(JULY 2) On Saturday, July 20,
2013, promoter Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing will make his
triumphant return to his homeland of Uruguay, South America, for
a night of world championship boxing at Estadio "8 de Junio" in
the City of Paysandu.s
The exciting event will be
headlined by a 10-round WBA female lightweight Championship bout
between defending champion Cecilia "La Reina" Comunales (10-1, 6
KOs) of Paysandu, Uruguay, and Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic's Marisol "Sondora" Reyes (11-6-1, 5 KOs).
This will be the second defense
for beautiful 24-year-old Comunales, a national hero in Uruguay
and major celebrity. This will be the second world title
challenge for the 33-year-old Reyes, who lost a bid in 2012 to
Dahiana Santana. She has won four straight since then.
Also scheduled that night is 10-round super featherweight battle
between WBA and IBF #15-rated contender Israel "Cachito" Perez
(25-2-1, 14 KOs) of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and respected
veteran Francisco "El Ahogado" Lorenzo (39-11, 17 KOs) of San
Cristobal, Dominican Republic.
On the undercard, WBC #6 and IBF #13 super flyweight Javier "Chispita"
Chacon (18-1, 4 KOs) of Las Heras, Argentina, will appear, as
will Dominican light welterweight Victor Abreu (3-0, 1 KO)
against Pozo del Molle, Argentina's Jose Carlos "Puro" Paz (4-1,
2 KOs) in an eight-rounder.
In the opening bout, Las Vegas featherweight Rocco Santomauro
(9-0) will return from injury to fight for the first time in
Uruguay, proudly flying the flag of his father's Uruguayan
ancestry.
Sampson Lewkowicz wishes to congratulate new Commission Cubap
for his appointment as head of professional and amateur boxing
in the entire country. "I am proud to be the first licensed
promoter to work with the Commissioner and I congratulate him
for his rightful ascension to the top spot in Uruguayan boxing."