Big news: WBO featherweight number 1, Arnold Khegai, will box on January 27 in Barcelona

The Ukrainian, resident in the US, will face the Spaniard in eight rounds Jon “Tornado” Martinez 14-8-5 (2 KO’s) in what would be his most important match to date.

belts, Cristóbal Lorente 18-0-1 (8ko’s), will result in dismissal due to EBU European Championship who should play in Rome against the current champion, the Italian Mauro Forte 19-0-2 (8ko’s) In March. The date on which the match will take place has been put forward and is not compatible with the current plans of the Spaniard. For this reason, his team saw fit to focus on the European title and take advantage of the sporting and economic opportunity presented to them.

The event at the Arenas de Barcelona will be featured seven professional matches and seven amateur matches:

Arnold Khegai 20-1-1 (12 KO’s) vs Jon “Tornado” Martinez 14-8-5 (2 KO’s) / 8 Rounds (Feather)

Hrvoje Set 12-1 (9ko’s) vs Omar “El Misil” Garcia 18-11 (15ko’s) / 8 Rounds (Light Heavy)

Rikar Urrutia 6-2 vs Eduardo Valverde 4-12-1 (2 knockouts) / 6 Rounds (Super Lightweight)

Ethan Jimenez 2-0 (1ko) vs Gianfranco Coccia 2-2 (1ko) / 4 Rounds (Welterweight)

Kevin Camacho 3-0 vs Alvaro Guerrero 2-1/4 Rounds (Super Lightweight)

Andreu Caballero (Debut) vs Giorgi Bazanov 1-0 / 4 Rounds (Super Welterweight)

Jon Ander Urrutikoetxea (Debut) vs TBA / 4 Rounds (Super Welterweight)

In the amateur field the semifinals of the tournament will complete the lineup BCN Boxing Nights and the meeting in between Giorgi Gvazava and Ilias el Dakoury. Here are the semifinals:

-75kg (Miguel Sancho vs Cristian Bolaños and Artur Zbun vs Carlos Ferragut)

-60kg (Martí Sanchez vs. Joshua Anhaluisa and Oubaida Brik vs. Kelvin Bohórquez)

-63.5kg (Marius Popescu vs Elias Azaouaghe and Ayman Karmoudi vs Sebastian Vargas)