Lopez vs. Valcarcel Headlines November 12 Philadelphia Show

ByBoxing Press

World ranked super bantamweight Adam Lopez will take on Carlos Valcarcel on Saturday, November 12 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.

The scheduled eight-round bout will be the featured bout of the inaugural broadcast on One World Sports, slated to begin at 9:30 PM ET.

The card is promoted by GH3 Promotions & Victory Boxing Promotions.

Lopez of San Antonio, Texas is ranked 4th by the WBA and has a record of 15-0-1 with seven knockouts. The 25 year-old is a four year pro and has wins over Pablo Cruz, Eliecer Aquino, former world champion Erik Aiken and Mario Munoz.

In his last bout, Lopez fought to a ten-round split draw with Roman Reynoso on July 22 in Mashantucket, Connecticut.

Valcarcel has a record of 14-8-4 with five knockouts. The 34 year-old native of Miami, Florida has wins over Jovanny Soto, Rodolfo Garay and Leivi Brea. The 12 year veteran also has fought former world champion Eric Morel and future world title challenger Jessie Magdaleno.

Valcarcel is coming off a sixth round stoppage defeat against undefeated Erick DeLeon on June 25 in Dallas, Texas.

Also seeing action at the 2300 Arena is undefeated welterweight Ed Brown in an eight round co-feature bout. The 24 year-old native of Chicago has a record of 18-0 with 15 knockouts, and has established himself as one of the top welterweight prospects in boxing.

Brown is coming off a six-round unanimous decision over Gilbert Venegas on July 30 in Hammond, Indiana.

In an eight-round super middleweight bout, hard-punching Jerry Odom will take on Taneal Goyco.

Odom of Washington, DC, has a record of 14-2-1 with 13 knockouts, and is a four-year professional. The 23 year-old Odom won his first twelve bouts, which included a thrilling ‘come from behind’ stoppage over previously undefeated Vilier Quinonez (9-0) on July 25, 2014, in a nationally televised bout on ShoBox: The New Generation.

Odom avenged a controversial disqualification defeat by destroying previously undefeated Andrew Hernandez (8-0) in one round. In his last bout, Odom stopped Julius Jackson (19-1) in three rounds.

Goyco, of Philadelphia, has a record of 8-9-1 with three knockouts.

Goyco has upset the apple-cart on several occasions. He has wins over undefeated Dennis Morris (1-0), Jeremy Trussell (8-0) & Devin Butcher (5-0) plus upset victories over Frankie Filippone (14-2-1) and Dennis Hasson (16-1). Goyco is coming off a eight-round unanimous decision defeat against Tony Hirsch on June 11 in Oakland, California.

Opening up the One World Sports television broadcast will be talented prospect Jaron Ennis of Philadelphia.

Ennis, 19 years old, has a record of 6-0 with five knockouts. In his last bout, he was taken the distance for the first time but pounded out a four-round unanimous decision over Eddie Diaz on September 15.

In off-television action and appearing in six-rounds bouts will be super welterweight Arturo Trujillo (8-0, 5 KO’s) of Easton, PA, super lightweight Keenan Smith (9-0, 3 KO’s) of Philadelphia; junior lightweight John Joe Nevin (8-0, 4 KO’s) of Mullinger, Ireland.

In four-round bouts:

junior featherweight Emmanuel Folly (7-0, 5 KO’s) of Philadelphia; lightweight Joshua Jones (2-0-1, 2 KO’s) of Philadelphia and bantamweight LeRoy Davila (3-0, 2 KO’s) of New Brunswick, NJ.

Tickets for this great evening of boxing are $100, $75, $50 and $40 and can be purchased by calling 267-273-0945 and www.2300arena.com