Undefeated Abraham “Chamaco” Lopez will take the stage in a featherweight battle against Gerardo “Locomotora” Espinoza on the Thompson Boxing Promotion “Path to Glory” fight card scheduled on Friday October 14 at the popular Doubletree Hotel in Ontario.
“Path to Glory” features several welterweight, bantamweight and featherweight bouts including La Puente’s popular Lopez (15-0, 11 KOs) facing Tijuana, Mexico’s Espinoza (28-11, 26 KOs) in an eight round bout.
Lopez, 24, has shown a resilient chin to go along with his aggressive boxer-puncher style. In his last fight opponent Olvin Mejia could only last 1:46, but in the march up against Aaron Garcia the crowd got a taste of Lopez’s tremendous heart. After eight riveting rounds Lopez won a close scrap by majority decision at the Doubletree Hotel.
Espinoza, 30, has been out of the ring for five years. The Mexican fighter’s last bout was a decision loss to Coachella’s Adam Carrera on a Thompson Boxing fight card. Before that he lost by decision to the tough Filipino slugger Rey “Boom, Boom” Bautista. Ready to redeem himself from his losses, Espinoza wants to step back into the ring and reignite his career with performing as he did with his past wins over stout pros Francisco Tejedor and Omar Adorno. This will be a true test of will for both Lopez and Espinoza.
In the co-main event, Thompson Boxing’s newly signed bantamweight, Richard Contreras (7-0, 6 KOs), will face an opponent to be determined. The 21 year old Contreras, who hails from Riverside, is coming off a five in-a-row winning streak, which includes his last fight in which he dominated Manuel Sarabia and scored a 5th round KO.
Popular welterweight Alberto Herrera (7-3-1, 5 KOs) returns and fights undefeated Marcus Robinson (4-0) in a six round bout. Herrera is looking to snap a three-fight losing streak he incurred when he took on ranking fighters. Robinson looks prove he should be included amongst the lofty ranked pugilists. Herrera has aspirations of his own.
Rounding out the big fight card is Riverside’s Roberto Crespo (2-0) vs. San Fernando’s Rigoberto Flores (1-1) welterweights; Riverside’s Juan Reyes (3-0-1) fights L.A.’s Alejandro Ochoa (1-0) featherweights; and bantamweights Isaac Zarate of L.A. and Anthony Griones of Palm Springs make their pro debuts against each other.
