Calderon-Segura Card Complete: Eight Fights are Booked
Eight fights and 50 rounds will complete the event called "Unification", with the World Champion Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon, putting up his junior flyweight title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) against Giovanni Segura, champion of the World Boxing Association, in a presentation put together by PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) to be held Aug. 28 at the coliseum Mario "Quijote" Morales in Guaynabo, and carried on "Pay Per View."
The promoter Ivan Rivera, president of PRBBP, reported that the "Pay Per View" featuring the fight between Calderon (34-0-1 and six knockouts) against Segura (24-1, 20 KOs), will also show Joseph "Chelo" Gonzalez (11-0 and seven KOs) against Hector Marengo (5-0-4 and three KOs) in a six-round lightweight bout, as well as the battles of McJoe Arroyo (4-0, and two knockouts) and McWilliams Arroyo (2-1 with two knockouts), against rivals to be announced for six round bouts.
"We will have eight fights of which four are going to be on television through Pay Per View, and the other fights are competitive and the public will like them," said Rivera.
The remaining matches of the program include a fight between former Olympian Alex "El Pollo" de Jesus (19-1 and 13 knockouts) and an opponent to be announced at a weight of 143 pounds and six rounds. De Jesus is confined in a Bayamón prison and will fight and then return to his institution.
Also, at lightweight, Felix StKitts (12-7-2 and seven KOs) will face Samuel Santana (2-4-2) for four rounds and at junior welterweight, José Carlos Lozada (1-1, 1KO) will be measured against Christopher Velez (1-0, one KO)
Tickets for this event, which will be broadcast on "Pay Per View, are sold at Ticketcenter, or by cyber at www.tcpr.com or by calling 787 792-5000.