Cristian Mijares vs. Jesús Arévalo & Francisco Horta vs. Edgar Lozano RBR

Now, do I believe that Panchito Horta, now improved to 16-3 (10), can develop into a real prospect at super bantam? Honestly, no. Even just domestically the division is too stacked, with an unusual depth of very good fighters (Julio Ceja, Rey Vargas, Diego de la Hoya, Cesar Juares, Moises Flores, Edivaldo Ortega, Jose Salgado, etc) barring his way from any world class aspirations, given his limitations. Regionally, though, he can probably continue to put asses in seats in both his native Campeche and his adopted home of Cancún, and can probably be safely guaranteed a bunch more television appearances. His style is one that Mexican crowds (and really, any spectators with a pulse and even so much as light regard for action-oriented boxer-punchers) eat up like antojitos.

 

Wow, crazy plot twist...it turns out Toluquito Lozano actually has a W over a bigger name than you'd imagine possible, considering he's now one loss away from batting .500 at 9-8-2 (5). In his second pro bout, coming in 0-0-1 after drawing in his debut, he took on Cesar Juárez - the same Juárez that beat Frankie Leal, Juan Carlos Sánchez Jr., Albert Pagara and Cesar Seda and is about to challenge Jessie Magdaleno for the WBO super bantamweight title next month - and handed Juárez his first professional defeat.

Granted, before you get too worked up, it was via disqualification when Lozano slipped in the 7th of a scheduled 8-rounder and Juárez landed a rabbit punch that left Toluquito unable to continue - but Lozano was also up on the cards and had dropped Juárez twice! So who knows, without the foul ending the fight he may have actually notched a legit win over Juárez that in hindsight looks strange on both men's records given their respective trajectories since.

 

Horta vs. Lozano in full:

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Everybody watch Horta vs. Lozano; it could well end up going down as the FOTM (although we do have a few potential candidates forthcoming on the stacked PBC on Fox Deportes card next Friday, and there's Rosado vs. Tapia on ESPN on the nineteenth as well...) - at the very least, it will be the best fight in October that didn't reach a wide audience on English language and/or American television.

 

Also, here's another undercard match:

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José "Niño (The Kid)" González vs. Dayan "Látigo (The Whip)" Cartaya, scheduled for eight @ middleweight.

Niño González entered 8-1 (4), having not lost since his debut in 2012, while Látigo Cartaya (aka “México-Cubano”, based in Cancún yet born in Cuba) came in at 2-0 (2) since his debut this past June.

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