Undercard for Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi bout set

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Undercard for Juan Diaz and Paulie Malignaggi bout set

Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz and Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi won't be the only boxers looking to get the crowd on its feet at the Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday, August 22. 
Local lightweight prospect Hylon Williams (10-0, 3KOs) will take on Mexico's Baudel Cardenas (18-17-2, 6 KOs) in an eight-round bout. 
Another local favorite Jermell Charlo (8-0, 4 KOs) will battle Glendale California's Vardan Gasparyan (11-1-4, 5 KOs) in a six-round junior middleweight bout. 
In other bouts, super middleweight Marcus Johnson (16-0, 13 KOs) will take on Matt Gockel (12-10, 7 KOs), heavyweight prospect Adam Richards (22-2, 15 KOs) will fight Harvey Jolly (9-10-1, 4 KOs) in an eight-round fight and heavyweight Darlington Agha will make his pro debut against Joseph Rabotte (5-6, 2 KOs) in a four-round tilt. 
Hot junior welterweight prospect out of Philadelphia Danny Garcia (13-0, 7 KOs) will face Oscar Leon (28-9, 18 KOs) in a six-round bout, Adrien Broner (10-0, 7 KOs) will take on Edgar Portillo (5-2, 3 KOs) in a six-round junior lightweight bout, Philadelphia lightweight Mike Perez (3-0-1, KOs) will face Jamie Rodriguez (4-5-3, 2 KOs) in a four-round battle and lightweight knockout specialist Omar Figueroa (6-0, 6 KOs) will fight Jeremy Marts (5-7, 3 KOs) in a four-round contest. 
The card's main events can be seen on HBO's Boxing After Dark beginning at 9:45 p.m. 

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