Omar Salcido stopped former interim world champion Chris Champion in round nine of their 10-round lightweight bout at the ProBox Event Center in Plant City, Florida.

Salcido landed the more telling blows throughout the fight. He was able to get through with some hard shots that had Colbert on unsteady legs on a couple of occasions and Colbert held on several times over the second half of the fight. In round nine, Salcido continued to pressure Colbert and Colbert’s corner stopped the bout at 1:02.

Salcido, 136 lbs of Sonora, MEX is 20-1 with 14 knockouts. Colbert, 136.8 lbs suffered his second consecutive stoppage loss as he was stopped by Jose Valenzuela earlier this year. The Brooklyn native falls to 17-3

Tsenbaatar Erdenbat won a 10-round unanimous decision over Frency Fortunato in a junior lightweight bout.

Erdenbat, 130 lbs of Los Angeles won by scores of 100-90 and 98-92 twice and is now 11-0. Fortunato, 129.8 lbs of Santo Domingo, DR is 15-2,

Najee Lopez stopped Ismael Ocles in round three of an eight-round light heavyweight bout.

In round three, Lopez landed a left hook to the river that delayed Ocles falling to a knee for the 10-count at 38 seconds.

Lopez, 176.2 lbs of Atlanta is 12-0 with nine knockouts. Ocles, 173.4 lbs of Quito, ECU is 15-17-2.

David Navarro won a eight-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Mykell Gamble in a featherweight bout.

In round seven, Gamble was deducted a point for his mouthpiece coming out numerous times.

Navarro, 127.2 lbs of Mexico won by scores of 78-73 twice and 77-74 and is now 7-1. Gamble, 128 lbs of Cincinnati is 7-1.

Sampson Lewkowicz (Sampson Boxing) and Paco Damian (Paco Presents) proudly announce the signing of a pair of undefeated 23-year-old Mexican teammates from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, featherweight Christian Olivo Barreda and lightweight Omar “Super” Salcido Gamez, to multi-year, co-promotional contracts.

Trained and managed by Alfredo Leon Lopez, Olivo and Salcido had decorated amateur careers, and both are now confident this move will secure opportunities and big fights in the US with PBC and Showtime.

Olivo (20-0-1, 7 KOs) won the WBC Youth Silver Featherweight Championship by besting then-undefeated (12-0) Adrian Montoya in January 2021. In February 2021, Salcido (16-0, 11 KOs) took out then undefeated Jesus Acosta Ayala (15-0-1) by wide unanimous decision.

Both fighters say the new promotional move bodes well for their boxing fortunes moving forward.

“I am proud to sign with my promoters, who have a long history of providing their fighters with good opportunities,” said Olivo. “I can’t wait to show my skills on a big stage. Thank you to my manager and trainer Alfredo Leon Lopez for all his hard work to make this happen. I will be world champion one day soon.”

“I will be world champion one day,” added Salcido. “I’m so happy to sign with Sampson and Paco and I’m going to fight my heart out to make them proud and become another champion from Mexico.”

“Sampson and Paco are known for their support of Mexican boxers and for helping so many of them become champions,” said Alfredo Leon Lopez. “I’m very happy we could reach a deal for these two young boxers’ futures. I look forward to working with them to achieve greatness.”

A long-time business associate of Lewkowicz and a staple of Mexican boxing, Paco Damian says both of these young fighters will make a big splash in their US debuts.

“These are two young, hungry fighters who want to change their lives for themselves and their families,” said Damian. “Sampson and I will be working to find their US television debuts and begin the climb to the top of their divisions.”

“I want to thank Alfredo Leon Lopez for his hard work to make this deal happen,” said Lewkowicz. Known for his ability to spot unknown talent, Lewkowicz has been flooding the sport with new faces for many years. “These two proud Mexican fighters will continue the proud tradition of fighters from their country and I’m happy to be part of their teams. We will be announcing their US debuts very soon.”
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