Jair Valtierra to face Emanuel Lopez on Friday night

Jair Valtierra is a light-weight prospect who might be on the cusp of a breakthrough 12 months. He would want to notch a powerful victory over a strong gatekeeper to maneuver ahead in a really aggressive division.

Valtierra will sq. off in opposition to Emanuel Lopez, Friday evening, at Auditorio Blackberry, in Mexico Metropolis. The ten-round bout will headline the second installment of the “Boxeo Telemundo” spring sequence (Telemundo, 12 midnight ET/ 9 p.m. PT).

Valtierra (14-0, 7 knockouts), who resides in Leon, Mexico, defeated Jerson Aguilar by unanimous determination in his most up-to-date bout, on February 26, in Mexico Metropolis. The victory over Aguilar befell over eight months after Valtierra defeated Aurelio Hernandez by unanimous determination.

The 19-year-old signed a multi-year promotional cope with All Star Boxing in December. Promoter Tuto Zabala Jr. believes Valtierra is the products and can be victorious in opposition to Lopez.

“Valtierra is a younger, unbeaten prospect who is simply 19 years outdated,” Zabala advised The Ring late Tuesday evening. “We have now a whole lot of confidence in him. He has a tough job in a youth versus expertise struggle in opposition to Lopez, who held an interim world title belt. It’s a tough check [for Valtierra] however we count on an important struggle and for Jair to go this check.

“Ought to he be victorious, his subsequent look can be in america,” Zabala added.

On paper, Lopez can be a step up in opposition, regardless of having misplaced 4 of his final six bouts.

Lopez, who resides in Tapachula, Mexico, has not fought since September 2019, when he was stopped in Spherical 7 by Ayanda Nkosi. Three months previous to the loss to Nkosi, Lopez was knocked out by unbeaten Michael Magnesi, of Italy.

Different notable fights for Lopez had been losses to former world title challenger Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov, Aram Avagyan and Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov, all of whom are unbeaten.

Within the co-feature, Mario Andrade (15-11-7, 4 KOs), of Mexico Metropolis, will face Giovanni Garcia Barragan (5-2-2) in an eight-round flyweight bout.

Light-weight Jonathan Ramirez (4-2, 2 KOs) will sq. off in opposition to Jose Carrillo (3-2-1, 3 KOs) in a six-round bout.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October of 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or on Twitter @FSalazarBoxing.