MAASIN City’s Adones Aguelo of Rex Wakee Salud (RWS) Boxing Gym faces unbeaten Mexican Erick De Leon on Aug. 5 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Aguelo, a former WBC Asian Boxing Council lightweight champion, has a record of 28 wins (19 knockouts), 15 losses and two draws. He is one of the boxers of veteran trainer Brix Flores.
The 29-year-old Maasin City native will take on a younger De Leon, 25, who is now based in Detroit, Michigan. De Leon sports a record of 16-0-0 (win-loss-draw) with 10 knockouts.
Flores said the fight is part of the undercard of the Vasyl “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko-Miguel Marriaga fight.
Aguelo’s most recent fight was last May 23 against fellow Filipino boxer Rex Olisa in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, where he won by unanimous decision.
Last year, he fought in Russia against Pavel Malikov for the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council lightweight belt but lost via fourth-round technical knockout (TKO).
De Leon won his last two bouts by knockouts. Last year, he won all of his three fights by knockouts.