Amilcar Vidal: record, next fight and profile →
Sampson Boxing and Paco Boxing regretfully announce the postponement of their boxing event, originally scheduled for Friday, April 24, 2020 at the Cannery Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas.
Middleweight prospect Amilcar Vidal rang in 2020 with another knockout victory. Vidal battered Leopoldo Reyna in a clash of unbeaten middleweights to win during the opening round Saturday night at the Radisson Victoria Plaza in his hometown of Montevideo, Uruguay.
In a clash of unbeaten light heavyweights, Joseph George scored a disputed split-decision victory over Marcos Escudero. One judge scored the bout 96-94 for Escudero, while the other two judges scored the bout 97-94 and 97-93 for George, who resides in Houston, Texas, goes to 10-0, 6 knockouts.
Vega, Palmetta Photos Weights Gallery - Undefeated welterweight prospect Erik Vega (16-0, 9 KOs) and 2016 Olympian Alberto Palmetta (12-1, 8 KOs) both made weight a day before their ShoBox: The New Generation debuts Friday night live on SHOWTIME (10:30 p.m. ET/PT) from WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa. (photos by Dave Mandell)
Undefeated welterweight prospect Erik Vega Ortiz (16-0, 9 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico will face 2016 Olympian and decorated amateur Alberto Palmetta (12-1, 8 KOs) of Argentina in the 10-round main event. Hard-hitting Marcos Escudero (10-0, 9 KOs), also of Argentina, will take on Houston’s Joseph George (9-0, 6 KOs) in the 10-round light heavyweight co-featured bout. In the telecast opener, Uruguayan knockout artist Amilcar Vidal (9-0, 8 KOs) will fight for the first time in the U.S. when he meets Zach Prieto (9-0, 7 KOs) of El Paso, Texas, in an eight-round middleweight bout.