Julio Cesar Martinez will now defend his WBC flyweight title against fellow Mexican Moises Calleros on Friday, October 23rd at Azteca Studios in Mexico City, live on DAZN. Martinez (16-1 12 KOs) makes the second defense of his crown and his first on home soil, having defeated Jay Harris in Dallas in February. The 25 year old was due to face Maximino Flores but the IBO champion returned a positive test for the coronavirus. Calleros (33-9-1 17 KOs) now has a golden opportunity to change his career in Flores’ place. The 31 year-old landed is best known for a failed 2018 to  WBO 105-pound title shot Ryuya Yamanaka. In his next fight after that, Calleros lost a ten-round decision to former IBF 105-pound champion Jose Argumendo.

 

Martinez’s clash with Calleros is part of a world title triple-header in Mexico: Juan Francisco Estrada (40-3 27 KOs) will defend his WBC super flyweight championship in a rematch with Carlos Cuadras (39-3-1 27 KOs) and Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (49-2 41 KOs) defends his WBA super flyweight title against Israel Gonzalez (25-3 11 KOs) – with Estrada and Chocolatito on a collision course for a rematch should they both emerge victorious.

 

Three of Eddie Hearn’s tyros make their return to action on the bill, with Diego Pacheco (9-0 7 KOs) boxing for the tenth time in the paid ranks, Austin Williams (5-0 4 KOs) making a second foray outside the States in his sixth pro fight and Otha Jones III (5-0 2 KOs) also boxing for the sixth time as a pro.