Junior middleweight Guido Schramm has a brand new opponent Wednesday night time in what may develop into an motion struggle.
Schramm will face gatekeeper Vladimir Hernandez on the Whitesands (also called the ProBox TV) Occasions Middle in Plant Metropolis, Florida. The ten-round bout will headline a three-bout card that may stream dwell on the ProBox TV YouTube web page and software (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT).
At Tuesday’s weigh-in, Schramm weighed in at 155.8 kilos. Hernandez got here in on the contract weight restrict of 156 kilos.
Schramm was initially scheduled to face former welterweight contender Radzhab Butaev, however Butaev needed to pull out of the struggle as a result of a earlier again harm that flared up once more throughout a current sparring session. Chris Glover of ProBox TV was capable of finding Hernandez final week, because of collaborating with different promoters within the sport.
“Vladimir stepped in to exchange Butaev,” Glover instructed The Ring over the weekend. “A large thanks to Sampson (Lewkowicz) and Brendan Gibbons (who promotes Hernandez) for placing collectively what can solely be a conflict that might rival any struggle for motion.”
The 28-year-old Schramm (16-2-2, 9 knockouts), who’s initially from Moron, Argentina and now resides in Los Angeles, final fought on November 15, dropping by majority choice to fringe contender Johan Gonzalez. The struggle additionally befell in Plant Metropolis.
His two earlier fights befell on ShoBox telecasts, each in opposition to unbeaten prospects. On August 4, Schramm fought to a majority choice draw in opposition to Paul Kroll. On April 7 of final yr, Schramm defeated Jahyae Brown by majority choice.
Schramm is promoted by Lewkowicz.
Hernandez (14-6, 6 KOs) has fought world titleholders, contenders, and prime prospects in current fights with blended outcomes. In his final bout on November 16, Hernandez misplaced a detailed unanimous choice to unbeaten prospect Troy Isley.
In his earlier struggle on August 25, Hernandez gained a hard-fought majority choice over newbie standout and middleweight prospect Lorenzo Simpson, who entered the bout unbeaten.
The 35-year-old Hernandez, who’s initially from Ciudad Lerdo, Mexico and now resides in Stockton, California, has misplaced to Jesus Ramos, Israel Madrimov (the present WBA junior middleweight titleholder), and Souleymane Cissokho, however has wins over Alfredo Angulo, Julian Williams, and Aaron Coley.
The co-feature was scheduled to be a 10-round bantamweight bout between fringe contender Eros Correa and Walter Santibanes. The struggle was canceled after Santibanes initially weighed in at 123.2 kilos. Santibanes weighed in a second time at 121 kilos, three kilos above the contracted weight.
The brand new co-feature is an eight-round bout between tremendous middleweights Abel Gonzales (6-0, 4 KOs) of Security Harbor, Florida and Alarnez Reynolds (6-0, 3 KOs) of Auburn, Washington.
“Abel Gonzalez and Alarnez Reynolds put their 0’s on the road and that’s how boxing ought to be,” mentioned Glover. “Two younger children risking their undefeated information. It reveals they’re correct fighters.”
Darrelle Valsaint will sq. off in opposition to Pachino Hill (8-5-2, 6 KOs) of Davenport, Iowa in an eight-round tremendous middleweight bout.
The 22-year-old Valsaint (10-0, 8 KOs), who resides in close by Orlando, represented Haiti on the 2021 Olympic Video games in Tokyo.
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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