Junior Featherweight title fight in McAllen

There’s a new boxing promotion company in the Rio Grande Valley and they are bringing a junior featherweight championship bout to McAllen this weekend.
Imperial ED Promotions was formed about two months ago and plans to produce a series of boxing matches in the Valley.
The company’s first night of fighting is Saturday, July 17 for the Noche de Box Imperial Championship Fight at the McAllen Convention Center.
The headline bout features Texas junior featherweight champ Jonathan Gutierrez against challenger Omar Gonzalez.
Gutierrez, from Saltillo, Mexico, has fought in the Valley before and is familiar to area boxing fans.
Saturday night’s fight will be the first time Gutierrez has faced off with Gonzalez, a boxer from San Antonio.
This weekend’s event also features a full card of fights that include boxers Samuel Gutierrez, Fernando Vela, “La Boa” Juan Garcia, “Nacho” Juan Lucio, “Rambo” Hugo Ramirez, Lupillo De Leon, Jordon Washington and others. Two women boxers, “La Polvorita” Maria Salinas and “La Tigresa” Carla Trevino, are also on the card.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the fights start at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at ez-tixx.com., the convention center box office, Melhart Music in McAllen, Lionel’s Western Wear in Weslaco, Cavenders Valleywide, The Bullrider in Harlingen and Wireless Toyz Valleywide. Call 956-522-4655 for more information.