Raúl Panguilef is betting on a key 2024 in his professional career and is going for the first title of his campaign. On Friday the 12th he will face Brian Farías and the Feconsur international lightweight title will be at stake, in its version of the World Boxing Council (WBC).. The event will be at EPET No. 8 in Neuquén, starting at 9 p.m., and there will be an interesting program of amateur fights. It will supervise the Neuquén Boxing Federation.
El Carnicero de Neuquén arrives at the event with a record of 9-2-2, with 2 fast-track definitions. The encouraging fact for the UpperCross representative is that those nine victories were in his last commitments and consecutively. That is why he will try to take advantage of the clean and jerk to get among the best in the category. On the scale he had no problems: it marked 60,300 when the limit is 61,237. “I prepared in the best way, this fight is key for me,” he said after the weigh-in ceremony.
“I prepared better than ever and ahead of my people it will be difficult for them to beat me. In the fifth or sixth you have to fall.”
Raúl Panguilef
His younger rival (26 against 30 from Neuquén) has a similar record: 6-2-2with 2. With a good background, he comes for everything and warned that the fight will end ahead of time. The General Villegas fighter registered a weight of 61,200. “I know he is a great rival, but he is going to meet a highly ranked boxer,” the visitor warned.
“I come to show that I have hierarchy and you will see what an experienced rival is like. Knock out? You are going to see that tomorrow night, he is going to fall.”
Brian Farías
The evening, organized by B&G Producciones and UpperCross, will open the calendar of a season that will surely be loaded, as happened in 2023. And it is clear that a victory for Pangui could open the way not only for him, but for several representatives of the province.
An interesting amateur program
The festival will get underway with several crossovers between amateurs and amateurs, and regional titles at stake. The fights will be: Valentina La Peque Abril vs. Brisa La Bomba Soto, at 56 kilos; Jonathan Vázquez vs. Axel Rosales, at 60; Ricardo Chico Bustos vs. Rodrigo Lagos, in heavy; Rocío La Bonita Galindo vs. Noelia La Princesita Muñoz (photo), at 54; Guillermo Malón Neira vs. Nicolás El Loco Fleitas, 60; and Abraham El Pitbull Vargas vs. Francisco Casanova, 64.