Melissa McMorrow (left) has earned an interim world title shot Saturday against Arely Mucino (in poster). (HG Boxing)Norcalboxing.net
San Jose's Melissa McMorrow (6-2-3) will fight Mexico's Arely Mucino (14-1-1, 8 KOs) this Saturday at the Coliseo Olimpico in Guadalajara, Mex., for the vacant WBA interim flyweight world title.
McMorrow, who has received votes in the Comcast SportsNet Northern California Pound-for-Pound Top 10 in the past, is coming off back-to-back decision victories over Eileen Olszewski and Keisher McLeod-Wells that netted her the New York State 112-pound title. Now she and trainer Eddie Croft of San Mateo's B Street Boxing have their sights set on a bigger prize.
"I've been hoping those wins will get me a title shot down the road," McMorrow told Norcalboxing.net back in December. "Working with Eddie, who I think is one of the best out there, and the whole B Street family has been great."
In her last outing, Mucino was knocked out by Ava Knight of SFC Boxing for the IBF version of the flyweight world title, and will be hungry to make sure a Northern California fighter doesn't get the best of her the second time around.
“I have the confidence going in there that I can beat her,” McMorrow told the San Francisco Examiner Wednesday. “To be honest, I never think, ‘Oh, I don’t know about this one.’ Before the fight, I’m always pretty confident that I’m going to beat the person.”
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