Cork’s Cubans rumble in Vegas

TWO of the three Cork-based Cuban boxers, Luis ‘El Leon’ Garcia and Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez will share the limelight with the former undisputed world middleweight champion Jermain Taylor when they feature on the undercard for his return fight against Jessie Nicklow at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California, on Friday night week.

Garcia (11-0, 9 KOs) will make his US debut against another undefeated fighter, Alexander ‘The Great’ Johnson (12-0, 5 KOs) in a bout which will be broadcast live on ShoBox: The New Generation on the Showtime network, while Perez meets Friday ‘The 13th’ Ahunanya (24-8-13, 8 KOs) in a heavyweight bout scheduled for 10 rounds.

The Garcia-Johnson fight will be the first of three live bouts on the Shobox telecast which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment. In a co-featured bout, super middleweight contender, Andre Dirrell takes on Darryl Cunningham.