Arnold Barboza To Face Maximilliano Becerra on UniMas, 3/12
By Francisco Salazar
Welterweight Arnold Barboza will fight Maximilliano Becerra on March 12, Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman told BoxingScene.com late Thursday evening.
The six round bout will take place at the Marriott Convention Center in Burbank, a suburb of Los Angeles, Calif. The clash between Barboza and Becerra will serve as the opening bout on a UniMas broadcast, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/ PT.
In his last bout on January 30, Barboza (10-0, 4 KOs) scored an impressive first round knockout win over veteran Robbie Cannon, which also took place in Burbank.
Barboza, who resides in the Los Angeles area, has stopped his last two opponents.
Becerra (8-1-2, 5 KOs) has won his last two bouts in a row since losing a six round decision to unbeaten Kevin Watts on April 2 of last year. Aside from Watts, Becerra has only faced one other fighter with a winning record.
Prior to the Watts fight, Becerra had been out of boxing for over two and a half years.
In scheduled non-televised action, former world title contender Miguel Arriaga (22-1, 19 KOs) will fight Adones Aguelo (24-13-2, 16 KOs) and Guy Robb (17-1, 7 KOs) squares off against Carlos Padilla (15-3-1, 9 KOs). Both featherweight bouts are scheduled for eight rounds.
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 (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing
