By Reynaldo Sanchez: Argenis Mendez 19-2-0 (10 KO’s) the Dominican prospect based in Miami, will face the Mexican Martin Honorio 32-7-1 (16 KO’s) in a elimination fight to the IBF super featherweight title.
This fight will be the main event of the card organized by Acquinity Sports and the promoter Henry Rivalta next July 21st in The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The fight Argenis Mendez vs Martin Honorio, it’s a rematch, in this fight in addition to the right to dispute the IBF super featherweight title, there will establish who of them is the best, because in the previous fight realized in 2010. The Dominican defeated Honorio by majority decision.
Honorio is an experienced fighter; he has faced high quality opponents as his countryman Juan Carlos Salgado, whom beat the ex titles contender Jorge Linares by TKO in the first round. Also, Salgado defeated Mendez and that adds an extra to this fight.
Mendez trains now with German Caicedo in Miami and he makes sure that this is the fight that will put him in front to title shot and will get the recognition that he deserves. And after this fight, he will open his best boxing to face the current world champion Juan Carlos Salgado in another rematch fight.
Undoubtedly that this fight promises us big emotions; Seldom we have in Florida the chance to watch fights of this kind, and we believe that these are fights those that the boxing fans deserves to seeing more frequently in the Sunshine State. Also, Henry Rivalta who organizes the card from Acquinity Sports said to us that the main event will have big preliminary fights on July 21st in The Hard Rock in Hollywood.