Michael Farenas To See Action on Latin Fury 10

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

Tough Filipino featherweight Michael Farenas sees action on Top Rank Promotions “Latin Fury 10” in Mexico on July 25.

However, there’s no word as yet on who his opponent is on the fight card headined by promising Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Farenas who has a record 25-2-2 with 22 knockouts was picked up by Carl Penalosa at the Wild Card Gym on Tuesday and taken to San Diego where he will wind down his training at the Alliance Gym under Carl who is the brother of two-division world champions Gerry and Dodie Boy Penalosa.

Farenas is coming off a spectacular 1st round knockout of veteran Walter Estrada (35-9, 24 KO’s) at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on May 1, 2009 and according to Penalosa is in good shape.

The hard-hitting protégé of Gerry Penalosa nailed Estrada with a vicious left hook that sent the Colombian crashing to the canvas with referee Tony Weeks not even bothering to count at 2:59 of the opening round.

Conditioning expert Alex Ariza who puts Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao into tremendous shape for his fights told us some weeks ago that Farenas was a good fighter and very strong.