Golovkin vs. Rubio: Marcos Reyes To Face Abie Han

By Francisco Salazar

Another televised fight will be added to the "Mexican Style" card on October 18.

Middleweights Marcos Reyes and Abie Han will square off in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Stubhub Center in Carson, Calif.

Tom Loeffler, Managing Director of K2 Promotions, told Boxingscene.com on Saturday the bout will be televised on HBO Latino.

The Reyes-Han bout will precede the main event bout between Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio Rubio, along with the Nonito Donaire-Nicholas Walters bout.

Reyes (32-1, 24 KOs), who hails from Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, won a 10 round unanimous decision win over Octavio Castro in his last bout on June 7.

He has won his last 19 bouts in a row since suffering his only loss of his career to Amilcar Edgardo Funes Melian in January of 2010.

Reyes does hold consecutive victories over Julio Cesar Garcia (2012), Luis Ramon "Yory Boy" Campas (2009), and most recently Rogelio Medina in October.

Han (22-1, 14 KOs) has won his last his three bouts in a row since being stopped by Glenn Tapia in the eighth round in July of last year.

In his last bout on April 5, Han stopped Juan Carlos Candelo in the second round in his hometown of El Paso, Texas.

The Golovkin-Rubio and Donaire-Walters will be televised live on HBO, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT. Also on the card will be a 10 round light heavyweight bout between Edwin Rodriguez (24-1, 16 KOs) and Azea Augustama (17-1, 9 KOs).

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Salazar also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing