Kerman Lejarraga: record, next fight and profile →
Asloum Event in France have rescheduled the No Limit XIII show and it's now set for October 17 at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois. No crowd is allowed but it will be shown live by RMC Sport.
The Arena Marbella in Puerto Banús (Marbella) hosted the second boxing show in Spain after the pandemic. In the main event, former EBU champion Kerman Lejarraga (31-2, 24 KOs) continued to rebuild his career with a ten round unanimous decision over British boxer Tyrone Nurse (37-7-2, 7 KOs).
On Friday afternoon in Marbella, Spain, the weigh-in took place for a breezy card tomorrow night, in the Andalusian town. In the main event will see a clash between former WBC Latino champion Kerman Lejarraga and Tyrone Nurse from the UK.
Kerman Lejarraga already had the date, and now he's been informed of the opponent. Lejarraga will return to the ring on August 8 at the Marbella Arena in Puerto Banús. The Morga fighter will face former British champion Tyrone Nurse in a ten round bout agreed-upon at the super welterweight limit of 154-pounds.
Kerman Lejarraga has not fought since last February 29, when he beat José de Jesús Macías and is dying to really get himself in the ring again. It has been known for a long time that his promoter, MGZ Boxing , was preparing a great evening in Marbella , a place that Lejarraga has already visited in the summer, and on Friday the planned night of boxing was confirmed.
MGZ Promotions is ready to get back to their events, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to play out. One of the events they are planning is for Marbella, Argentina in August - with junior middleweight Kerman Lejarraga (30-2, 24 KOs) in action.
Former two division world champion Sergio 'Maravilla' Martinez, 45 years old, is looking forward to his return to the ring. After six years in retirement, he planned to fight on June 6. The comeback was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Txutxi del Valle, the head trainer of former EBU welterweight champion Kerman Lejarraga, is embracing the potential fight with former two division world champion Sergio Martinez - but he doesn't want his boxer to make a dramatic jump in weight. As BoxingScene.com reported last week, 45-year-old Martinez is highly motivated to have a comeback fight and named Lejarraga as the opponent of choice. Martinez was planning to come back in the first half of the year, but those plans went up in smoke due to the coronavirus pandemic.
BoxingScene.com reported on Wednesday, that former two division world champion Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez, 45-years-old, is still planning to return to the ring after six years of retirement. And Martinez is targeting former EBU 147-pound champion Kerman Lejarraga of Spain as the opponent of choice.
Former two division world champion Sergio Martinez (51-3-2, 28 KO), 45-years-old, is still not walking away from his plan to have a comeback fight. Martinez has been out of the ring since June 2014, when he was knocked out by Puerto Rican icon Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden in New York City.