Angel Aponte will now not seem atop a boxing present in affiliation with the annual WBO conference.
The 30-year-old junior light-weight from San Juan, Puerto Rico will as an alternative seem earlier than a decide, the place he must reply to costs of home abuse.
The Division of Justice filed costs in absentia in opposition to Aponte for home violence and little one neglect involving a youth beneath twelve years of age. The Court docket of First Occasion in San Juan discovered trigger to proceed with the case, calling for the boxer’s arrest and with bail set at $500,000. He may also be required to put on a house monitoring bracelet.
The event compelled handlers to take away Aponte (11-1, 7KOs) from a scheduled ten-round conflict with fellow Boricua prospect Bryan Chevalier atop an October 26 ProBox present from Coliseo Roberte Clemente in San Juan.
Bayamon’s Chevalier (17-1-1, 13KOs) will now face Mexico Metropolis’s Cesar Juarez (27-12, 20KOs), a former title challenger now campaigning at junior light-weight, in the primary occasion.
Chevalier was high-quality with any substitute opponent sought by Miguel Cotto Promotions for the present that takes place in the course of the coronary heart of the WBO conference in the course of the remaining week of October in San Juan. The 28-year-old prospect has received 9 straight, together with a ten-round resolution over James Wilkins final July in Los Angeles and a second-round of Carlos Padilla on July 6 in Rio Grande, P.R.
Juarez accepted the combat on very quick discover however was in form from his earlier outing. The 31-year-old trialhorse supplied a robust displaying in an eight-round factors loss to unbeaten Otar Eranosyan on a September 9 ProBox present from Plant Metropolis, Florida. He has misplaced two straight after having received two in a row in 2021.
Costs have been filed in absentia because of Aponte’s failure to answer an arrest warrant upon arriving in Puerto Rico after having spent coaching camp in Florida.
Aponte was arrested on April 26 and charged with one rely of home abuse, although the current costs stem from a separate matter. Aponte was accused of constructing demise threats in opposition to his ex-partner and their adolescent daughter. The prosecution filed costs in violation of Article 3.3 of The Home Abuse Prevention and Intervention Act—often known as Regulation 54-1989—in addition to Article 59 of Regulation 246-2011, referred to as the Baby Security, Effectively-Being and Safety Act.
“The costs have been filed in absentia as a result of the accused didn’t seem, even though he was duly summoned,” defined Frances Ortiz Fernandez, prosecuting coordinator of the Specialised Unit for Home Violence, in response to courtroom data—a duplicate of which was obtained by BoxingScene.com. “The threats in opposition to the victims are extraordinarily critical and worrisome because of what was ordered for his or her arrest.”
Aponte rebounded from his lone profession defeat earlier this 12 months with a second-round knockout victory on Could 1 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. His final three bouts have taken place in D.R. with the all-Boricua showdown in opposition to Chevalier to have served as his first combat on P.R. soil since February 2020.
Jake Donovan is a senior author for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox
