Argentina by a unanimous decision last Jan. 30 at the Four Ambassadors Hotel in Miami.

Bacon is accompanied by his manager-trainer Osmiri Fernandez and co-manager Jim Claude Manangguil.

Rocha (16W-1L-0D, 10KOs), on the other hand, lost to Rashidi Ellis for the vacant WBC International welterweight title last Oct. 30, 2020, at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio.