Mayerlin Rivas is stepping up the tempo for an additional protection of her world title. On June 10 on the On line casino Buenos Aires within the Argentine capital, the Venezuelan will face the native Nazarena Romero, who will attempt to snatch the crown in the principle occasion of the Worldwide Boxing Pageant KO Medicine of the World Boxing Affiliation.
After an arduous camp in Colombia and Mexico, Rivas is placing the ultimate touches to her preparation, with the target of going through one other vital problem in one of the best circumstances. And she or he does it with the conviction of extending her reign within the tremendous bantamweight class.
“I’ve been getting ready for nearly 5 months,” he says. “First, we spent a month and a half in Colombia, doing a camp in Barranquilla. Then we got here to Mexico. We now have been working exhausting, correcting any errors I had. After nearly a yr of inactivity, at the moment I really feel very properly ready, targeted, and searching ahead to June 10.
It will likely be the second protection of her title. Her earlier presentation was in Guadalajara, Mexico, final June 10, towards the Mexican Karina Fernandez, whom she defeated in three rounds.
After that match, Rivas’ file is 17 wins, 11 of them by KO, 4 defeats and two attracts in 23 appearances.
Her opponent would be the Argentinean Nazarena Romero, 28 years outdated, primary within the WBA rating, obligatory challenger, undefeated in 13 fights, with seven knockouts, and present Fedelatin titleholder of the division.
“Nazarena is a good fighter,” she acknowledges. “I’ve seen her in a few of her fights, and I do know she’s a terrific boxer. We now have been getting ready to face her. We’ve wished this struggle for a very long time. I do know she’s a really sturdy fighter and I wish to face fighters like that.”
“I do know we are going to each placed on an excellent present. That night time will probably be unforgettable, there will probably be a conflict and within the title of God we are going to come out with our arms up,” she stated.
Talking in regards to the KO Medicine of Buenos Aires, Rivas remembers her time in that metropolis just a few years in the past.
“I used to be in Argentina for some time doing a camp. I educated with Yessica Bopp, I sparred along with her, with Erika Faría, Ceci Román. To inform the reality, the Argentine boxer is excellent. We fought there, we had been harm by the native ruling, however this time we’re going with the assist of the WBA and we’re very properly ready each bodily and mentally and we are going to do very properly. I don’t suppose the locality will have an effect on us now, though I’m going to her home. There will probably be lots of people who know me and will probably be supporting me, each Venezuelans and Argentines, and the reality is, I’m very targeted”.
Rivas, 34, is a veteran with a protracted championship profession. She has held WBA titles since 2014, when she received the bantamweight division interim title. In 2015 she conquered the class crown, and in 2020 she captured the tremendous bantamweight tremendous championship.
“I’m not the identical Mayerlin I used to be earlier than,” she warns. “I’ve finished numerous camps and I’ve improved rather a lot. Immediately I’m a extra mature boxer. For me, it’s an honor to be the protagonist of the KO Medicine, one of the vital vital occasions of the WBA. I’ll get pleasure from it, I’ll give a terrific present and you will notice a really totally different Mayerlin”.
The WBA KO Medicine Worldwide Boxing Pageant will flip Buenos Aires into the world capital of boxing this June 9 and 10.
The struggle between Mayerlin Rivas and Nazarena Romero will headline the cardboard, which a day earlier, on Friday, June 9, can even function the world flyweight eliminator between Venezuela’s Carlos Cañizales and Cuba’s Daniel Matellón.
Each fights will probably be broadcasted by TyC Sports activities, by way of its channels TyC Sports activities and TyC Sports activities Play, in its “Boxeo de Primera” collection, whereas the worldwide subscription platform DAZN will rebroadcast the Rivas-Romero struggle.