Luis Concepcion meets Juan Lopez on Friday Live On Probox TV

PANAMA CITY, Panama (June 15, 2022): Former two-division world champion Luis “Nica” Concepcion (39-9, 28 KOs) will look to shine in entrance of a hometown crowd in opposition to Venezuelan Juan “Pequita” Lopez (15-8-1,14 KOs) within the co-main occasion of Cardoso-Huertas this Friday, June 17 at La Doce Sports activities Heart in Panama Metropolis, Panama.

The occasion, which is promoted by ProBox Promotions with Grasp Promotions and All Star Boxing, Inc., shall be streamed reside globally on ProBox TV starting at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.

Concepcion is a 36-year-old who has had a profession of many ups and down. In 2009, he defeated Omar Salado to develop into the WBA Interim Flyweight Champion. He was then elevated to full champion after a number of defenses. In 2015, Concepcion then captured the interim WBA title at 115 kilos with a stoppage win over David Sanchez and later grew to become full champion by defeating Kohei Kono the next 12 months.

Concepcion would finally lose the title to Khalid Yafai, however as soon as once more captured the interim model of the WBA 112-pound belt in 2020, a title he then misplaced to undefeated Artem Dalakian. The hard-hitting Concepcion has additionally had powerful fights in opposition to Carlos Cuadras and Andrew Moloney in a profession spanning greater than 15 years.

Lopez, on his finish, is not going to be giving up any benefits within the conventional sense. Although he’s from Venezuela, he has fought in Panama over 10 occasions and has held his personal in opposition to prospects such Orlando Peñalba, with whom he fought to attract in a battle contested at 118 kilos. 

Additionally on the cardboard are the next bouts:

Gilberto “Cacique” Pedroza (20-9-2, 8 KOs) of La Palma, Panama will take part in an eight-round flyweight bout in opposition to Pedro Villegas (13-2, 4 KOs) of Quito, Ecuador. 

To start out the printed, rising middleweight prospect and 2020 Olympian Darelle Valsaint (3-0, 2 KOs) of Orlando, Florida will face Encarnacion Diaz (12-1, 7 KOs) of San Jose, Costa Rica in a six-round bout.  

Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and likewise a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.