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Former Mexican Olympian Alfredo Angulo simply has to live up to his side of the bargain for what his promoter Gary Shaw has promised: A world title shot in 2010.
“Gary Shaw has promised me that chance, but first I have to take care of some business in the ring,” Angulo said recently. “I want my shot at that title fight next year, but the only way I’m going to get it is if I win the fights before that.”
And for that reason, Angulo (16-1, 13 KOs) says he’s not looking past his next opponent, the tough, unbeaten Harry Joe Yorgey (22-0-1, 10 KOs ). The two will square off Nov. 7 in a 10-round Super Welterweight co-feature bout that will precede the spectacular Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson II war at Hartford ’s XL Center and televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing.
Shaw feels Angulo – nicknamed “El Perro” which means “The Dog” in English – has the potential to become the next great Mexican fighter.
“Alfredo Angulo is a fighter who delivers for the fans. He fights in one gear – forward – and with knockout power in both hands. He has the potential to be heir apparent to Julio Cesar Chavez. He has not forgotten his roots which is why he fights for his Mexican countrymen every time he steps into the ring.”
The one hiccup on Angulo’s record came on May 30 when he suffered from the stomach flu but still managed to last 12 rounds in a unanimous decision in favor of the former IBF welterweight champ Cintron in a WBC 154-pound title eliminator.
“He was really, really sick for that fight,” said Clemente Medina, Angulo’s trainer. “But he went 12 rounds with him and really showed a lot of heart. We did not want him to fight but he’s a professional and he said wanted to fight, that there was no problem.”
Coming into the Cintron fight, Angulo had knocked out his last 11 opponents. In his last fight he beat Gabriel Rosado on Aug. 7 via a second-round TKO.
Angulo has been with Medina since he turned professional in 2005 following a stellar amateur career that saw him fight in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. In an Olympic Americas Qualifier earlier in 2004, he lost to current Super Six World Boxing Classic super middleweight star Andre Dirrell in the finals, who went on to win the bronze medal in the 165-pound tournament.
Medina trains Angulo in a brown, oversized house that is located at the end of a residential street in Maywood, Calif., an industrial area located South East of downtown Los Angeles. Medina is impressed with Angulo’s training and said the pair will be arriving in Hartford a full two weeks before the fight.
Medina knows Angulo will have his hands full against Pennsylvania ’s Yorgey, who is coming off two big victories over previously undefeated prospects, a knockout victory over Ronald Hearns on March 28, 2009 and a split decision win over Jason LeHoullier on Aug. 22, 2008.
Promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, in association with DiBella Entertainment and Seminole Warriors Boxing, Dawson-Johnson II and Angulo-Yorgey will be broadcast live on HBO World Championship Boxing Nov. 7, beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. PT, from the XL Center.
Tickets, priced at $200, $100, $70, $50, and $35, plus any applicable fees and surcharges, can be purchased at the XL Center box office, at all Ticketmaster outlets, through Ticketmaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000 and online at www.xlcenter.com.
