Press Release: Welterweight contender Joel Julio returns to the ring on May 16 when he battles veteran Mauro Lucero in an eight round bout from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Colombian Julio (30-1, 28 KOs) has stopped 20 opponents within the first three rounds.  In his last bout on March 30, 2007, Julio punished Thomas Davis on ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” to earn a seventh-round stoppage. Lucero (42-11-1, 28 KO’s) has won eight of his last nine bouts.  The 35-year-old Cuidad Juarez, Mexico native knocked out Martin Avila in five rounds in his last bout on May 19, 2006.