By Francisco Salazar
Roy Englebrecht Promotions presents their final fight card of 2014 on Thursday night.
In the main event of the "Fight Club OC" card, Joshua Conley will fight Paul Mpendo in a six round bout inside the Hangar at the OC Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa, California.
The bout was contracted as a junior middleweight bout, but Conley reportedly weighed four pounds over the contracted limit.
Conley (9-0-1, 6 KOs) won a six round unanimous decision over Antonio Urista on August 22 in Temecula, Calif. It was his second straight win since the only blemish of his career: a six round split decision draw against Juan Carlos Rojas.
Mpendo (8-11-4, 4 KOs) stopped Gundrick King after the fourth round on July 18. The win snapped a six-bout losing streak for the Tanzanian fighter.
In other bouts:
- In a six round bout, featherweight Manny Robles (8-0, 4 KOs) will fight Jair Quintero (3-2-1).
- Junior welterweight Luis Mora (4-0-1, 2 KOs) will fight Jonathan Zamudio (1-1-1) in a four round bout.
- Heavyweight Matt McKinley (0-0-1) will fight Tamis Long (1-0) in a four round bout.
- Welterweight Mark Anthony Hernandez (3-0) will fight Cory Muldrew (1-8) in a four round bout.
There are $55 tickets available for sale by calling (949) 760-3131 or by going to FightClubOC.com. First bell is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. local time.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covers 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