By Francisco Salazar
Unbeaten junior featherweight Diego De La Hoya will fight Arturo Badillo on February 19, manager Joel De La Hoya told BoxingScene.com over the weekend.
Joel is the older cousin of Diego De La Hoya.
The 10 round bout will take place at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles and will air live on Estrella TV.
Manager Frank Espinoza also confirmed to Boxingscene.com that unbeaten Joet Gonzalez would be fighting on the Golden Boy Promotions card, likely in the televised co-feature bout.
De La Hoya (13-0, 7 KOs) won a one-sided eight round decision over Giovanni Delgado in his last bout on November 20 in Las Vegas.
Prior to that bout on September 4, the 21-year-old De La Hoya won a 10 round unanimous decision over former world title challenger Jesus Ruiz in Los Angeles.
Badillo (21-9, 19 KOs) has lost his last five bouts in a row and eight of his last nine. In his last bout on October 23, Badillo was stopped by former world titleholder Jhonatan Romero.
In his last bout on November 6 in Los Angeles, Gonzalez (12-0, 6 KOs) scored an impressive third round knockout win over Marcos Rios.
Gonzalez, who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendora, has stopped five of his last six opponents.
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, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing