The undefeated boxer, Kato Mendoza, before his fourth professional fight this February 11

Next Saturday, February 11, the Judimendi sports center in the capital of Alava will host a festival of contact sports with boxing and K1 starting at 7:00 pm with advance tickets from only 18 euros.

They lead professional event battles of both modalities. The background clash will be played by the Colombian based in the capital of Álava, and brother of professional boxers. Natxo and Fran, Kato Mendoza. Kato will face his first 6-round fight in professional boxing and will do so against the Central American as well mojica mojica. Mendoza appears to have three fights on his record, with two victories, both before the limit, and a null against the brave Carlos Alvarez. For his part, Mojica showed a service sheet with more fights, including fights with the contender for the world championship, Samuel Carmonaor the applicant Spanish super bantamweight championship, Baldo Mira.

“Kato has a lot of room for improvement, but he has shown that he knows how to be in the ring and has a strong punch. Now you should try to impose the rhythm and the distances that are most interesting to you. He will have to work hard against a Mojica who has more experience and is used to fighting heavier boxers than Mendoza”, affirmed Kato’s coach at Gasteiz Sport Gymnasium, Andoni Alonso from Vitoria. the gasteiztarra Nekane Alda, the only professional K1 fighter in the Basque Country at the moment, is back in the ring. It will be on Saturday, February 11 at the Judimendi sports center in the capital of Álava. Alda, 28, made his paid K1 debut in April 2022 at Alegria-Dulantzi, winning on points. He traveled to Barcelona for his second bout, which he won by KO in the first round. And, before the end of the year, he returned to Joy-Dulantzi to win a tight match against an opponent from Tarragona.

Nekane Alda’s revenge

Nekane’s fourth fight was at home, in Gasteiz, on a card he shared the header with professional boxer Kato Mendoza. He will face a rival he knows: Rosario Ronquillo. They faced each other on the amateur stage. And the Catalan won. At this moment, Nekane he wanted the result to be different. “She is a girl who comes from a gym in Barcelonahe Dayton, where high-level fighters and warriors train; It will be a difficult match”, predicts the world champion from Vitoria Sergio Sánchez, Nekane’s trainer.

The woman from Gasteiz has worked hard on her K2 command in Vitoria to prepare for the match, she is “at the top and very motivated” to take revenge against the Kelly RonquilloAlso 28 years old and of Ecuadorian origin, in a commitment agreed to three rounds of three minutes at the limit of 49 kilos.

amateur crosses

The poster offers an interesting starter consisting of fights in the amateur category. In boxing, Elkin Molero vs. Brian Willat 78 kilos and both from Vitoria; Mohammed Haouaouifrom Gasteiz, vs. jimmy lunafrom Zaragoza, at 57 kilos; angel nunezfrom Victoria, vs. Asraf, from Iruña, at 67 kilos; Ayoub Lamzlazifrom Gasteiz, vs. Jose Quirozfrom Miranda de Ebro, at 75 kilos; Kevin Saavedrafrom Vitoria, vs. Juan del Barcofrom Zaragoza, at 75 kilos; Pablo Bermudezfrom Gasteiz, vs. yearbookfrom Iruña, at 60 kilos; Michael Prycefrom Victoria, vs. Valery Koutiukv, from Zaragoza, at 60 kilos; and firstof Gasteiz vs. Marc Viverfrom Barcelona, ​​​​​​to amateur K1.

A dozen matches between K1 and boxing, whether professional or novice, with young athletes from Vitoria-Gasteiz about the ring All, on Saturday, November 11 from 7:00 pm to Judimendi sports center from the capital of Álava. And there are advance tickets from only 18 euros.

Nekane Alda, sports history from Alava

“He started training me 9 years ago”, explained Sergio ‘Dinamita’ Sánchez, who referred to his student as “a very aggressive fighter looking for a permanent exchange”. Nekane will go down in the history of Álava contact sports as the second professional wrestler in the annals of this sport afterwards Maria de la Torre.