Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Cuauhtemoc Vargas to headline

Press Release: Four talented prospects with a combined record of 57-2-1 with 41 KO's and a 95 percent winning percentage will be featured on the next "ShoBox: The  New Generation" doubleheader on Friday, January 19, 2007, on Showtime (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). In the twelve-round main event, 23-year-old, hard-hitting southpaw junior featherweight Juan Manuel Lopez (14-0, 12 KOs) of Caguas, Puerto Rico,  gets what could be the toughest test of his career when he faces 22-year-old Cuauhtemoc Vargas (15-1-1, 10 KOs) of Albuquerque, N.M., by way of Mexico City. In the ten-round co-feature, 19-year-old left-hander Victor Ortiz (16-1, 11 KOs) of Oxnard, Calif., will be opposed by undefeated 21-year-old Marvin Cordova Jr. (12-0, 8 KOs) of LaJunta, Colo., in a super lightweight encounter. Bob Arum's Top Rank Inc, will promote the twinbill at The Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona.