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Rubio Faces Vanda at WBC Convention in Vegas PhilBoxing.com Fri, 09 Dec 2011 On December 16, and to coincide with the WBC Convention, Sampson Boxing in Association with Promociones del Pueblo will proudly present a night of world-class professional boxing featuring five regional title fights at the fabulous Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the night's potentially explosive 12-round middleweight main event, WBC #1 and WBO #3-rated Marco Antonio Rubio (52-5-1, 45 KOs) of Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, will risk his lofty rankings against Saint Paul, Minnesota's always tough Matt "The Predator" Vanda (44-13, 24 KOs). The two veterans will be vying for the vacant WBC Latino middleweight title. In the 10-round co-featured bout, hot featherweight prospect Javier Fortuna (17-0, 13 KOs) from La Romana, Dominican Republic, will make the second defense of his WBC Youth Intercontinental featherweight title against Miguel Roman (37-8, 28 KOs) from Juarez, Mexico. On the fiercely competitive undercard, Panama City, Panama's Azael "Turbo" Cosio (12-1-2, 9 KOs) will go against Oklahoma City's Ronnie "The Natural" Warrior Jr (13-5-1, 4 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight scrap for the WBC Latino welterweight title. Somebody's "O" must go in a couple of other clashes. Undefeated Samuel Rogers (10-0, 5 KOs) from the US Virgin Islands will face also undefeated Jamar Freeman (9-0-2, 5 KOs) from Wilson, North Carolina, in a 10-round fight for the vacant WBC FECARBOX light middleweight title; and undefeated knockout artist John Jackson (11-0, 10 KOs) from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands will take on undefeated Keandre Leatherwood (9-0, 6 KOs) from Birmingham, Alabama, in a 10-round fight for the vacant WBC Youth World light middleweight title. Rounding out the action will be a special six-round female super featherweight attraction between Las Vegas-based southpaw Laura "La Poeta del Ring" Serrano (17-4-2, 6 KOs) and Jamestown, New York's Ela "Bam Bam" Nunez (10-11-1, 2 KOs). This event is sponsored by Corona. Tickets go on sale Monday (December 12) and are priced at $100 ringside and $25 General Admission. They will be available at the Mandalay Bay box office and online at www.mandalaybay.com.  |
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