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TOMORROW! Verdejo & Donaire truTV Press Conf in San Juan PR
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 12 Nov 2015
SAN JUAN, P.R. (November 11, 2015) -- The boxing gem of Puerto Rico, undefeated Top-Five world-rated lightweight contender FELIX "El Diamante" VERDEJO, and former five-division world champion and 2012 Fighter of the Year NONITO ?The Filipino Flash? DONAIRE, will host a press conference Tomorrow! Thursday, November 12, at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino (200 Convention Blvd., San Juan, P.R. 00907) to announce their upcoming championship doubleheader. The press conference will begin at 2:00 p.m. local time. Both fighters and their teams will be available for one-on-one interviews.
Verdejo (18-0, 13 KOs), of San Juan will be making his homecoming fight a 10-round defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Latino lightweight title against Josenilson Dos Santos (25-3, 15 KOs), of Sao Paulo, Brasil. Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines, on the cusp of another world title shot, will be challenging WBO International junior featherweight champion Cesar Juarez (17-3, 13 KOs), of Mexico City, in a 12-round rumble.
Promoted by Top Rank?, both fights will be televised live on the "MetroPC Friday Night Knockout on truTV," beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. The live boxing series is presented by truTV and Top Rank, and produced in association with HBO Sports?. Find truTV on your TV: http://trutvishere.com/.
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