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This Saturday, October 29, at the TV Azteca studios in the south of Mexico City, the super bantamweight champion of the World Boxing Council, Yamileth Mercado, will fight Mariana ‘Barby’ Juárez.
The battle , which is part of the campaign to raise awareness among women in the month of the fight against breast cancer, headlines a card presented by Zanfer Promotions in association with Promociones del Pueblo and 2m Promotions.
Mercado, 24, will make the fourth defense of the 122-pound crown, which she snatched from Kenyan Fatuma Zarika in 2019.
Juárez, former flyweight, super flyweight and bantamweight world champion, has 55 wins and more than 30 world title fights.
Today both protagonists were at the WBC Coffee Tuesday to talk about their fight of this Saturday.
Yamileth Mercado
“I am very anxious to fight against Mariana Juárez. The fight has been postponed for a long time, we already want to get into the ring ”
“It is an experience vs. youth fight. I have faced the best of the category. I have always said I have wanted to fight against the best and I am very happy to face the great champion Mariana Juárez.
Mariana Juarez
“Anxiety about already fighting is what I Feel. I thank Yamileth for the opportunity, but I have the desire and the heart to be world champion again. It is a unique opportunity for me and I am so ready to make history.”
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