The remainder of Most Valuable Promotions’ card at the Convention Center in South Padre Island, Texas on October 18 continues to take shape as the company announced a number of bouts for the undercard.
In an eight round junior welterweight fight, Yolanda Vega, 10-1 (1 KO), will face Houston’s Miranda Reyes, 7-3-1 (3 KOs), while Alexis “Chop Chop” Chaparro, 5-0 (5 KOs), faces fellow unbeaten fighter David Gutierrez, 4-0 (2 KOs), in a six-round middleweight fight.
Also in action will be two-time U.S. national amateur champion Alexander Gueche, 9-0 (6 KOs), against Jaden Burnias, 7-4-2 (6 KOs), in a six-round junior featherweight fight, while Cuba’s Pedro Veitia, 6-0 (6 KOs), faces Mexico’s Xavier Zuniga, 4-0 (3 KOs), in a six-round junior middleweight fight.
These fights will support a championship double-header which pits WBC junior flyweight champion Lourdes Juarez, 38-4 (5 KOs), against Yesica Nery Plata, 30-2 (3 KOs), while Brownsville, Texas’ Omar Juarez, 19-2 (7 KOs), meets Omar Rosario, 14-2 (4 KOs), of Caguas, Puerto Rico in a ten-round junior welterweight fight.
Vega, 30, of Ciudad Obregon, Mexico is looking to bounce back from her first defeat, a shutout against the returning Holly Holm in June. Reyes is looking to bounce back from two straight defeats to world class boxers Caroline Dubois and Stephanie Han.
The 25-year-old Chaparro of Ridgewood, New York will be competing in his second straight six-round fight while Gutierrez, 26, will be making his United States debut.
“This event represents the continued growth of women’s boxing and the global reach of the Most Valuable Prospects series, bringing together champions and future stars from Mexico, Puerto Rico, the U.S., and beyond. South Padre Island will be an incredible host for one of our deepest and most competitive cards yet on Saturday, October 18, live on DAZN,” reads a statement attributed to Most Valuable Promotions’ co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian.
