Chris Colbert’s comeback marketing campaign is coming to ProBox TV.
“Primetime” Colbert (17-2, 6 KOs) will tackle Omar Salcido (19-1, 13 KOs) in a 10-round light-weight bout on Oct. 9 to headline ProBox TV’s “Wednesday Night time Fights” sequence on the ProBox TV Occasions Heart in Plant Metropolis, Florida.
Colbert, 27, will probably be coming into the combat trying to revive his profession after shedding two out of his final three fights.
In December, Colbert was knocked out by Jose Valenzuela within the sixth spherical of their rematch. 9 months prior, Colbert had scored a controversial unanimous resolution in opposition to Valenzuela, which led to the sequel. Valenzuela went on to leverage his win in opposition to Colbert right into a title shot in opposition to Isaac Cruz, whom he beat by way of cut up resolution in August for the 140-pound WBA title.
The one different lack of the Brooklyn, New York, native Colbert’s nine-year profession got here to former 135-pound titleholder Hector Luis Garcia in February 2022.
Salcido, a 24-year-old Mexican based mostly in California, final fought in December and scored an eight-round resolution win in opposition to Luis Coria. Salcido made his United States debut within the combat earlier than in October on a ProBox TV card, shedding to Jose Nunez by way of unanimous resolution.
Additionally set to be featured on the cardboard for his third consecutive ProBox TV look is 2016 Mongolian Olympian Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (10-0, 5 KOs) in opposition to Frency Fortunato (15-1, 11 KOs) in a 10-round junior light-weight contest.
Extra bouts embody David Navarro (6-1, 3 KOs) vs. Mykell Gamble (7-0, 4 KOs) in an eight-round featherweight combat, Charles Harris Jr. (9-1, 7 KOs) vs. Roberto Kevin Escobar Tapia (6-3-1, 4 KOs) in a six-round junior welterweight conflict and the return of touted mild heavyweight prospect Najee Lopez (11-0, 8 KOs) in opposition to an opponent but to be decided.
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