By Steve Kim
Highly regarded lightweight prospect, Felix Verdejo, has a fight scheduled for February 27th at the Theater of Madison Square Garden against William Silva, that will be televised by HBO. But Top Rank is already looking ahead to the future.
According to their matchmaker, Brad Goodman,"We have a Puerto Rico date for April 16th on UniMas, if everything goes well and according to plan on the 27th, he'll be on this show."
Verdejo, who currently has a record of 19-0 (14 KO's), is thought to be one of the games rising stars and is already a bonafide ticket seller with this Puerto Rican countrymen. He turned pro in 2012 after representing his country in the 2012 Olympics.
He saw action three times in 2015 and two of those fights took place in Puerto Rico. Verdejo stopped Marco Lopez in five rounds in Guaynabo in April, then returned in June for an HBO televised ten round decision win over Ivan Najera at the Theater in Madison Square Garden, and then closed out the year in San Juan with a second round TKO of Josenlison Dos Santos on December 11th.
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.
