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Rubio Faces Vanda At WBC
Convention In Vegas
On December 16, and to coincide with the WBC Convention,
Sampson Boxing in Association with Promociones del Pueblo
will proudly present a night of world-class professional
boxing featuring five regional title fights at the fabulous
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the night's potentially explosive 12-round middleweight
main event, WBC #1 and WBO #3-rated Marco Antonio Rubio
(52-5-1, 45 KOs) of Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, will risk
his lofty rankings against Saint Paul, Minnesota's always
tough Matt "The Predator" Vanda (44-13, 24 KOs). The two
veterans will be vying for the vacant WBC Latino
middleweight title.
In the 10-round co-featured bout, hot featherweight prospect
Javier Fortuna (17-0, 13 KOs) from La Romana, Dominican
Republic, will make the second defense of his WBC Youth
Intercontinental featherweight title against Miguel Roman
(37-8, 28 KOs) from Juarez, Mexico.
On the fiercely competitive undercard, Panama City, Panama's
Azael "Turbo" Cosio (12-1-2, 9 KOs) will go against Oklahoma
City's Ronnie "The Natural" Warrior Jr (13-5-1, 4 KOs) in a
10-round welterweight scrap for the WBC Latino welterweight
title.
Somebody's "O" must go in a couple of other clashes.
Undefeated Samuel Rogers (10-0, 5 KOs) from the US Virgin
Islands will face also undefeated Jamar Freeman (9-0-2, 5
KOs) from Wilson, North Carolina, in a 10-round fight for
the vacant WBC FECARBOX light middleweight title; and
undefeated knockout artist John Jackson (11-0, 10 KOs) from
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands will take on undefeated Keandre
Leatherwood (9-0, 6 KOs) from Birmingham, Alabama, in a
10-round fight for the vacant WBC Youth World light
middleweight title.
Rounding out the action will be a special six-round female
super featherweight attraction between Las Vegas-based
southpaw Laura "La Poeta del Ring" Serrano (17-4-2, 6 KOs)
and Jamestown, New York's Ela "Bam Bam" Nunez (10-11-1, 2
KOs).
This event is sponsored by Corona.
Tickets go on sale Monday (December 12) and are priced at
$100 ringside and $25 General Admission. They will be
available at the Mandalay Bay box office and online at
www.mandalaybay.com.
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