Herrera Wins the
Vacant WBC USNBC Title
June 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES, JUNE 24 – Riverside’s
Mauricio Herrera captured the vacant WBC USNBC Welterweight title and
improved his record to 11-0, 5 KOs as the co-main event on June 12th
with an impressive 10-round unanimous decision win over Luis Alfredo
Lugo. Witness Herrera’s relentless body shots on the steadfast Lugo who
managed to stay standing to the very end on Fox Sports en Español this
Friday, June 26th edition of Boxeo Thompson. Herrera vs Lugo will
air at 10:00pm ET / PT. Check your local listings for FSE.
In addition, undefeated Colombian bantamweight Yonnhy Perez, who just
returned from South Africa after beating Silence Mabuza in an IBF title
eliminator on the last stanza of their epic battle, will be part of the
telecast. Exclusive footage for his “Fight of the Year” candidate
12-round war will also be shown
About Thompson Boxing Promotions
Launched in May of 2000 by Ken Thompson, a former President of the World
Boxing Hall of Fame, Thompson Boxing Promotions was established with the
purpose of elevating the sport of boxing by providing exciting sports
entertainment while showcasing talented athletes on their way to the
summit of the sport. In the past nine years, the company has risen from
being not only one of the top promotional firms in the competitive west
coast market, consistently providing shows that live up to the adage
‘never a dull moment’, but to a nationwide powerhouse that includes on
its roster some of the best talent in the game today, including Timothy
Ray Bradley Jr., Yonnhy Perez,Juan Carlos Burgos, Josesito Lopez,
Dominic Salcido, Mauricio Herrera, Abraham Lopez, Patrick Lopez, and
Daniel Hernandez.
About Fox Sports en Español
Fox Sports en Español features more than 1,600 hours of live, exclusive
sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each
year, including InterLigaTM, the Copa Santander Libertadores, the Copa
Nissan Sudamericana, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the
Major League Baseball regular season, League Championship Series,
All-Star Game and World Series; and premier combat sports including
championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting
Championship® and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 14.4 million
cable and satellite households in the country, of which more than 5
million are U.S. Hispanic Households. Fox Sports en Español is
distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American
Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity
jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation’s (NYSE:
NWS) Fox Sports International. Sourcde/PR
