Max Ornelas: record, next fight and profile →
Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona - Heavyweight contender Trevor Bryan (20-0, 14 KOs) crushed BJ Flores (34-4-1, 21 KOs) in four rounds to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) interim title.
Max Ornelas and Juan Antonio Lopez fight under the same promotional banner and acknowledge one another outside the ring. It will be a different tune when the two bantamweights step inside the ring.
All it takes is a couple minutes on the phone with Max Ornelas to know that the unbeaten bantamweight is a fighter who prefers to let his fists do the talking. Regardless, I ask him if he tries to stay under the radar during his classes at UNLV while getting ready for his Friday bout against Tony Lopez, which takes place on campus at Cox Pavilion.
Max Ornelas (10-0-1) will face Juan Antonio "Tony" Lopez (12-3) in a main event scheduled for 8 rounds on Friday night at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. The fight will be televised by beIN Sports and headline an 8 fight card being promoted by Roy Jones Jr Boxing Promotions. The 24-year-old Lopez has a history of taking fights on short notice but this time he was able to put together a full camp and is very confident heading to fight night.
Unbeaten bantamweight prospect "The Baby-Faced Assassin" Max Ornelas (10-0-1, 4 KOs) goes from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas classroom into an on-campus ring at Cox Pavilion on April 20th to take on his Roy Jones Jr, (RJJ) Boxing Promotions stablemate, Dallas challenger Tony Lopez (12-3, 4 KOs), in the 10-round main event for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) North American Boxing Association (NABA) bantamweight title.
Unbeaten bantamweight Max Ornelas won a ten round unanimous decision over Nick Otieno at the WinnaVegas Casino and Resort in Sloan, Iowa. All three judges had it scored 100-90. The 10 round bout headlined a three-bout beIN Sports broadcast. The 19-year-old Ornelas (10-0-1, 4 KOs), who resides in Las Vegas and is signed to Roy Jones Jr. Promotions, is coming off a fifth round knockout victory over Leopoldo Martinez on July 15.
Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions, along with WinnaVegas Casino Resort are set to bring hometown heroes and skilled warriors for an action packed card on November 10, 2017. The highly anticipated event will air live on beIN SPORTS (9 p.m. CT / 10 p.m ET) from inside the beautiful WinnaVegas Casino Resort in Sloan, IA.
Junior middleweight contender John Vera won a hard-fought 10 round majority decision over Daniel Rosario Saturday night at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino in Chandler, Arizona. Vera successfully defended his regional title belt and improves to 17-0, with 10 by way of knockout. The hard-hitting Rosario, who hails from Puerto Rico, dropped to 11-3, with 10 KOs.
Welterweight Damien Lopez (3-0-1, with 2 KOs) stopped Javier Rodriguez in the second round. Lopez landed the more effective punches throughout the fight. A right uppercut dropped Rodriguez, who was making his pro debut, in the second round. Lopez went in for the kill, trapping Rodriguez in a corner and landing a barrage of punches until referee Thomas Taylor stopped the bout at 2:28.
Two bantamweights square off in a clash of unbeaten fighters Saturday night. Max Ornelas will face Leopoldo Martinez in a six round bout at the Marriott Hotel in Burbank, California. Ornelas (8-0, with 3 KOs), who hails from Las Vegas, won a six round unanimous decision over veteran Pedro Melo in his last bout on March 11. Saturday night will be Ornelas' ninth fight since turning pro on June 10, one day before his 18th birthday.