FURIA LATINO DOS PRESSCON PHOTOS
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 10 Sep 2009
Tepic, Nayarit (Sep 9, 2009) -- Filipino WBO minimumweight champion Donnie Nietes (L) and Interim champion Manuel Vargas of Jalisco, Mexico came face to face for the first time during the press conference of the Furia Latino Dos held at Ex Hotel Palacio in downtown Tepic Wednesday afternoon. Nietes will defend his title against Vargas on Saturday at El Palenque de la Feria here.
L-R: Furia Latino dos participants Z Gorres, Donnie Nietes, Fernando Montiel, Jason LeHoullier, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr, Manuel Vargas, Alejandro Valdez and Jesus Silvestre pose during the press conference at Ex Hotel Palacio in downtown Tepic Wednesday afternoon.
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr of Culiacan, Mex (R) and Jason LeHoullier pose during the press conference of the Furia Latino Dos held at Ex Hotel Palacio in downtown Tepic Wednesday afternoon. Chavez Jr and leHoullier will be the main event of the Sep 12 card at the El Palenque de la Feria here.
Filipino WBO minimumweight champion Donnie Nietes (L) and Interim champion Manuel Vargas of Jalisco, Mexico came face to face for the first time during the press conference of the Furia Latino Dos held at Ex Hotel Palacio in downtown Tepic Wednesday afternoon. Nietes will defend his title against Vargas on Saturday at El Palenque de la Feria here.
Former protagonists Fernando Montiel (R) of Los Mochis, Mex and the Philippines' Z Gorres are having a light moment during the press conference of the Furia Latino Dos held at Ex Hotel Palacio in downtown Tepic Wednesday afternoon. Montiel and Gorres will take on separate opponents for Saturday's fight at the El Palinque de la Feria here.
WBO Interim bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (2nd from left) of Los Mochis, Mex and Alejandro Valdez of Ciudead Obregon, Mex pose during the press conference of the Furia Latino Dos held at Ex Hotel Palacio in downtown Tepic Wednesday afternoon. Montiel and Valdez will vie for the WBO regular bantamweight title on Saturday at the El Palinque de la Feria here.
Trainer Edmund Villamor (L) poses with a Mexican lady during the press conference of the Furia Latino Dos held at Ex Hotel Palacio in downtown Tepic Wednesday afternoon.
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