This Saturday 26th Nº2 WBA Ranked Brian Castaño-ARG (12-0-0 9ko's) will fight Emanuel de Jesus-PR (17-1-0 12Ko's) in La Matanza, Argentina, for the Interim Super Welterweight world title. On the undercard Fabian "TNT" Maidana-ARG (10-0 7Ko's) will fight Nestor "Chuña" Romero (16-8-1 8Ko's). Also prospects Alan Castaño and Nery Romero will be fighting on the same card this saturday. All the "A-side" fighters are part of Team Maidana, Chino Maidana's Team. It will be transmited by FOX Sports for all Latin America.
Fabian is the kid brother of Marcos René "Chino" Maidana. In the amateurs he was KTFO by Alan Castaño (brother of Brian). Chino promotes all three of them.
I remember watching Brian Castano's fight with Derevyanchenko in WSB. It was a good fight and a very impressive win for him.
Brian is the next big thing in Argentina's boxing scene. Him and Chino's little brother TNT are our (I'm from ARG) best prospects.
Castano is a beast who should probably be campaigning at MW, De Jesus is a decent opponent, but I think it'll be somewhat of a walk in the park for Brian, he's easily the best thing Argentina has going.
Brian is too small for MW, he is a natural WW that has gone up in weight class for many reasons long to explain. He's done very well against proved MWs and scored a clear victory over Derevyanchenko in the WSB cause he has great skills, ring IQ and power, but he is not a natural MW and he might have some size problems in the future is he decides go up to MW.
Castaño won KO6. Tough fight , but the "title" stays in Argentina. TNT Maidana also won KO2, in a must watch finish, against a very tough and experienced rival.