By Francisco Salazar
Pro boxing returns to the Los Angeles on Saturday night as All Star Boxing Promotions presents another "Battle of the Rising Stars" card.
Six and four round bouts will take place on the 10-bout card that will take place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.
Cruiserweight Israel Duffus will fight Lamont Williams (5-6-1, 2 KOs) in a six round bout. The Panamanian-born Duffus (6-1, 5 KOs) has won his last four bouts in a row, while Williams has lost his last five.
Super bantamweight Azat Hovhannisyan will fight Walter Melchor Santibanes in a six round bout. Hovahannisyan (6-1, 5 KOs) has won his last six bouts in a row since losing his pro debut in April of 2011. Santibanes (5-2, 2 KOs) has won his last three bouts in a row.
Super featherweight Isaac Dogboe (3-0, 2 KOs) will fight Wilberth Lopez in a six round bout. The Ghanian-born Dogboe is 20 years old, while Lopez (5-3, 1 KO) is 19.
Junior middleweight Gaku Takahashi (12-5-1, 6 KOs) will fight Brian Gordon (4-3-1, 4 KOs) in a four round bout.
Featherweight Cristian Gonzalez (7-0, 7 KOs) will fight Misael Chacon (1-4) in a four round bout. All of Gonzalez's knockouts have come in the first round.
Five more bouts round out the card.
Tickets start at $50 and the first fight is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. local time. For tickets and information, call (323) 781-4871 or (323) 816-6200.
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