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HBO Boxing PPV: The Night of the Aztec Warriors
November 22, 2003 Grand
Olympic Auditorium - 6pm HBO Pay-Per-View
Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy productions presents Fiesta De La Hoya - The Night of the Aztec Warriors live on Pay-Per-View this Saturday night. The card will feature three world title bouts plus a promising undefeated up and comer.
In the main event, WBC super bantamweight champion Oscar Larios (49-3-1, 34 KO's) will be making his fourth title defense (sixth technically) against Napapol Kiatisakchokchai (22-1, 18 KO's). Larios won the WBC interim super bantamweight title back in May of 2002 and made two defenses before winning it outright against Willie Jorrin (29-2-1, 13 KO's) in November of 2002 by first round TKO. Larios lost his first attempt at capturing the WBC title when he lost a controversial unanimous decision to Jorrin (then WBC champion) in January of 2001. Larios has also avenged one other loss. He lost to Israel Vazquez (35-3, 25 KO's) back in 1999 by way of first round knock out but beat him by 12th round TKO in May of last year to capture the interim title. His last fight was in September of this year when he beat Kozo Ishii (31-4, 21 KO's) by second round TKO.
Napapol Kiatisakchokchai's only loss came early in his career and since then, has won 20 in a row (picking up the WBC international super bantamweight title along the way). His last bout was in May of this year when he defeated Simon Ramoni (19-6, 12 KO's) by eighth round TKO.
In the semi-main event, undefeated 2000 U.S. Olympian Jose Navarro will battle hard knocking Reynaldo Hurtado. Hurtado has won 13 in a row since his last defeat in November of 1997.
Next, Javier Jauregui will take on Leavander Johnson for the vacant IBF lightweight title.
Jauregui is coming off a fourth round knock out of Juan Gomez Trinidad (23-3, 16 KO's) in June of this year in an IBF lightweight title eliminator.
Johnson has a notable win over Sharmba Mitchell (52-3, 29 KO's) back in 1994 (eighth round knock out). His last bout was a majority decision win over Julian Wheeler (22-7-2, 8 KO's) for the USBA lightweight title (was also an IBF lightweight title eliminator) back in October of 2002.
Finally, undefeated Octavio Lara, trained by Emanuel Steward, will round out the card.
Line-Up: WBC Super Bantamweight Title Bout Champ Oscar Larios (49-3-1, 34 KO's) vs. # 1 ranked Napapol Kiatisakchokchai (22-1, 18 KO's)
IBA Super Flyweight Title Bout / WBC Super Flyweight Title Eliminator Jose Navarro (18-0, 7 KO's) vs. Reynaldo Hurtado (36-4-1, 27 KO's)
IBF Lightweight Title Bout (vacant) Javier Jauregui (46-10-2) vs. Leavander Johnson (32-3-2, 25 KO's)
Lightweight
Bout
card subject to change
(11/19/03)
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