Tony Luis, Noe Nunez Ready For Battle in Ontario, Canada

By Francisco Salazar

Fringe lightweight contender Tony Luis returns to action tonight against Noe Nunez.

The 10 round bout will take place at the Civic Complex in Luis' hometown of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.

Luis (22-3, with 7 KOs) last appeared in the ring on November 19, defeating Christian Uruzquieta by decision over eight rounds.

Luis has won his last three bouts since losing to then-interim WBA World lightweight titleholder Derry Mathews in April of 2015.

Nunez (17-4-1, with 13 KOs), who resides in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, is 3-3 in his last six bouts, with two of those losses against Pedro Campa and Jack Catterall.

Unbeaten welterweight Custio Clayton (10-0, with 8 KOs) of Montreal squares off against Mexico's Alfredo Chavez (12-8, with 10 KOs) in an eight round bout.

Will Madera (8-0, with 3 KOs) of Albany, N.Y. will face Omar Valenzuela (9-5-2, 4 KOs) in a six round lightweight bout.

Three more fights will round out the Liveco Boxing card.

WEIGHTS

Noe Nunez (17-4-1, 13 KOs) - 137.5
Tony Luis (22-3, 7 KOs) - 137.7

Alfredo Chavez (12-8, 10 KOs) - 152
Custio Clayton (10-0, 8 KOs) - 151.8

Omar Valenzuela (9-5-2, 4 KOs)- 138.9
Will Madera (8-0, 3 KOs) - 137.8

Jesus Ortega (2-3-1)- 162.8
Ronnie Robidoux (2-0, 2 KOs)- 161.8

Michel Polina (1-2-1) - 152.7
Michael Brandon (3-0, 2 KOs) - 151.9

PG Tondo (0-1)- 116.9
Daniel Andujo (3-1, 1 KO)- 117.3

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