Valero-Pitalua, Katsidis-Chavez Heads To San Antonio (original) (raw)

By Mark Vester

The proposed lightweight tournament that is being put together by Golden Boy Promotions on April 4, appears to be tentatively heading to the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The main event will feature KO king Edwin Valero against Antonio Pitalua for the interim-WBC lightweight title.

The slated undercard bouts will feature Michael Katsidis against Jesus Chavez, Jorge Barrios vs. Carlos Hernandez and the final remaining about appears to be a clash of former champions with Joel Casamayor facing Julio Diaz.

Valero views the fight as the most important of his career. The even will be distributed by HBO pay-per-view.

"For me, it is very important to fight again in the United States. I'm going to put on a great performance. The fans will see me come out with my hands raised high and become the new lightweight champion of the WBC. I don't know what's going to happen later on, that depends on my promoter Bob Arum and my manager," Valero said to ESTO.