Madriz-Villagomez II Set for Tulare July 1

By Ryan Maquiñana
Norcalboxing.net

Norcalboxing.net has been advised that San Francisco featherweight Denis Madriz will fight a four-round immediate rematch against Fresno's Luis Villagomez on July 1 in Tulare, likely at the city's fairgrounds.

In their first fight in Woodland last May 12, Madriz dropped Villagomez with a left hook in the early moments. However, Villagomez recovered and did well enough to arguably draw even heading into the fourth and final round. But the ring physician would step in and rule that a cut over Villagomez' right eyebrow was too deep for him to continue.

While Team Madriz contends the cut was caused by a punch, Villagomez and his trainer disagree.

"There's definitely work to be done, you know?" said Madriz' trainer, Julio Castaneda. "But we're going back to the drawing board and making the necessary tactical adjustments we have to make so that come July 1st, know that Villagomez is going to take another loss, this time one that will definitely remove any doubt from his head."

"Well, it was a headbutt," said Villagomez' trainer, Frank Aleman. "I'm pretty sure Luis was on his way to a win, whether it was a stoppage or a four round decision.  It was a tough fight, but we hope this will be a better fight for us with a better outcome."

The first fight brought the fans to their collective feet over nine brief minutes, and the combatants are sure to repeat the feat on July 1.

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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