De Alba gets new opponent for Friday in PA

Press Release

30/04/2019

De Alba gets new opponent for Friday in PA

Local super featherweight Frank De Alba will take on late-replacement Ruben Dario Lopez in the eight-round main event this Friday, May 3rd, at The Sands Event Center in Bethlehem, PA. The card is promoted by King’s Promotions in association with Titans Boxing Promotions. The 31 year-old De Alba is an eight-year veteran who has a record of 22-4-2 with 9 KOs. Lopez, from Santa Fe, Argentina, has a record of 12-13-4 with 5 Kos and is making his United States debut. He’s 0-4-1 in his last five but was only stopped once in that span. The 36 year-old Lopez has some decent wins on his resume including previously undefeated Diego Baez (5-0). and Claudio Rosendo Tapia (25-14-4 at the time). 
 
De Alba has wins over Jose Bustos (8-2-3); Benjamin Gomez Uribe (16-3-1); Kiun Evans (12-2-1) and Ryan Kielczewski (26-2). In his bout, De Alba dropped a ten-round unanimous decision to Andy Vences.
 
On the same show, Erik Spring will take on Nicholas Hernandez in a scheduled eight-round junior middleweight bout. Spring of Reading, PA has a record of 12-2-2 with one knockout. The 34 year-old Spring turned professional in 2014. Spring is coming off a majority decision win over Terrance Williams on March 29th in Philadelphia.
 
Hernandez, also of Lebanon, PA has a record of 9-3-1 with two knockouts. Like Spring, Hernandez is 34 years-old and turned pro in 2014. Hernandez has wins over Nick Valliere (5-1) and Ray Barringer (4-1). Hernandez is coming off a draw with Rick Graham on November 17th in Harrisburg, PA.
 
In another eight-round bout, undefeated Janelson Bocachica will take part in a welterweight contest against Gabor Gorbics (26-16 16 KOs) of Hungary. The 20 year-old Bocachica, from Detroit, has a record of 13-0 with nine knockouts.  Bocachica began boxing at the age of eight, and started winning amateur tournaments such as the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Ringside Championships, 2012 National PAL Championships, and 2015 Detroit Open-class Golden Gloves. He was ranked number one in his division in the United States from 2013 to 2015, and sixth on the 2016 Independent Worldwide Amateur Boxing rankings. Bocachica is a three-year professional. His last bout was a first-round stoppage over Victor Abreu that took place on January 19th in Puerto Rico. Bocachica is recently signed to King’s Promotions.
 
Appearing in six-round bouts will be: Martino Jules (5-0) of Allentown, PA who takes on Danny Flores (15-15-1, 8 KOs) of Mexico City in a junior featherweight bout...
 
Radzhab Butaev (11-0, 9 KOs) of Brooklyn, NY takes on Silverio Ortiz (37-24, 18 KOs) of Mexico in a welterweight bout. The respected Ortiz faced one-time champions Jorge Paez, Steve Forbes and Mike Anchondo in a seven-month stretch back in 2003...
 
Ricky Nuno (2-2, 1 KO) of Bethlehem, PA battles Rasheed Johnson (5-2, 1 KO) of Philadelphia in a welterweight fight...
 
Yeuri Andujar (3-1, 3 KOs) of the Dominican Republic will take on Edgar Cortes (6-4-1) of Vineland, NJ in a bantamweight fight.
 
In four-round fights, Jonathan Torres (2-0) of Bethlehem, PA will square off Jerrod Miner (1-4-2, 1 KO) of Philadelphia at bantamweight and Khainell Wheeler of Bethlehem will make his pro debut against George Sheppard (1-7-1) of Norfolk, VA in a super middleweight affair.
 
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