By Steve Kim
Multiple sources have advised BoxingScene.com that WBA featherweight titlist Nicholas Walters could be facing hard-punching Colombian Miguel Marriaga on June 13th at the Theater of Madison Square Garden in New York, as part of an HBO double-header that will also feature young Puerto Rican star, Felix Verdejo, who is slated to face Ivan Najera.
Walters, burst onto the scene last October by halting Nonito Donaire in six rounds at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. 'The Axe Man' as he is called has a record of 25-0 (21 KO's).
A puncher himself, Marriaga has spent the bulk of his career in his homeland and made his United States debut last October at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, where he stopped Chris Martin in six rounds. He has a mark of 20-0 (18 KO's)
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.