Montiel vs. Morel Appears To Be Heading To September

By Mark Vester

The scrapped WBO bantamweight bout between Eric Morel and Fernando Montiel is likely heading to September, according to Ivan Rivera, president of Puerto Rico Best Boxing. The fight was scheduled for the June 27 pay-per-view undercard to Juan Manuel Lopez-Oliver Lontchi, but a hand injury suffered during training by Montiel has postponed the date.

Rivera is trying to keep Morel on the card and the search is on for a replacement to fight him.

"Morel could have a ten round fight as a tuneup. What we want is to have him fight [on June 27] since he went through all of that training [for Montiel]. That gives him time to rest and return again in September," Rivera told Primera Hora.

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