Jayson Velez: record, next fight and profile →
The card is being called "Life or Death." After being postponed a couple of times because of hurricanes Irma and María, finally the long-awaited meeting between ranked contender Jayson 'La Maravilla' Velez (25-4- 1, 17KO's) and former two-division world champion Juan Manuel 'Juanma' Lopez (35-5, 32KO's) will be held on Saturday, March 3 at the Mario 'Quijote' Morales Coliseum in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
Former two-division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (35-5) and Jayson Velez (25-4-1) were originally scheduled to meet in September in an all Puerto Rican showdown but the fight was postponed after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
Photos of undercard details - Juncos, PR | Boxing promoters Universal Promotions and Black Tiger Promotions announced further details regarding the undercard to the fight between world contender Jayson "La Maravilla" Velez and former double world champion Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez as part of the DIRECTV Night of Champions series, to be held On Saturday, September 30 at the Rafael G. Amalbert de Juncos Coliseum in Puerto Rico.
Juncos, PR | Boxing promoters Universal Promotions and Black Tiger Promotions announced the fight between world contender Jayson "La Maravilla" Velez and former double world champion Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez as part of the DIRECTV Night of Champions series, to be held On Saturday, September 30 at the Rafael G. Amalbert de Juncos Coliseum in Puerto Rico.
The talks are done and a deal has been finalized, as everything has been set for a collision between former world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez (35-5, 32 KOs) and former world title challenger Jayson “La Maravilla” Velez (25-4-1, 17 KOs).
There are ongoing discussions for an all-Puerto Rican battle between former world champion Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez and one-time top prospect Jayson Velez. According to Velez himself, the fight with Juanma is being targeted to happen by the end of the year. Velez indicates that his promoter Javier Bustillo is currently in talks with Carlos Maldonado, who promotes Juanma.
According to former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (26-1, 17 KOs), he will return on May 5 in an ESPN televised headliner against Jayson Velez (24-4-1, 16 KOs) of Puerto Rico. The Golden Boy Promotions card, which is part if their new fight series with ESPN, is tentative to take place at the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Isla Verde, Carolina, PR - Showing his excellent physical condition, with less than four weeks before his first fight of the year, FECARBOX champion and WBC Latin super featherweight beltholder Alberto 'Transformer' Mercado (13-0-1, 3KO's) made a pre-weight of 141 pounds out of a required maximum of 149.5 pounds (15% over the 130 limit), for the scheduled fight on Saturday, March 4 at Coliseo Fernando 'Rube' Hernandez de Gurabo.
In the main event, unbeaten prospect Alfredo 'Ojo' Santiago (7-0, 2 KO) got the biggest win of his career with a ten round majority decision over former world title challenger Jayson 'La Maravilla' Velez (23-4-1, 16 KO)
In the main event, Alfredo 'Ojo' Santiago (6-0, 2 KO) weighed 129 pounds and Jayson 'La Maravilla' Velez (23-3-1, 16 KO) weighed 130 pounds in for their upcoming 10-round.