Angelo Leo continues his march in direction of a world title belt in a second weight class.
Leo, now a featherweight contender, will face Eduardo Baez on April 24, ProBox TV’s Chris Glover confirmed to The Ring Tuesday. The ten-round bout will happen on the Whitesands (also called the ProBox TV) Occasions Heart in Plant Metropolis, Florida and can stream stay on the ProBox TV utility and YouTube channel (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT).
“This can be a banger of a combat,” Glover instructed The Ring. “Angelo can field and end a fighter when he desires to. We noticed that in his final combat. He’s an absolute star and is rarely in a nasty combat. Angelo desires to make a press release. I feel he has extra abilities than (newly-crowned WBA world featherweight titleholder) Raymond Ford. His boxing IQ is greater than the opponents he faces.”
“Baez is a smaller man, however comes ahead. He’s a sport man, an motion fighter and he involves win. Stylistically, it is a actually nice combat for ProBox TV.”
Leo (23-1, 11 knockouts), who lives and trains in Las Vegas, Nevada, knocked out Mike Plania within the third spherical of his final combat on January 31. In his earlier combat on November 1, Leo stopped Nicolas Polanco within the ninth spherical.
Previous to his final two fights, the 29-year-old fought below the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) banner.
In August 2020, Leo gained the vacant WBO world junior featherweight title, defeating Tremaine Williams by unanimous choice. Leo would lose the world title belt nearly six months later, dropping a choice to Stephen Fulton.
Leo additionally has victories over Cesar Juarez and Aaron Alameda.
Baez (23-5-2, 9 KOs), who’s initially from Mexicali, Mexico and now resides in Calexico, California, final fought on December 16, stopping journeyman Genaro Velarde Rodriguez within the fifth spherical. Baez has gained his final two bouts since dropping to unbeaten prospect Jonathan Lopez on June 2.
The 28-year-old challenged then-WBO world featherweight titleholder Emanuel Navarrete in August 2022, dropping by knockout within the sixth spherical. On the time of the stoppage, Baez was up on two of the judges’ scorecards.
Within the co-feature, junior light-weight Jaycob Gomez Zayas (9-0-1, 6 KOs) of Caguas, Puerto Rico will sq. off towards Jose Arellano (11-1, 6 KOs) of Aurora, Colorado in an eight-round bout.
Additionally in junior light-weight motion, Dominic Valle (8-0, 6 KOs) of Lutz, Florida will face Mexico’s Angel Vazquez (12-1, 6 KOs) in an eight-round bout.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
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