DAVAO CITY — Romero “Ruthless” Duno of General Santos City will fight undefeated Ryan “The Flash” Garcia of Los Angeles, California on Nov. 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 24-year-old Duno retired Ivan Delgado of the USA in the 7th round last Sept. 14 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
He earlier stopped Juan Antonio Rodriguez of Mexico in the 9th round to win the vacant World Boxing Organization’s North American Boxing Organization (NABO) lightweight title last May 16 at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.
Duno currently has 21 wins with 16 knockouts and one loss. Garcia, on the other hand, is undefeated with 18 wins and 15 knockouts.
The 21-year-old Garcia defeated Jose “Wonder Boy” Lopez of Puerto Rico in the 2nd round last March 30 in California.
He won the vacant NABF super featherweight and vacant WBO NABO super featherweight titles by a unanimous decision over Jayson Velez of Puerto Rico in Carson on May 4, 2018.
Meanwhile, Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (34W-3L-1D, 29KO) of Russia will defend his title against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (52W-1L-2D, 35KO) of Mexico for the WBO World light heavyweight title in the main event.
The promoters are Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions and Kathy Duva of Main Events. (PNA)
