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Five of Mexico’s biggest names in boxing converge for the first time, headlining the same boxing card! Top Rank presents “Latin Fury 8: Tijuana Thunder,” broadcast live on Pay-Per-View from Tijuana, Mexico on March 28.
The five-bout pay-per-view extravaganza will feature undefeated super welterweight sensation Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., WBC super featherweight champion Humberto Soto, WBO junior bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel, two-time WBC lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo, and top-rated junior flyweight contender Giovani Segura in separate bouts.
Combined, these five warriors have a combined record of 198-19-6 (150), a winning percentage of 89% and a victory by
knockout ratio of 79%.
“From top to bottom, this is the greatest Mexican boxing event ever and I’m proud to be promoting it,” said Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, chairman of Top Rank. “Four title fights plus Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. versus Luciano Cuello in a battle of undefeated contenders in the main event,”
Chavez Jr., 38-0-1 (29), of Culiacan, Mexico and son of the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez, will be
making his 2009 debut. Now world-rated a career high No. 4 by the WBC, he’ll be risking everything when he rumbles with former WBO Latino junior middleweight champion and undefeated Luciano Cuello, 23-0 (9), of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
US Media covering the event will receive a complimentary hotel room.
The Latin Fury 8 pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m.
ET / 6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $39.95. For fight week updates, log on to www.toprank.com.
