IBF Youth Champ Escobar ready for action

Posted on | October 15, 2009 | No Comments

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA (OCTOBER 15, 2009)–Minimum weight boxer Yader Escobar (20-2, 14 kos) is scheduled to return to action this Saturday Oct 17th in a fight card promoted by Nicaraguan promotion company PRODESA. Escobar, is a highly touted Nicaraguan prospect in a country that already boasts two current world champions in that same weight class: WBA champ Roman Gonzalez (24-0, 20 kos) and interim WBC champ Juan Palacios (26-2, 21 kos).

Escobar, who is well ranked in various world boxing organizations (IBF #4, WBO #5, WBA #7 and WBC #12), will be facing tough fellow countryman Marlon Chavarria in a bout scheduled for 8 rounds. Chavarria has ample international experience having fought in countries such as Costa Rica and Panama and boasts a spectacular victory over then #3 ranked Venezuelan WBA fighter, Carlos Luis Campos.

Escobar vs. Chavarria is the third bout in importance in a fight card that will feature 13 bouts. Also participating in this fight card will be two time former IBF world champ Luis Perez, world ranked fighters Alvaro Perez and Evert Briceno, as well as some of the top prospects of Nicaragua. The fight card will be transmitted live via web cast thru www.prodesa.com.ni as well as differed thru www.gofightlive.tv

Escobar, who is coming off a victory over former world title challenger Eddie Castro in a fight for the IBF Youth championship, will be fighting for the fifth time this year. A victory here could propel him into a world title opportunity in the first semester of 2010.