SAN JUAN, P.R. -- The boxing gem of Puerto Rico, undefeated Top-Five world-rated lightweight contender FELIX "El Diamante" VERDEJO is putting in world for his scheduled return, which features former five-division world champion and 2012 Fighter of the Year NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE in the televised co-feature. Photos by Pete Amador/Top Rank.
Verdejo (18-0, 13 KOs), of San Juan, will be making his homecoming a 10-round defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Latino lightweight title against Josenilson Dos Santos (25-3, 15 KOs), of Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines, on the cusp of another world title shot, will be challenging WBO International junior featherweight champion and No. 1 contender Cesar Juarez (17-3, 13 KOs), of Mexico City, in a 12-round rumble.
Promoted by Top Rank®, both fights will be televised live on the "MetroPC Friday Night Knockout on truTV," on Friday, December 11, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. The live boxing series is presented by truTV and Top Rank, and produced in association with HBO Sports®. Find truTV on your TV: http://trutvishere.com/.
