Yomar Alamo: record, next fight and profile →
In order to save last weekend’s main event in Mexico, promoter Felix ‘Tutico’ Zabala Jr. was forced to borrow from the next Telemundo show in queue. Whereas Mauricio Pintor didn’t know until less than 24 hours before the fight whom he was going to face, Yomar Alamo has been spared such a dilemma heading into the Telemundo summer season finale.
On the heels of headlining the first Telemundo telecast of 2019, Yomar Alamo now has an opponent to close out the summer season. The unbeaten super lightweight titlist from Puerto Rico will face Mexico’s Miguel Angel Martinez in a scheduled 10-round regional title fight atop the Telemundo summer season finale August 2 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Fla.
Masayuki Ito won the WBO junior lightweight title last July in Kissimmee, Florida. For title defense number two, he’s returning to the city of his greatest triumph. Ito, who recently signed a long-term co-promotional contract with Top Rank, will defend his title against 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team captain and U.S Marine Corps veteran Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring Saturday, May 25 at Osceola Heritage Park. Ito-Herring will headline a special Memorial Day weekend edition of Top Rank on ESPN beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, former two-division world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza looks to get back in the win column against Antonio Lozada Jr.
In an emotional activity held at the Aguas Buenas Urban High School, the World Boxing Organization (WBO), together with its president, Francisco "Paco" Valcárcel, Esq., delivered the WBO North America (NABO) Jr. Welterweight title to boxer Yomar "The Magic" Álamo which he won last Friday in Florida, after defeating Mexican Manuel Méndez by unanimous decision in an event promoted by All Star Boxing.
In a word, Yomar Alamo looked like “Magic” in his Telemundo debut. The unbeaten 23-year old super lightweight outslugged a determined Manuel “La Tormenta” Mendez over 10 rounds Friday evening at Osceola Heritage Center in Kissimmee, Florida. Scores of 99-91 (twice) and 100-90—however accurate they were—didn’t tell the full tell of an entertaining headlining act in the 2019 spring season debut of Boxeo Telemundo.
In the main event unbeaten prospect Yomar “The Magic” Alamo of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico will put his undefeated record on the line against rugged contender Manuel “La Tormenta” Mendez of Los Angeles, California in a bout schedule for 10 rounds for the vacant World Boxing Organization NABO Jr. Welterweight championship. Alamo, 23, has won the WBC Youth and FECARBOX Titles in his young career and in his last fight he knocked out Wilfrido Buelvas in 4 rounds last July 25 on the ESPN undercard of the Masayuki Ito-Christopher Diaz before a sold out crowd in Kissimmee and improved his record to 15-0-12 KO’s. Mendez, 28, has beaten 6 undefeated fighters and in his last outing he lost a highly disputed majority decision to Robert Garcia’s protégé undefeated Jonathan Navarro and his record fell to 16-4-3-11 KO’s.
Kissimmee Civic Center, Kissimmee - Featherweight Vladimir Nikitin (1-0), who is best known for winning a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics with a controversial nod over Michael Conlan, made his pro debut with a six round unanimous decision over Edward Kakembo (10-5, 3 KOs). The scores were 60-52, 60-52 and 60-51.
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 18 at 10 a.m. ET for the highly-anticipated WBO Light Heavyweight World Title showdown between two-time champ Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) and long-time #1 contender Eleider "Storm" Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) which takes place Saturday, August 4 at the Etess Arena at the brand-new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. Tickets range from $50 to $200 and are available online at TicketMaster.com and HardRockHotelAtlanticCity.com.
Yomar 'The Magic' Alamo ( 14-0, 11KO ) from Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, viciously defeated Hungarian Zsigmond Vaas ( 13-6, 2KO ) in the first round to become WBC's super lightweight Youth World Champion in an exciting fight held at the Samuel 'Sammy' Rodríguez Coliseum in Aguas Buenas.
In a crowded press conference, held at the Urban High School in the town of Aguas Buenas, Black Tiger Promotions and Empire Boxing Promotions presented all details of the event 'Honor on the Mountain', which will take form this Saturday, August 19 at the Coliseum Samuel 'Sammy' Rodríguez in the city of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico.