WBA Interim Champ Jesus Cuellar Faces Rico Ramos Tonight

Interim featherweight champion of the World Boxing Association Jesus Cuellar, from Argentina, is set to defend his championship for the first time.

The fight will be against the former champion Rico Ramos tonight at the Hard Rock Café Hotel in Las Vegas.

Both met the weight required yesterday. Cuellar stopped the scale at 125 pounds while the Challenger scored 125.1 lb,

The referee will be Kenny Bayless and the judges appointed by NSAC are Lisa Giampa, Glenn Trowbridge, and David Sutherland. The supervisor of the fight will be WBA vice president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza.

This fight will be the perfect prelude to the Saturday banquet at the MGM Grand, where the main card will the unification between WBA welterweight king Marcos Rene Maidana and WBC champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.