Cesar Juarez Aims To Continue Streak of Wins, Wants Dogboe
by Francisco Salazar
Cesar Juarez is aiming for a rematch against WBO junior featherweight titleholder Isaac Dogboe. In the meantime, he returns to the ring in a stay-busy fight on Saturday night.
Juarez will face Jorge Sanchez in a 10 round bout at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Mexico. The fight will air live throughout Mexico on Azteca TV and on beIN Sports en Espanol (11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT).
Sean Gibbons, the manager of Juarez, said the bout will be fought at a catchweight of 123 pounds.
In the fight against Dogboe on Jan. 6 in Accra, Ghana, Juarez (22-6, 17 knockouts) was dropped twice before the fight was stopped in round five. The 27-year-old Juarez believes the fight was stopped prematurely and wants another crack at Dogboe.
In his last bout on Apr. 14 in his hometown of Mexico City, Juarez knocked out fringe contender Wilner Soto of Colombia in the ninth round.
Juarez is currently ranked number seven by the WBA and number eight by the WBO.
Sanchez (18-3, 9 KOs), who resides in Panama City, Panama, has not fought since his seventh round knockout loss to Edixon Perez on Dec. 14.
Sanchez's most notable bouts were a 12 round unanimous decision loss to Gavin McDonnell in February of 2016 and a close 10 round decision over featherweight contender Bryan De Gracia on May 18 of last year.
In the co-feature, fringe bantamweight contender Jose Quirino will square off against Israel Rodriguez in an eight round bout.
Quirino (19-2-2, 9 KOs), who is unbeaten in his last 15 fights, stopped former world flyweight titleholder Hernan 'Tyson' Marquez in his last bout on Apr. 21.
Rodriguez (11-3, 4 KOs) resides in Mexico City and has split his last four bouts.
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. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing
