By WBCboxing.com
During a busy press conference, at the Urban High School in the town of Aguas Buenas, Black Tiger Promotions and Empire Boxing Promotions presented the card ‘Honor on the Mountain’, which is this Saturday night, at the Coliseo Samuel ‘Sammy’ Rodríguez in Aguas Buenas.
In the main event , Aguas Buenas’ hero Yomar ‘The Magic’ Álamo (13-0, 10 KOs) seeks to become championyouth World Boxing Council when he clashes with Hungarian Zsigmond Vass (13-5, 2 KO) in an eight-round match at the 140-pounds division.
The Alamo-Vass will become the first WBC youth world championship fight on PR soil.
“Vass has been talking about the fact that he’s going to rip my head off and he’ll take the title to Hungary, but those comments are nothing more than motivation for me. My only wish for my opponent is to be well prepared for the fight because I want my people of Aguas Buenas and of all Puerto Rico, to enjoy and remember this fight “.
Zsigmond Vass said: “In my first fight in Puerto Rico I did not do well, but in this one it will be different because it will be fighting at my weight division, and you will see the difference. I trained, hard and I even painted my hair green because that title is already mine. ”
On the undercard, former London 2012 Olympian Jantony Ortiz (7-0, 4 KO’s) from Junuma’s Humacao neighborhood will try to win the first title of his pro career vs. Chilean Robinson Lavinanza (12 -4-1, 4 KO) contesting the FECARBOX belt of the 118 pounds division.
“Thanks to the World Boxing Council for allowing me to contest this title after only 7 fights. I hope my rival is ready for what’s coming. I promise that Puerto Rico will be proud”.
In other matches, Yamil Álamo de Aguas Buenas will face Reymundo Santiago de Coamo.
Also, Carlos Columbus will face Luis Hernandez of Aguas Buenas in six rounds and Trujillano Carlos Arrieta will clash with Luis Declet de Vega Baja. In the middleweight division, Jose Villarán de Loiza faces Eric Piñero of San Juan.
Tickets are on sale on Fangig.com; $ 1 of each ticket sold will go to St. Jude Children & Research Hospital.
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