Christopher Diaz, Julian Rodriguez, Korobov Return on Nov. 18

By Francisco Salazar

Unbeaten featherweight Christopher Diaz will face former world title challenger Fernando Vargas on November 18, Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman recently told BoxingScene.com.

The eight round bout will take place at the Osceola Heritage Center in Kissimmee, Florida.

Also fighting on the Top Rank card will be hard-hitting welterweight Julian Rodriguez. He will face Omar Tienda in an eight round bout.

UniMas will air both fights, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/ PT.

Diaz (18-0, 11 KOs) is coming off an eight round unanimous decision over Raul Hirales on September 23.

The fight took also took place in Kissimmee, a suburb of Orlando where a high number of people of Puerto-Rican descent reside.

Diaz, who resides in Barranquintas, Puerto Rico, will be fighting for the fifth time in 2016.

He is a stablemate of Felix Verdejo.

Vargas (30-10-3, 10 KOs) is 2-2 in his last four bouts. Vargas, who resides in Tijuana, Mexico, challenged Jamie McDonnell for the WBA bantamweight title, but was stopped in the ninth round.

Rodriguez (14-0, 10 KOs), a 21-year-old prospect from Hasbrouck, New Jersey, outboxed Claudinei Lacerda over eight rounds in his last bout on September 23 to win a one-sided decision.

Tienda (18-3, 11 KOs) has won his last three bouts in a row since since his 10 round decision loss to Carlos Morales on February 19.

Goodman also told BoxingScene.com middleweight contender Matt Korobov will fight in an non-televised bout against an opponent to be determined.

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, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing