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Ramon Cardenas Ready To Make Statement Against Undefeated
Rafael Pedroza On ShoBox
San Antonio’s own Ramon “Dinamita” Cardenas is putting the
finishing touches on training camp to face undefeated 122-lb
Panamanian prospect Rafael Pedroza for the WBA
Continental-Latin American Super Bantamweight Championship
in the 10-round super bantamweight main event of a SHOBOX:
The New Generation telecast on Friday, September 15 at 9:30
p.m. ET/PT live on SHOWTIME from Boeing Center at Tech Point
in San Antonio, Texas.
Previously ranked as high as No. 5 by the WBA, Cardenas has
won his last 10 bouts dating back to 2017. He earned a
career-best victory at The Alamodome in July 2022, defeating
once-beaten Michel Banquez via unanimous decision.
Hard at work with trainer Chato Martinez at Chato’s Boxing
Club in San Antonio, 27-year-old Cardenas says it’s all
finally coming together for him and his career. With the
prospect of winning a nationally televised main event in
front of his hometown friends and family, while gaining
access to even bigger opportunities after that, Cardenas
says he will leave no stone unturned when it comes to his
preparations for the big fight.
Here's what he had to say:
“Everything is going well. I never really stop training, so
I’ve just kept doing what I usually do, I’m just doing more
of it. This guy (Pedroza) is undefeated, so he’ll fight like
it. He’ll come a little stronger than other fighters and I’m
totally prepared for that. I know he’ll be dangerous for the
first few rounds, but then, my experience will take over in
the later rounds.”
“I don’t really watch tapes on anybody because every fight
is different. They fight you differently than they did
somebody else, so that’s why I don’t normally watch tapes,
but he tagged me in something on his Instagram and I looked
at a short video of him. Everything he does, I do better. I
don’t say that in a cocky way. Overall, I’m just the better
fighter.”
“I’m super excited. People will finally see who I am, and
the bigger fights will start coming my way. My career is
finally coming around and now I plan to take full advantage
of it. A lot of doors will open when I win this belt. I’ve
always wanted to face better competition. I want to always
be progressing, not regressing. I want to fight guys who are
undefeated. That’s what I need. That will put my career on
the front burner.”
“I put on a good show and a lot of people come to my fights.
I’m going to be fighting for my second WBA belt. To win it
in front of my family and fans and everybody will be so
sweet. My first WBA belt, I won in Florida and there were
only a few people there to celebrate with me. It’s going to
be super sweet. I’m excited. It’s a dream come true. I’ve
put in a lot of hard work. I never got much help coming up.
I didn’t find a promoter when I turned pro. I had a couple
offers but they weren’t good. I decided to do it on my own.
I fought anywhere I could get a fight. It was all leading up
to this. There’s nothing better than that.”
In the co-featured bout, hard-hitting undefeated Argentine
Mirco Cuello (12-0, 11 KOs) will return to the U.S. for the
first time since 2020 to battle undefeated Los Angeles
native Rudy Garcia (13-0-1, 2 KOs). The telecast opener
features undefeated KO artist Freudis Rojas (11-0, 11 KOs),
meeting once-beaten Californian Saul Bustos (15-1-1, 8 KOs)
in an eight-round welterweight bout.
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