On about a week’s notice, junior lightweights Tsendbaatar Erdenebat and Abraham Montoya have agreed to face each other on this Friday’s ProBox show after the previous co-feature had to be canceled.
The originally scheduled co-feature was supposed to put welterweight prospect Ruben Aguilar, 23-0-1 (20 KOs), in against Louie Lopez, 16-2-4 (5 KOs). But Lopez suffered an injury, according to a press release.
Erdenebat, 13-0 (6 KOs), is a 29-year-old from Mongolia now fighting out of the Los Angeles region. He competed in the 2016 Olympics, losing in the quarterfinals of the bantamweight tournament to eventual silver medalist Shakur Stevenson. Erdenebat is coming off a unanimous decision win in July against the 14-3-3 Humberto Galindo.
Montoya, 23-6-1 (14 KOs), is a 32-year-old from Mexico. He notched a split decision over Luis Alberto Lopez in 2018; Lopez would go on to capture a featherweight title. As for Montoya, he’s ultimately become a good measuring stick for up-and-comers and prospective contenders. Among those who defeated Montoya were Muhammad Yaqubov, Gabriel Flores Jnr, Andres Cortes, Moussa Gholam and Marc Castro.
Montoya’s last outing was slightly over a year ago, when he took a split decision over Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jnr.
The main event at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, features junior middleweight Francisco Veron, 15-1-1 (10 KOs), against former welterweight contender Roiman Villa, 27-3 (25 KOs).
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