Correa vs. Ayala Off July 7 Amateur Show in San Leandro

By Ryan Maquiñana
Norcalboxing.net

 

Correa (right) will no longer make his bantamweight debut July 7. (AP)

The Kennel Boxing Club in San Leandro was scheduled to play host to a tantalizing main event July 7 that featured two of the best fighters in Region 11 exchanging leather in the main event between Eros Correa and Mario Ayala.  However, Correa informed Norcalboxing.net Tuesday that he would be unable to make the fight due to prior commitments.

The card will still go on as planned, as tournament organizer Arvin Jugarap has done an outstanding job putting together the rest of the event and will undoubtedly find another intriguing matchup to fill the now-vacant headline spot.

San Jose PAL's Correa, who won the Olympic Trials last year at 108 pounds but was unable to qualify for London after being unable to make weight, has moved up to the 123-pound class where he will meet Sacramento Dogg Pound's Ayala. 

Ayala (right) hopes to defeat another nationally-ranked amateur, but it will no longer be Correa.

Ayala has crashed the national bantamweight rankings for his exploits at the latest U.S. Nationals as well as the recent Adidas Tournament at Oxnard PAL.

For more information, keep it locked on Norcalboxing.net later for the particulars!

Norcalboxing.net's Ryan Maquiñana is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and Ring Magazine’s Ratings Panel. E-mail him at rmaquinana@gmail.com, check out his weekly column for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, his archive for BoxingScene.com, or follow him on Twitter: @RMaq28.

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