PUERTO RICO UPDATE: BAUTISTA, BANAL IN VEGAS APR 29!
By Salven L. Lagumbay
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 24 Apr 2007
Undefeated Rey `Boom Boom` Bautista and Alex John `Bazooka` Banal, together with trainer Edito Villamor, are set to fly to Las Vegas on April 29 for their May 5 assignments on the Oscar De la Hoya-Floyd Mayweather card.
The group will take an American Airlines flight 1235 that will depart Puerto Rico at 4:20PM and will arrive in Las Vegas at 10:15PM.
`The boys are now very excited to be in Vegas for their fights,` reported Villamor from PR, where they are training alongside Oscar De la Hoya under Freddie Roach.
Bautista battles Sergio Medina in a WBO superbantam eliminator,while Banal debuts in the US against tough Mexican Juan Alberto Rosas.
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