June 29, 2024; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Arturo Cardenas and Danny Barrios throughout their battle at Footprint Heart in Phoenix, Arizona. Obligatory Credit score: (Picture by Melina Pizano/Matchroom.)
Arturo Cardenas will get to take pleasure in a fast turnaround.
The unbeaten junior featherweight will return to the ring on August 31, coach Robert Garcia confirmed to The Ring Sunday night time. Cardenas will face Jesus Arechiga in a scheduled 10-round bout at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California.
Their conflict will serve in supporting capability to the Diego Pacheco-Maciej Sulecki DAZN headliner.
“I’m very glad to have Arturo on an awesome card right here in (the Los Angeles space),” Garcia informed The Ring Sunday night time. “Arturo is a really gifted fighter and at all times places up nice fights.”
Cardenas (14-0-1, 8 knockouts), who resides in Sahuayo de Morelos, Mexico, is coming off a majority choice victory over Danny Barrios on June 29. The conflict between unbeaten prospects happened on the Jesse Rodriguez-Juan Francisco Estrada undercard.
The bout marks the fourth straight look on a Matchroom undercard for the 24-year-old Cardenas.
“Because of Matchroom for holding him busy,” acknowledged Garcia. “Los Angeles will take pleasure in an awesome battle.”
Cardenas made his debut underneath the Matchroom Boxing banner on December 16, stopping Carlos Mujica within the fourth spherical. Precisely two months later, he claimed a hard-fought unanimous choice over Ernesto Garcia Flores in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Arechiga (21-1, 15 KOs) suffered the primary lack of his professional profession in his final bout on March 9. The Mazatlan, Mexico native misplaced to Jose Israel Ramirez by unanimous choice.
In his earlier bout on October 20, Arechiga, 24, stopped Jose Alvarado Morales within the opening spherical.
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 may be reached at [email protected]