World-ranked super lightweight Hector Camacho Jr. of Puerto Rico and hard hitting Arturo Urena of Mexico clash for the vacant United States Boxing Organization welterweight championship in the 12-round main event on the Cedric Kushner Promotions card televised nationally by Telemundo Friday, Sept. 6, at the Crystal Park Casino in Compton, Calif. A total of six fights are on the "Latin Fury" card presented by Cedric Kushner Promotions in association with George Chung's American Champion Sports. The card starts at 8 p.m. (Pacific) with gates to the outdoor arena adjacent to the Crystal Park Casino opening at 7. Other bouts on the card include undefeated and highly regarded heavyweight prospect Javier Mora of Westminster, Calif., against Tony La Rosa of Chicago in a six-round fight; unbeaten William Adamyan of Glendale, Calif., against Antonio Avila of Paramount, Calif., in a six-round super lightweight bout; Artur Petrosyan of North Hollywood, Calif., against Ramon Valle of Sun Valley, Calif., in a six-round lightweight fight; George Moreno of West Covina, Calif., against Alan Skrijel of Sacramento, Calif., in a four-round middleweight bout; and undefeated Carlos Hernandez of Pacoima, Calif., against Robert Allen of Bakersfield, Calif., in a four-round super featherweight fight.
Tickets, priced at $20 for general admission, $40 for bronze section non-reserved, $50 for silver section reserved, $75 for gold section reserved and $100 for ringside, are on sale at the Crystal Park Casino box office, the Hollywood Park Casino box office in Inglewood, Calif., and at all Ritmo Latino Records locations. Tickets also are available by calling the Crystal Park Casino box office at 800-717-1000 and the Hollywood Park casino box office at 800-888-4972 or 310-330-2800.
Camacho, ranked No. 10 by the World Boxing Council, has a record of 33-1 with 19 knockouts entering this welterweight main event. The 24-year-old lives in San Juan, P.R. The 29-year-old Urena, from Matzatlan, has a record of 19-3 with 15 knockouts and his past eight wins have come by knockout. But the 21-year-old, 240-pound Mora may be the biggest puncher on the card; he has a record of 15-0-1 with 14 knockouts. La Rosa is the most experienced foe Mora has met and he's faced superior opposition. La Rosa has a record of 33-22 with 18 knockouts and holds a win over former WBC heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick. La Rosa's also faced former world heavyweight champion James "Buster" Douglas and current world-ranked contender Wladimir Klitschko. Adamyan has a record of 7-0 with one knockout while Avila has a mark of 9-1 with four knockouts. Petrosyan has a record of 8-4 with one knockouts while Valle has a mark of 5-9 with one knockout. Moreno has a record of 1-3 with no knockouts while Skrijel has a mark of 2-3 with no knockouts. Hernandez has a record of 1-0 with no knockouts while Allen has a mark of 0-4.