Cesar Mateo Tapia has a brand new promotional banner backing his profession and is competing in a unique weight class.
Tapia just lately signed a multi-year promotional cope with No Restrict Promotions, supervisor Ryan Rickey confirmed to The Ring Monday morning. Tapia is scheduled to return to the ring on April 24.
The 25-year-old might be dropping down in weight after combating most of his profession as tremendous middleweight.
“Cesar will now be combating at 160 kilos,” Rickey informed The Ring. “He’ll now be primarily based in Saint Petersburg, Florida with coaches Richard Caronongan and Jesse Thompson.
“Mateo has the flexibility to compete for a world title within the subsequent 24 months and that’s primarily the plan. (The middleweight division) is broad open and he now has the group and stability to lastly break by.”
Tapia (16-0, 10 knockouts) was born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico and now resides in Narrabeen, Australia. In his final bout on October 18, Tapia stopped Eric Robles after the fifth spherical.
No Restrict Promotions has a high-profile fighter on their roster in WBO world junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tszyu, who will face Keith Thurman in a 155-pound combat on March 30, junior featherweight contender Sam Goodman, and former world junior light-weight title challenger Liam Wilson.
In recent times, No Restrict has co-promoted playing cards in High Rank and Premier Boxing Champions (PBC). Rickey believes Tapia can change into a world star, given the chance to combat on No Restrict playing cards and be showcased on completely different worldwide platforms.
“(Cesar Mateo) might be featured on Fox Sports activities in Australia and their bigger pay-per-view telecasts,” stated Rickey. “Signing to No Restrict will give him worldwide and home publicity, as No Restrict is partnering with PBC and High Rank within the U.S.”
Tszyu’s youthful brother, unbeaten junior middleweight Nikita Tsyu, can be promoted by No Restrict and can reportedly combat on an upcoming High Rank card.
No phrase but on an opponent for Tapia’s April 24 bout.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He could be reached at [email protected]
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