Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas .- After training very early at the gym, the WBC champion and WBO champion Fernando "Ko-Chulito" Montiel later traveled with his team to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas to for the upcoming defense of the titles against challenger Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion of Panaman, taking place on Saturday in Palenque de la Feria and promoted by Zanfer Promotions and Top Rank in association with the Government of Chiapas.
Montiel (41-2-2, 31 KOs) vs Concepción (15-2-2, 8 KOs) will be televised by TV Azteca in México and on Top Rank Live on Fox Sports in the United States.
Montiel, 31 years old, will be make the first defense of the WBC belt he won in Japan earlier this year when he knocked out Hozumi Hasegawa.
The triple world champion in various divisions arrived at the airport in Tuxtla, Chiapas at 15:15 on Mexicana Flight 215, accompanied by his father and head coach Don Manuel Montiel and his sons, Eduardo, Manuel Jr. and Peter.
"Without a doubt we had a lot of time to prepare in Los Mochis. We did seven weeks without any problems. This morning we closed it out and then took the flight to this spectacular state of Chiapas. We are ready to offer a great fight," said Montiel upon arrival at the airport in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas.
"But I still have the desire to clobber the Puerto Rican Eric Morel, sooner or later we will fight. Eric reported that he injured himself, hopefully my promoters will arrange a new date for the Morel fight and I will prove that I am the best bantamweight the world," said Fernando.
