The development of Alberto Mora continues.
Mora will face Benito Garcia tonight at the Domo del CODE in Garcia’s hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico. The 10-round bout will be streamed live on ESPN Knockout throughout Latin America and on Box Televisa/Canal 5 throughout Mexico (10 p.m. ET/8 p.m. Mexico City time).
At Thursday’s weigh-in, both fighters weighed in at 130 pounds.
Mora is signed to BXSTRS, which is promoting tonight’s card. Alejandro Brito, Director of Operations for BXSTRS, believes Mora has improved and has the skills to be a top fighter in the junior lightweight division.
“Alberto has had success as an amateur and we’ve seen him develop in every fight,” Brito said in an interview that aired Thursday on TUDN in Mexico.
Mora (11-0, 8 KOs) stopped Raul Galaviz Hernandez in the fifth round of his last fight on June 14. Three months prior to the win over Galaviz, Mora defeated one-time champion Fernando Romero Hilario by unanimous decision.
The 26-year-old has stopped four of his last five opponents and has a regional title under his belt.
Mora recently had training camps in Southern California, splitting time between there and his hometown of Mexico City.
Garcia (17-8-3, 5 KOs) is a gatekeeper coming off a July 27th knockout victory over journeyman Jesus Garcia Frutos, also in Guadalajara. The win over Frutos after back-to-back losses against Irvin Turrubiartes Perez and Jorge Mata Cuellar respectively.
The 24-year-old does have a handful of upset wins, including a one-time knockout over prospect Luis Ronaldo Ruelas in March 2021 and a unanimous decision over undefeated Oscar Murguia less than nine months later.
In the co-feature, fringe junior welterweight contender Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela will take on Jesus Lopez Perez in a 10-round bout.
Gollaz (29-3-1, 17 KOs), who lives in Guadalajara, defeated Jesus Cuadro by unanimous decision in his last fight on July 19. In his previous fight on September 30, Gollaz knocked out Yeis Solano in the sixth round.
The 29-year-old has won his last four bouts since a close unanimous decision loss to Montana Love.
Lopez (16-14-3, 4 KOs), who lives and trains in Costa Rica, Mexico, is undefeated in his last 11 fights, including a decision win over undefeated Carlos Cebada Chavez in November 2020.
Jose Russell (15-0, 10 KOs) will also be in action against Arnulfo Rodriguez (16-6-1, 9 KOs) in a 10-round clash between flyweights residing in Tijuana, Mexico.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He can be reached at (email protected)