Soto-Karass vs Villalta, Cook vs
Torres Headline Kingfish Fight Card May 19
09.05 - Promoters Anna Beth Goodman/Kingfish Boxing
Productions and Jim Browning/Browning Boxing will present
a sensational fight card on Monday, May 19, 2003, in
the Sam Houston Ballroom at the Radisson Hotel Astrodome,
located at 8686 Kirby Drive in Houston, Texas.
MAIN EVENT - 10 ROUNDS, LIGHTWEIGHTS
JOSE LUIS SOTO-KARASS, 18-4, 17 KOs, Los Mochis, Mexico,
vs
LUIS VILLALTA, 27-4-1, 23 KOs, Hillsborough, New Jersey
In the 10-round main event, hard-hitting lightweight
prospect Jose Luis "Mapachito" Soto-Karass,
18-4, with 17 knockouts, of Los Mochis, Mexico, will
face veteran Luis "El Puma" Villalta, 27-4-1,
with 23 knockouts, of Hillsborough, New Jersey.
Now 24 years old, Jose's been a pro for almost five
years and is fighting outside of his native Mexico for
the first time. His younger brother, welterweight prospect
Jesus Soto-Karass, made his U.S. debut on Kingfish's
May 5 fight card in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Jose is a stablemate in Los Mochis of WBO jr. bantamweight
world champion Fernando Montiel and WBC light flyweight
world champion Jorge "Travieso" Arce.
A pro for almost 10 years, Villalta has an aggressive
style and good punching power. He is 5-3-1 in his last
nine fights, with all five wins by knockout. In his
last fight on April 12 in Miami, he was leading on all
three scorecards against former WBA super featherweight
world champion Lakva Sim, but twisted his ankle early
in the fourth round, couldn't continue and Sim was awarded
the win by TKO.
CO-FEATURED BOUT - 10 ROUNDS, LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
NICK COOK, 12-0, 7 KOs, LaPorte, Indiana, vs
ROCKY TORRES, 22-5, 8 KOs, Homestead, Florida
Nick Cook, 12-0, with 7 knockouts, of LaPorte, Indiana,
will face the more-experienced Rocky Torres, 22-5, with
8 knockouts, of Miami, Florida, in the 10-round co-featured
fight at 175 pounds.
Cook, 22 years old, is an aggressive slugger who always
makes exciting fights. He's been a pro for almost 2
½ years, and this fight represents a step up
in class of opposition for him. Torres is an eight-year
veteran, and had one of his career-best wins a year
ago in Puerto Rico, an 11th-round TKO against previously
undefeated prospect Danny Santiago (22-0). The fight
was on the undercard of Felix Trinidad's final fight
against Hacine Cherifi.
The undercard will feature some of Houston's top young
boxing talent, including Jesus Cerda, 10-0, with 3 knockouts
vs Roman Trejo, 5-6-2, with 3 knockouts, of San Marcos,
Tex., in a six/eight-round jr. featherweight bout.
Chase "The White Tiger" Shields, 7-0, with
4 knockouts, will fight in a four-round jr. middleweight
bout and Jose Barnica, 3-0, with 2 knockouts, will be
featured in a four-round featherweight bout, both against
opponents to be announced.
Ticket prices: $25 general admission, $45 ringside.
Tickets are available at: Browning Boxing - purchase
by telephone at 713-426-5400, or online at BrowningBoxing.com.
Doors open at 6:30 P.M., first fight at 7:30 P.M.
More information on Kingfish Boxing Productions is
available on the internet at www.kingfishboxing.com.
This Kingfish fight card will be televised on Fox
Sports World, Fox Sports En Espanol and Fox Sports Latin
America. Two Kingfish boxing events are televised each
month, and reach over 70 million households.
The ringside analysts on the English-language telecasts
are Dave Bontempo and Bob Spagnola. On the Spanish-language
telecasts, Carlos Avilas and Luis Rodriguez call the
action from ringside. The executive producer is Terry
Planell. Check local listings for times in your area.
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