North American promoter Golden Boy Promotions, headed by Oscar de la Hoya, today won the purse offer for the WBC super bantamweight world title fight between champion Israel Vazquez and challenger Oscar Larios, both of Mexico.
Golden Boy won the rights to promote the fight with a bid of $200,000 (USD), and as of today will have ten working days to make the 10 percent deposit with the WBC.
Besides the winning promoter, two other promoters participated: Prestige, a Mexican company headed by Dr. Fausto Daniel Garcia, and North American promoter Sycuan Promotions.
Avel Gonzalez of Miami, Florida, a member of the WBC Board of Governors, supervised the purse offer.
Approximately half an hour after the purse offer, the WBC Executive Office was visited by super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez, who became one of the first to know the outcome of the purse offer.
