Euri Cedeno hopes so as to add his title to the listing of prime fighters from the Dominican Republic.
Within the meantime, the middleweight prospect, who has sparred in opposition to a number of the greatest within the sport, is remaining energetic in hopes of a big alternative to come back his means.
Cedeno will face Aro Schwartz tonight on the Wind Creek Occasions Middle in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The eight-round bout will precede the primary occasion bout between lightweights James Bernadin and Matt Conway.
Each fights will headline a card promoted by Marshall Kauffman and can stream dwell on BXNGTV.com (7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT).
At Thursday’s weigh-in, Cedeno weighed in at 161.3 kilos. Schwartz got here in at 160.8 kilos.
Supervisor Trifon Petrov believes Cedeno is the true deal and has excessive hopes for the middleweight prospect, hoping a world title combat will probably be across the nook, as long as Cedeno continues his successful methods.
“That is primarily a stay-busy combat for Euri,” Petrov informed The Ring Thursday night time. “He had an incredible efficiency on ESPN in June and we count on nothing much less in opposition to Aro Schwartz. An early stoppage win will proceed to solidify Euri as the subsequent massive star at middleweight.
“Our purpose for subsequent yr is to climb the ranks and earn a world title alternative by 2026.”
Cedeno (9-0-1, 8 knockouts), who resides in La Romana within the Dominican Republic, scored a primary spherical knockout victory over Dormedes Potes in his final bout on June 29, which streamed dwell on ESPN+. In his earlier combat on February 16, Cedeno dominated Antonio Todd earlier than ending issues within the fifth spherical.
Each wins over Potes and Todd came about on Prime Rank playing cards.
The 24-year-old was very energetic in 2023, combating a complete of 5 instances. Cedeno is an everyday sparring companion of IBF world welterweight titleholder Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
Schwartz (23-8-1, 15 KOs), who resides in Karlsruhe, Germany, was stopped by unbeaten prospect Daniel Blancas within the opening spherical of his final bout on June 15. In his earlier combat on Might 4, Schwartz knocked out journeyman Andras Toth within the fourth spherical.
The 30-year-old will probably be making his United States debut in opposition to Cedeno.
One other fighter managed by Petrov will see motion tonight in Bethlehem. Julian Gonzalez (14-0-1, 11 KOs) of Studying, Pennsylvania will sq. off in opposition to Mexico’s Oscar Barajas (7-9-1, 2 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 may be reached at [email protected]
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