SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO- Unbeaten Jeyvier Cintron and Luis "Popeye" Lebron already have opponents for their WBO Latino bouts in the return of the series "Sabado de Campeones in Casino Metro Boxing Nights" to be held on Saturday, September 1, in the San Juan Ballroom of the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino in San Juan, in a presentation of PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP), which will be broadcast by Wapa Deportes.
In only his eighth fight as a professional, Cintron (7-0, 4 KOs), twice (2012 and 2016) a Puerto Rican Olympian and signed by Top Rank, will face Mexican Alonzo Melendez ( 15-2, 13 KOs) for the vacant WBO Latino title at 115 pounds in a 10 rounds scheduled bout.
It will be the second fight in Puerto Rico for Cintron, who has defeated Venezuela's Gregory Vera last month to win the WBO Youth belt at 118 pounds. The match against Meléndez will also be the sixth of 2018 for Cintron.
Meanwhile, Popeye Lebron (12-0-1, 6 KOs) will defend his WBO Latino title at 126 pounds against Chilean Robinson Laviñanza (13-4-2, 5 kos). For Lebron, it will be the second defense of the title he won in April against Luis Ruiz and defended in July against Milner Marcano in Colombia. Lebron is ranked #12 by the WBO in the featherweight division.
Soon we will be provided more details of this show.
IN OTHER NEWS: History will be made in a week from tonight as the first every Championship Fight on a Fight Club OC show will take place when 2012 Rio Olympic Bronze Medal winner Murodjon Akhmadaliev faces Ramon Contreras for the vacant WBA Super Bantamweight Intercontinental Championship Belt.
And what a match up it will for fans in The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center, as Akhmadaliev at 3-0 (2KO's) was not only the Olympic Bronze Medal winner in 2012 for his native Uzbekistan but also the 2015 World Amateur Champion. He will face without a doubt his toughest test to date meeting the current WBA Fedebol Super Bantamweight champion Ramon Contreras from Chile who brings a 15-6 record with six knockouts. The winner could have a shot at a 2019 date with current World Champion Daniel Roman so a lot is at stake on August 23rd