Four Filipino boxers will be featured in the biggest promotion of the MP Promotion in the West Coast on September 27 this year, revealed fight manager and agent Michael Koncz.
Koncz identified them as Bernabe Concepion, Dennis Laurente, Aaron Melgarejo, and Michael Farenas.
Koncz said, Con-cepcion will be the main event while the rest will fill up the undercards.
"Everything, in as far as their opponents are concerned, is still under negotiation but Melgarejo arrived on Tuesday (July 29)," Koncz revealed.
A protégé of Rex "Wakee" Salud, Melgarejo (11-3, 6 KOs), a super featherweight who lost to Manuel Perez in his debut in the United States at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas on June 26, must win this time so he can fight again in the United States, said Koncz, who has collaborated with WBC lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao in signing up Filipino boxers in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Laurente (29-3, 15 KOs), of Johnny Elorde Stable, Paranaque City, Philippines, stopped Steve Quinones in his first US debut in the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao versus David Diaz WBC lightweight rumble on June 26 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
A victory in San Diego will bring Laurente nearer to world title crack, as promised by Pacquiao to Elorde.
Farenas (21-2, 18 KOs), managed by World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight king Gerry Penalosa and Kosuke Washio, was booked to face in a non-title fight Boonmee Sithsrivinitwitthayakom in Pinamungajan, Cebu on July 30 and against Hussein Pazzi for interim WBO interim Oriental featherweight title in Mindanao Civic Center, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines on Sept. 20.
Concepcion, on the other hand, will top bill the card to be held in a casino hotel in San Diego, California where a large Filipino community is expected to attend.
Koncz said they planned to hold the promotion in San Francisco earlier but decided to transfer it to San Diego. Also seeing action is Japanese-American lightweight Chika Nakamura, one of the women boxers trained by Hall of Famer coach Freddie Roach.
Koncz said Fiipino fighters given the chance to display their talents in the American ring must show that they are deserving of the opportunity given them by the promoter "otherwise, they can’t fight here again." (Alex P. Vidal) /MP
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