De Alba, Uribe Ready For Philadelphia Showdown
By Francisco Salazar
Pro boxing returns to the City of Brotherly Love tonight.
Junior lightweight Frankie De Alba will face Bernardo Gomez Uribe at the Stadium Holiday Inn in Philadelphia, Penn. The 10 round bout will headline a 10-bout card, presented by King's Promotions.
Since losing his professional debut, De Alba (15-1-2, 5 KOs) is unbeaten in 17 bouts, winning his last 13 bouts in a row. In his last bout on February 21, De Alba won a one-sided eight round unanimous decision over Jose Bustos in nearby Allentown.
This will be the first scheduled 10 round bout for De Alba, who is originally from Puerto Rico.
On paper, Uribe (14-3, 10 KOs) figures to be a significant test for De Alba. Uribe normally campaigns as a junior featherweight or featherweight and has been knocked in all three of his losses.
In his last bout on April 19, Uribe stopped Antonio Sanchez in the fifth round. He has won his last six bouts in a row.
In an eight round bout, welterweight Steve Upsher Chambers hopes to snap a three-bout losing streak when he faces Alejandro Rodriguez.
In his last bout on September 6, Chambers (24-4-1, 6 KOs) lost a 10 round unanimous decision to Andre Berto. Rodriguez (24-16-1, 14 KOs) has won three of his last four bouts.
Farah Ennis (21-2, 12 KOs) will fight fight veteran Michael Gbenga in a six round light heavyweight bout.
In other notable six round bouts, middleweight Demond Nicholson (12-1, 12 KOs) fights German Perez (13-1-3, 3 KOs) and Brandon Bennett (18-1, 7 KOs) battles Alvaro Ortiz (7-2-1, 5 KOs)
Five more bouts are scheduled to round out the card.
Doors open at 6 p.m. local time, with first bell scheduled for 6:45 p.m. Tickets are priced at $75 and $50.
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 (CA) Star newspaper, Boxingscene.com, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing
