Raul Hirales: record, next fight and profile →
New opponents have named for Miguel Beltran and Raul Hirales, who both return this Saturday night at the Arena Tecate in Tijuana, Mexico. Hirales (20-2-1 , 9 KOs) was going to face Puerto Rican slugger Jonathan Oquendo (23-3, 16 KOs), and "Barreterito" Beltran (28-2 , 18 KOs) was set to face Puerto Rican puncher Jose "Chelo" Gonzalez (22-1 , 17 KOs) - but those two fights fell through as agreements were not finalized in time.
There will be a heated event on February 8th at the Arena Tecate in Tijuana, Mexico - with a fan-friendly theme of Mexico vs. Puerto Rico. In the main event, Mexico's Raul Hirales (20-2-1 , 9 KOs) takes on Puerto Rican slugger Jonathan Oquendo (23-3, 16 KOs). The event will be televised by Azteca 7 and promoted by Zanfer Promotions. In the co-featured attraction, Mexico's Miguel "Barreterito" Beltran (28-2 , 18 KOs ) will face Puerto Rican puncher Jose "Chelo" Gonzalez (22-1 , 17 KOs) in a ten round lightweight contest.
Junior middleweight contender Omar Chavez dominated the action and scored a tenth round knockdown on Canada's Joachim Alcine to win a ten round unanimous decision in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The scores were 98-92, 98-91 and 98-89. Alcine, 37, drops his fourth straight. Chavez picks up his third straight win as he improves to 31-2 (22KO) and Alcine falls to 33-6-1 (19KO). Raul Hirales picked up his fourth straight win with a stoppage of Frankie Leal in eight rounds. Hirales improves to 20-2 (13KO) and Leal drops to 20-8-3 (13KO).
The weights are in for the big card being staged by Zanfer Promotions on Saturday night, in the main event, Omar Chávez (30-2-1, 22 KO’s) will face former champion Joachim Alcine (33-5-1, 19 KO’s) in a ten round junior middleweight contest in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Both boxers came in at 154-pounds. In the co-feature, Raúl Hirales (19-2-1, 8 KO’s) will take on Francisco “Franky” Leal (20-7-3, 13 KO’s). Both fighters came in at 123-pounds, one pound over the super bantamweight limit.
Tijuana, Mexico, Foro Tecate - In his first fight since suffering the knockout loss to Adrien Broner, Mexico's rugged warrior Antonio "Tony" DeMarco (29-3-0, 26 KOs) entered the junior welterweight ranks with a fifth round knockout of Colombian Fidel Monterrosa (31-8-0, 25 KO's), who went down at 1:21 of the round. Monterrosa had his moments in the contest. There was a bad head clash in the third, which left damage on both but cut DeMarco on his forehead above his left eye. DeMarco had his opponent going at the end of the fourth, and picked back up in the fifth with a shot to the liver that sent Monterrosa down. He barely made it up at nine and the referee waved things off.
Tijuana, Mexico, Foro Tecate - In his first fight since suffering the knockout loss to Adrien Broner, Mexico's rugged warrior Antonio "Tony" DeMarco (29-3-0, 26 KOs) entered the junior welterweight ranks with a fifth round knockout of Colombian Fidel Monterrosa (31-8-0, 25 KO's), who went down at 1:21 of the round. In the co-feature, Daniel "Bad Boy" Rosas punished Robert Castaneda. After starting fast, Rosas (16-0-1, 11 KOs) crushed Castaneda (20-4-0, 15 KO's) with a single shot in the opening seconds of the second to score the stoppage victory.
Tijuana, Mexico - Alberto Beltran went to an eight round draw with Rafael Cobos in the main event of a Zanfer Promotions card. Beltran (14-1-1, 8 KOs) landed more solid blows, with power, but allowed Cobos (14-4-5, 5 KOs) to put in more work. In the end of their super lightweight bout, one judge scored it for Beltran with a tally of 77-75, another judge saw Cobos win with a score of 79-72 and the third judge had it 76-76 for the draw.
Kenny Abril (14-5-1) pulled off a major upset when he defeated Dennis Laurente (40-4-4) via split decision in the evening's opening fight at the Texas Station casino in Las Vegas. The Filipino fighter started off strong but Abril was able to score a knock down in the third round and his counter punching proved to be the difference in the fight.Up and coming light heavyweight prospect
Los Mochis, Mexico - Adrian Young (17-0-1, 15KOs) secured the biggest win of his growing career with an eight round unanimous decision over Raul Hirales (16-2, 8KOs) in a tough super bantamweight contest. The scores were 77-74, 78-73 and 77-75.
The weights are in for tomorrow's Zanfer Promotions event at Tecate Box Tour in Los Mochis, Mexico. Top featherweight contender Miguel Ángel “Mikey” García highlights the show, plus prospect David “Animal” Serrano and Adrián “Chinito” Young will be in action. David “Animal” Serrano (13-1-0, 10 KO’s) will face Rogelio “Porky” Medina (28-2-0, 22 KO’s), while “Chinito” (16-0-1, 15 KO’s) takes on Raul “Rayito” Hirales (16-1-1, 8 KO’s). Mikey Garcia (28-0-0, 24 KO’s) has a ten round bout with veteran Mauricio Pastrana (35-16-2, 23 KO’s).