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Euri Cedeno faces Aro Schwartz in ‘stay-busy’ battle tonight in Pennsylvania


Euri Cedeno hopes so as to add his identify to the checklist of high fighters from the Dominican Republic. 

Within the meantime, the middleweight prospect, who has sparred towards among the greatest within the sport, is remaining lively in hopes of a major alternative to return his manner.

Cedeno will face Aro Schwartz tonight on the Wind Creek Occasions Middle in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The eight-round bout will precede the primary occasion bout between lightweights James Bernadin and Matt Conway.

Each fights will headline a card promoted by Marshall Kauffman and can stream stay on BXNGTV.com (7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT).

At Thursday’s weigh-in, Cedeno weighed in at 161.3 kilos. Schwartz got here in at 160.8 kilos.

Supervisor Trifon Petrov believes Cedeno is the true deal and has excessive hopes for the middleweight prospect, hoping a world title battle will likely be across the nook, as long as Cedeno continues his successful methods.

“That is basically a stay-busy battle for Euri,” Petrov advised The Ring Thursday night time. “He had a tremendous efficiency on ESPN in June and we count on nothing much less towards Aro Schwartz. An early stoppage win will proceed to solidify Euri as the subsequent large star at middleweight. 

“Our aim for subsequent 12 months is to climb the ranks and earn a world title alternative by 2026.”

Cedeno (9-0-1, 8 knockouts), who resides in La Romana within the Dominican Republic, scored a primary spherical knockout victory over Dormedes Potes in his final bout on June 29, which streamed stay on ESPN+. In his earlier battle on February 16, Cedeno dominated Antonio Todd earlier than ending issues within the fifth spherical.

Each wins over Potes and Todd came about on High Rank playing cards.

The 24-year-old was very lively in 2023, preventing a complete of 5 instances. Cedeno is an everyday sparring companion of IBF world welterweight titleholder Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. 

Schwartz (23-8-1, 15 KOs), who resides in Karlsruhe, Germany, was stopped by unbeaten prospect Daniel Blancas within the opening spherical of his final bout on June 15. In his earlier battle on Could 4, Schwartz knocked out journeyman Andras Toth within the fourth spherical. 

The 30-year-old will likely be making his United States debut towards Cedeno.

One other fighter managed by Petrov will see motion tonight in Bethlehem. Julian Gonzalez (14-0-1, 11 KOs) of Studying, Pennsylvania will sq. off towards Mexico’s Oscar Barajas (7-9-1, 2 KOs) in an eight-round bout. 

Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]



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