Demetrius Hopkins returns!

Wednesday, August 13 2008

Top jr. welterweight contender Demetrius Hopkins will make his return to the ring Sept. 5 in Albuquerque, N.M., fighting for the first time under the Top Rank banner. Hopkins, 28-0-1, 11 KOs, inactive since last November, will take on Juaquin Gallardo, of 18-7-1, 5 KOs, of Oakland. The two Telefutura-televised bouts for the card include a ten-rounder between Ray Sanchez III (21-2, 15 KOs) of Albuquerque, and Joaquin Zamora (15-2-1, 10 KOs), of Luna/Pecos; and a 12-round double title fight for the NABF & WBO Latino belts, between top lightweight contender Urbano Antillon (23-0, 16 KOs) and Mexico’s Guadalupe Rosales (27-2, 15 KOs). The undercard includes: Las Cruces bantam Sammy DiPace (3-0, 3 KOs) vs. San Antonian Julio Valadez (2-0); Las Cruces’ Ricky Vasquez (2-1-1, 1 KO) vs. David Springer (0-0-3) of Las Vegas, Nev.; featherweight Marcos Lopez (5-0, 3 KOs), of Mexico, vs. Las Cruces’ Lorenzo Estrada (3-13-1, 1 KO); bantamweight Robert Marroquin (3-0, 3 KOs) of Dallas, goes six with Gino Escamilla (5-3-1, 2 KOs), of Laredo, Tex.; and, in an eight-rounder, super featherweight Argenis Mendez (12-0, 8 KOs) faces Erik Rodriguez (15-2-1, 7 KOs), of San Antonio. --Chris Cozzone

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