Welcome to WBA KO Drugs fight week

Source: WBA

05/06/2023

Welcome to WBA KO Drugs fight week

The World Boxing Association’s KO Drugs International Boxing Festival, to be held on June 9th and 10th at the Buenos Aires Casino in the Argentine capital, promises two days of boxing with a  WBA super bantamweight championship fight headlining one day-- Mayerlin Rivas and Nazarena Romero-- and a 108-poud eliminator between  Daniel Matellón and Carlos Cañizalez headlining the second. There will also be an interesting heavyweight bout, as Kazakhstan’s Ivan Dychko (12-0, 11 KOs) battles Ariel Bracamonte (11-10, 6 KOs). Dychko, an Olympic medalist at Rio 2016, also starred in last year’s KO Drugs.  Here is the full slate of bouts:
 
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
 
WBA light flyweight eliminator 
Carlos Cañizales (VEN 25-1-1, 19 KOs) vs. Daniel Matellon (CUB 13-0-2, 7 KOs);
 
Middleweights:
Francisco Daniel Veron (ARG 11-0, 9 KO) vs. Timur Kerefov (RUS 13-0, 7 KOs);
 
Light heavyweights:
Gabriel Diaz (ARG 13-5, 2 KOs) vs. Robert Daniels Jr. (USA 8-0, 7 KOs); and
 
Flyweights
Sol Cudos (ARG 5-0-1, 1 KO) vs Olga Julio (COL 37-18-2, 27 KOs); and
 
Lightweights:
René Tellez Girón (MEX 17-2, 11 KOs) vs. Matías Romero (ARG 26-3, 9 KOs).
 
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
 
WBA Super bantamweight world title
Mayerlin Rivas (VEN 17-4-2, 11 KOs) vs. Nazarena Romero (ARG 12-0, 6 KOs)
 
Heavyweights:
Ivan Dychko (12-0, 11 KOs) vs. Ariel Bracamonte (11-10, 6 KOs);
 
Super flyweights:
Ramon Quiroga (ARG 4-1, 1 KO) vs. Afolabi Shittu (NIG 10-0, 10 KOs).
 
Featherweights:
Brian Arguello (ARG 6-2, 3 KOs) vs. Dominique Francis (USA 13-0, 9 KOs); and
 
Lightweights:
Ender Luces (VEN 19-0-0, 16 KOs) vs Javier Herrera (ARG 17-7-1, 8 KOs).