An International Saturday Night Boxing Preview

ByCurtis McCormick

Aside from the Paul Williams – Sharmba Mitchell NABO Welterweight scrap on HBO, there isn’t much on tap tonight across the globe, except a few more regional belt dustups and a handful of domestic title clashes. On the undercard of Williams – Mitchell in Reno, NV there are a couple of name fighters on the bill; ex-IBF Cruiser Champion Kelvin “Concrete” Davis, 21-4-2 (16), meets Chris “Cold Steel” Thomas, 16-5-2 (14), in an eight rounder; undefeated Pittsburgh heavyweight “Fast” Eddie Chambers, 26-0 (14), squares off against Dominic Jenkins, 9-5-1 (3), over a scheduled eight and another rising heavyweight, Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola, 16-0 (14), shares the ring with Damian Norris, 8-1 (6).

In El Paso, the sons of former world champions are in action as Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr, 26-0 (21), gets Jermain White, 14-1 (7), at welter and light welter Jorge Paez, Jr is set to dance with Armando Horn, 13-1 (11).

Heading to Santa Fe, Argentina, we have South American Super Middle champ Nestor Fabian Casanova, 18-8 (8), putting his belt on the line against Rueben Eduardo Acosta, 11-1-3 (1), who has already beaten Casanova once, in May of last year.

In Saale, Germany, hometown hero and ex-domestic light middle kingpin Norman Schuster, 9-1 (2), faces the more experienced Turgay Urzun, 20-7-2 (12), for the German Welterweight crown.

Ciudad Obregon, Mexico sees southpaw Alejandro Valdez, 15-2 (12), place his NABF Bantam title at risk against former WBO Flyweight/Super Flyweight titlist Adonis Rivas, 22-9-2 (10). Also, ex-world title challenger Orlando Salido, 26-9-2 (17), is due to tune up against beginner Franner Trinidad, a far less seasoned fighter at 1-1 (0).

Undefeated prospect Paulus Moses, 16-0 (12), looks to stay pristine against Mihaita Mutu, 16-6-2 (8), in Windhoek, Namibia while 37 year old ex-WBA Super Bantam/Feather Champion Antonio Cermeno, 45-6 (31), is still going at it, scheduled to contest the much younger prospect Santos Benavides, 10-0 (9), in Managua, Nicaragua.