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San Antonio’s Ramon Cardenas thrilled his hometown fans with a picture-perfect performance, employing a textbook left-hook to drop, stop and upset Rafael Pedroza in the second round to win his debut on ShoBox Friday night in the main event live on Showtime from Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas.
There’s no place like home for Ramon Cardenas. Visiting unbeaten junior featherweight prospect Rafael Pedroza was dealt a harsh reality by the local favorite, who scored a stunning second-round knockout Friday evening at Boeing Center at Tech Port in his San Antonio hometown. Cardenas scored two knockdowns, the latter which produced the immediate ending at 1:13 of round two in their Showtime-televised ShoBox main event.
Rafael Pedroza couldn’t envision a better destination than his opponent’s hometown for his U.S. debut. Not a second went to waste when the opportunity was offered to face San Antonio’s Ramon Cardenas in the main event of this. Friday’s Showtime-televised ShoBox tripleheader. The card will take place at Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, where Cardenas will undoubtedly enter as the crowd favorite.
Pedroza, Cardenas Weights Photos Gallery - Undefeated Panamanian prospect Rafael Pedroza and San Antonio’s own Ramon Cardenas both made weight on Thursday, a day ahead of their 10-round super bantamweight main event showdown on SHOBOX: The New Generation tomorrow night, Friday, September 15 live on SHOWTIME at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT from Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. (photos by Stephanie Trapp)
Rafael Pedroza is set for his U.S. debut with hopes to spoil Ramon Cardenas’ first televised hometown headliner. Both boxers made weight for their scheduled ten-round regional junior featherweight title fight this Friday from Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. Pedroza weighed right at the 122-pound divisional limit while Cardenas was 121.8 pounds for their Showtime-televised ShoBox main event.
Most fighters carry fond memories of the wins claims when the stakes were first raised in their career. Ramon Cardenas can recall the first time he claimed a significant regional title, which came in a February 2021 split decision over Angel Antonio Contreras to claim the WBA-NABA junior featherweight title. The fight took place at Caribe
Undefeated Panamanian prospect Rafael Pedroza will clash with San Antonio’s own Ramon Cardenas in the 10-round super bantamweight main event of a SHOBOX: The New Generation telecast on Friday, September 15 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT live on SHOWTIME from Boeing Center at Tech Point in San Antonio, Texas. The exciting tripleheader includes fighters with a combined record of 88-2-2 and 54 knockouts all stepping up in competition as they enter the national spotlight.