Mthalane Defends IBF Title Against Ricardo Nunez on 9/1

By Jhonny Gonzalez

The fight is now official. Panamanian challenger Ricardo "The Mathematician" Nunez will challenge IBF flyweight champion Moruti "Baby Face" Mthalane on September 1 at the Roberto Duran Arena in Panama. A press conference was staged by promoter Rogelio Espino to announce some of the event details. Nunez (24-2-0, 20 KOs) will be training for the fight of his life against Mthalane (28-2-0, 19 KOs).

In the co-feature bout, IBF number five ranked at strawweight, Luis "White Bread" Rios (17-1-1, 12 KOs), will go against undefeated Nicaraguan Felix "The Twin" Alvarado (14-0-0 11 KOs).

Also on the show, Panama's former WBA world champion Luis "El Nica" Concepcion (25-3, 20 KOs) returning to the ring against Nicaragua's Cristian Flores (10-5 -1, 5 KOs)..