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Bomba-Zapata WBO Night of Champions Undercard
PhilBoxing.com Wed, 25 Oct 2023

Managua, Nicaragua; A big international fight week kicks off this Friday from Nicaragua as the country will host a world title fight after a 21 year drought. WBO Jr Flyweight titlist Jonathan "Bomba" Gonzalez (27-3-1 14 KO's) makes his third defense against local ranked challenger #14 Gerardo "Cascabel" Zapata (14-1-1 5 KO's) from beautiful Alexis Arguello Arena in Managua.
The show will also feature another interesting battle between Puerto Rico and Nicaragua in the Co-Main, WBO Latino Jr flyweight champion #4 IBF #13 Rene “El Chulo” Santiago (11-3 8 KO’s) of Humacao, Puerto Rico faces undefeated local challenger #15 Kevin Vivas (7-0) for the Vacant WBO/NABO Jr Flyweight title over 10 rounds.
The evening's special attraction bout will be for the vacant WBO Latino Jr flyweight, Eveling "La Colocha" Ortega (5-4 2 KO's) looks to keep her winning streak alive as she squares off against Silvia Duran (3-1 2 KO's)
Rising welterweight puncher Harvin "Manimal" Aguirre (8-0 6 KO's) of Managua, Nicaragua but based in Panama City, Panama returns home to face crosstown rival Israel Lopez (11-3-1 8 KO's) in an 8 round civil war.
The first TV fight of the evening is Gerardo "Chocolate" Sanchez (8-1 5 KO's) of Tegucigalpa, Honduras fights undefeated Eduardo "Chino" Alito (11-0 5 KO's) of Callao, Peru 8 rounds for the vacant WBO Latino Jr Flyweight title.
Rounding off the card is clash of undefeated punchers, Alex Valleciilo (4-0 4 KO's) of Managua squares off against Christian "Dinamita" Jimenez (5-0 4 KO's) of San Salvador, El Salvador in a 6 round bout. Michael Carmona (3-0 1 KO's) fighters Miguel Tercero over 4 rounds.
First ESPN+ ESPN Knockout fight will air at 9:00PM / EDT "WBO Night of champions" is promoted by Tuto Zabala Jr’s All Star Boxing, Inc in association with Top Rank on ESPN+.
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