By Francisco Salazar
Unbeaten Patrick Teixeira will fight Gabriel Martinez on Friday, October 2, Golden Boy Promotions announced Friday afternoon.
The 10 round bout middleweight bout will headline an ‘LA Fight Club’ card at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles. Estrella TV will air the broadcast, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT.
Teixeira (25-0, 21 KOs) will be fighting for the second time in the United States under the Golden Boy Promotions banner. In his last bout on April 18, the Sao Paolo, Brazil resident knocked out Patrick Allotey in the second round.
The bout took place in Verona, N.Y. on the undercard of the Lucas Matthysse-Ruslan Provodnikov bout.
Martinez (28-10-1, 15 KOs) snapped a nine-bout losing streak on March 30, knocking out Manuel Valenzuela in the fourth round in Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico.
In the eight round co-feature bout, unbeaten junior welterweight Zachary Ochoa will fight an opponent to be announced.
Unbeaten prospects Joshua Franco (1-0) and Francisco Ochoa (2-0, 1 KOs) will fight in separate four round preliminary bouts.
RingTVLive.com will stream live boxing on its website between 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. PT.
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. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing