Sunday: David Cuellar-Ricardo Blandon Junior Bantamweight Showdown Headlines Mexico Fight Night on ESPN+
General” Cuellar* will look to thrill the home fans when he battles*
Ricardo Blandon* in the 10-round main event this Sunday, Feb. 6, in Cancun,
Mexico. The 20-year-old Cuellar, from Queretaro, Mexico, is inching closer
to world title contention.Cuellar-Blandon headlines a packed card that will stream live and
exclusively on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Cuellar (20-0, 13 KOs) has won five straight fights by knockout, a run that
began in November 2019. He went 2-0 in 2021, knocking out Karim Arce Lugo
in nine rounds and stopping former world champion Moises Fuentes in the
sixth. Blandon (15-4, 9 KOs) has never been knocked out, and two of his
defeats have come by split decision. He fought last October, dropping a
competitive decision to French prospect Elie Konki in France.
In other scheduled streaming bouts:
– Guadalajara-born junior featherweight prospect *Cristopher Lopez *(14-0-1,
10 KOs) will fight Nicaragua’s *Dixon Flores* (17-8-3, 6 KOs) in the
10-round co-feature. Lopez has won eight consecutive fights since the lone
draw on his ledger.
– Rising junior lightweight* Rosario Sanchez* (16-0, 10 KOs) will
fight *Francisco
Lucero* (10-3-4, 7 KOs) in an eight-rounder.
– *Oziel Santoyo* (13-1-1, 8 KOs), from Monterrey, Mexico, looks to make
it 14 straight wins when he tangles with *Brandon Perez *(6-1-1, 2 KOs)
in an eight-round junior middleweight tilt.
– The ESPN+ opener features unbeaten featherweight *Celex Castro* (11-0,
8 KOs) in a six-rounder versus *Julio Cesar Juarez* (4-9, 1 KO).
