Tomorrow (Friday, August 8th), Argentina’s Mirco Cuello (15-0, 12 KOs) will have the biggest fight of his career, squaring off against Mexico’s Sergio Ríos Jiménez (19-0, 7 KOs) for the WBA interim featherweight title. The bout will take place at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benghazi, Libya, as part of the WBA Future program, an initiative aimed at expanding professional boxing into new territories. Cuello, age 24, hails from Arroyo Seco, is coming off a TKO victory over Christian Olivo in February. A Youth Olympic medalist at Buenos Aires 2018, Cuello has wins in Uruguay and the United States. This will be his seventh straight bout outside Argentina and he now seeks to claim an interim belt on African soil. Nick Ball holds the WBA featherweight championship.

 

Ríos Jiménez, also unbeaten at 24, is nown for his technical skill. The Mexican is riding a 19-fight win streak and is eager to make a statement in his first fight abroad.

 

The undercard packs additional international action, including Albert Ramírez (21-0, 18 KOs) vs. Jerome Pampellone in a WBA light heavyweight eliminator, Soufiane Oumiha vs. Francisco Fonseca at lightweight, Josué Agüero vs. Diego Alemán at junior lightweight, and Mike Pérez vs. Fernely Feliz Jr. at bridgerweight.