Miguel Cartagena and Ricardo Rodriguez to clash tonight on Telemundo

Feb

While the boxing world awaits Terence Crawford and Leo Santa Cruz to step in the ring, along with the highly-anticipated Carl Frampton-Scott Quigg bout on Saturday night, a battle between fringe junior bantamweight contenders will take place this evening.

Miguel Cartagena will fight Ricardo Rodriguez in a 10-round bout at the Community Center in Palm Bay, Florida.

Cartagena (14-2, 5 knockouts) has not fought since July 4, when he won a 10-round unanimous decision over Javier Franco. The bout came eight months after Cartagena was knocked out in the first round by unbeaten prospect Emmanuel Rodriguez.

Cartagena is 2-2 in his last four bouts.

Rodriguez (12-3, 4 KOs), who hails from Mexico City, DF, Mexico, has been the more active fighter of the two. In his last bout on Oct. 16, Rodriguez lost a 10-round split decision to David Carmona.

The loss to Carmona snapped a three-bout winning streak over a span of nine months.

The Cartagena-Rodriguez bout will commence the 2016 campaign of “Boxeo Telemundo.” All Star Boxing Promotions will promote the card.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for RingTV since Oct. of 2013 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, Boxingscene.com, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing.