With the return of exciting super middleweight contender Lester Martinez confirmed for the Save Mart Center in Fresno on July 12, Vladimir Hernandez, Tsendbaatar Erdenebat and Katsuma Akitsugi have all been added to the ProBox TV bill.
Guatemalan puncher Martinez, 19-0 (16 KOs) and ranked No. 3 by the WBA, 9 by the WBC and 15 with the WBO, is coming off a big early win over Joeshon James, takes on Frenchman Pierre Hubert Dibombe, 22-2-1 (12 KOs) in the headliner, with a co-main that sees Erick Badillo collide with Gerardo Zapata in a WBC title eliminator at light flyweight. Badillo is No. 2 with the WBC with Zapata rated No. 7.
Zapata, 15-2-1 (5 KOs), is from Nicaragua but fighting out of Miami, while Badillo is 17-0 (8 KOs), and boxing out of Mexico for the first time in his career.
Battle-hardened Stockton-based Mexican Hernandez, perhaps the best 17-6 fighter in the sport and ranked NO. 15 by the WBC, takes on Argentina junior middleweight Francisco Veron, who brings with him a 14-1-1 (10 KOs) record.
Southpaw Hernandez came through a hard-fought battle against Isaias Lucero in March.
Undefeated California-based Mongolian Erdenebat – a 12-0 (6 KOs) lightweight southpaw – meets Humberto Galindo, who lives in Tijuana but was born in West Covina, California. Galindo is 14-3-3 (11 KOs).
Meanwhile, southpaw Akitsugi – from Japan but living in California, has been paired with Luis Robles Pacheco, who is a Mexican bantamweight with a 15-4-1 (5 KOs) record. It is Akitsugi’s first fight of the year, following 2024 victories over Jesus Ramirez Rubio and Aston Palicte.
Pacheco did 10 rounds with Leonardo Carrillo in Panama in May.
The bill will be aired live on the ProBox TV YouTube channel.