Lopez vs. Munoz Headlines February 19 Shobox Card
Jan 15, 2016 • 11:22 AM ET
By Francisco Salazar
Unbeaten junior featherweights Adam Lopez and Mario Munoz square off on February 19 and will air on Showtime, Gordon Hall told Boxingscene.com late Wednesday night.
Hall is the Vice President of Production and the Executive Producer of ShoBox, which has now celebrated 15 years on the network.
The 10 round bout between Lopez and Munoz will top a GH3 Promotions fight card will take place at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
In his last bout on December 12, Lopez (14-0, 7 KOs) stopped former world titleholder Eric Aiken in the second round in his hometown of San Antonio.
Lopez should be familiar to boxing fans, having fought on a 'ShoBox' telecast last July, where he defeated Eliecer Aquino by majority decision over 10 rounds.
Munoz (16-0 1NC, 10 KOs) has not fought since May 2, when he defeated Daniel Franco be a wide decision over eight rounds. A resident of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Munoz will be fighting for the first time in the United States.
Munoz's most notable wins are against former world title challenger Cecilio Santos and Mario Briones.
In an eight round bout, super middleweight Ronald Ellis battles Jerry Odom.
Ellis (12-0, 10 KOs) will be taking a significant step up in opposition against Odom. Ellis has only faced one fighter with a winning record.
In his last bout on August 29, Ellis stopped Jas Phipps in the second round.
Odom (13-2, 12 KOs) has lost two of his last three fights. In his last bout on July 17, Odom was stopped by Samuel Clarkson in the third round.
- In other eight round bouts:
Unbeaten welterweight Keenan Smith (9-0, 3 KOs) will fight Wellington Arias Romero (9-0-1, 4 KOs). - Junior lightweight Lavisas Williams (8-0-1, 3 KOs) will square off against O'Shanique Foster (8-1, 5 KOs)
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.
