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by Mike Coppinger
May 7th, 2012
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Unbeaten power-punching Dominican Javier Fortuna is slated to face the winner of the Celestino Caballero-Mikey Garcia WBA featherweight title bout, a source close to Sampson Lewkowicz told ******.com.
Lewkowicz, a promoter who also advises Fortuna (19-0, 14 knockouts), won the purse bid for the WBA mandatory fight and plans to stage the fight in Panama this summer.
Top Rank promotes Garcia, rated No. 5 by THE RING, but was outbid by Sampson Boxing, who bid $440,000 to stage the title fight. Caballero, a native of Panama, is rated No. 9 by the magazine.
The tentative plan is to have Fortuna, 22, face-off against the new WBA Champion "immediately after." The 22-year-old Fortuna knocked out the previously-undefeated Yuandale Evans in one round on ESPN's Friday Night Fights in late April.
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This is a big AND good step up for Fortuna. It should also be fun to watch against either one of these two guys. Personally I would like it to be vs Mikey cause Mikey is a passive and patient fighter. If Caballero doesn't bring out the best in him Fortuna sure as hell will. I'm telling you, if Mikey falls asleep on Fortuna he's gonna be in a lot of trouble.
May 7th, 2012
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Unbeaten power-punching Dominican Javier Fortuna is slated to face the winner of the Celestino Caballero-Mikey Garcia WBA featherweight title bout, a source close to Sampson Lewkowicz told ******.com.
Lewkowicz, a promoter who also advises Fortuna (19-0, 14 knockouts), won the purse bid for the WBA mandatory fight and plans to stage the fight in Panama this summer.
Top Rank promotes Garcia, rated No. 5 by THE RING, but was outbid by Sampson Boxing, who bid $440,000 to stage the title fight. Caballero, a native of Panama, is rated No. 9 by the magazine.
The tentative plan is to have Fortuna, 22, face-off against the new WBA Champion "immediately after." The 22-year-old Fortuna knocked out the previously-undefeated Yuandale Evans in one round on ESPN's Friday Night Fights in late April.
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http://ring tv.craveonline.com/blog/172759-fortuna-to-fight-caballero-garcia-winner
This is a big AND good step up for Fortuna. It should also be fun to watch against either one of these two guys. Personally I would like it to be vs Mikey cause Mikey is a passive and patient fighter. If Caballero doesn't bring out the best in him Fortuna sure as hell will. I'm telling you, if Mikey falls asleep on Fortuna he's gonna be in a lot of trouble.
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