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Escobedo might headline the May 12 card in Woodland. (Golden Boy)
Norcalboxing.net/BoxingScene.com has been advised that Golden Boy Promotions will return to Woodland, Calif., on May 12, with the card to be tentatively televised by TeleFutura on their “Solo Boxeo Tecate” series.
The
Woodland Community Center, about a 30-minute drive northwest of Sacramento,
hosted a sellout crowd of over 1,000 earlier this month. In that show, also on TeleFutura, junior
lightweight contender Vicente Escobedo (25-3, 15 KOs) wowed his hometown fans
with a first-round knockout of Lonnie Smith in the main event.
Escobedo
has been one of the names mentioned to headline the card. BoxingScene.com first reported that “Chente”
is in the mix to challenge WBO 130-pound world champion Adrien Broner, who is
also promoted by Golden Boy, sometime this year.
Unbeaten
19-year-old junior featherweight Manuel “Tino” Avila (7-0, 2 KOs) of nearby
Fairfield, another Golden Boy fighter, captured a unanimous decision win over
David Reyes on the last Woodland show.
Avila will likely appear on the May 12 undercard as well, according to
the source.
Ryan
Maquiñana writes a weekly column for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area (CSNBayArea.com). He’s also a member of the Boxing
Writers Association of America and Ring Magazine’s Ratings Panel. E-mail him at
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