{"id":203176,"date":"2025-10-16T02:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T02:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/203176\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T02:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T02:08:08","slug":"richard-torrez-jr-emiliano-vargas-added-to-espinoza-khegai-card-nov-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/203176\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Torrez Jr., Emiliano Vargas added to Espinoza-Khegai card Nov. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/rafael-espinoza-28490\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Espinoza<\/a> will defend his WBO featherweight title against <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/arnold-khegai-2883944\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold Khegai<\/a> on November 15 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.<br \/><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/sources-rafael-espinoza-slated-to-defend-featherweight-title-vs-arnold-khegai-on-nov-15-in-mexico\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The event<\/a> is co-promoted by Zanfer and Top Rank, and the show will be distributed across ESPN Deportes, ESPN Knockout, and TV Azteca.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the other key fights for the event have already been set. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ring<\/a> has learned that heavyweight contender <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/richard-torrez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Torrez<\/a> (13-0, 11 KOs) will take on Tomas Salek (23-7, 14 KOs), while fast-rising junior welterweight prospect <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/emiliano-vargas-8198911\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emiliano Vargas<\/a> (15-0, 13 KOs) will face Jonathan Montrel (19-3, 13 KOs). <br \/>Torrez, a 26-year-old southpaw and 2020 Olympic silver medalist for the United States, last fought in April and <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/richard-torrez-passes-biggest-test-decisions-guido-vianello-over-ten\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scored a 10-round unanimous decision win against Guido Vianello<\/a>. The win has already aged well, as <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/ennis-lima-guido-vianello-scores-career-best-win-stops-alexis-barriere-in-5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vianello stopped the previously unbeaten Alexis Barriere<\/a> in five rounds over the weekend. The 21-year-old Vargas hasn\u2019t fought since his <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/emiliano-vargas-vs-alexander-espinoza-lightweights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first-round knockout of Alexander Espinoza<\/a> in May. The son of Fernando Vargas has fought three times this year and stopped each opponent in a total of five rounds of work. <\/p>\n<p>Also set to be featured on the card are Mexican contenders Jorge Ascanio (14-1-1, 9 KOs) and Jonathan Fierro (22-1, 17 KOs) against opponents still to be determined. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, as <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/wbo-featherweight-champion-rafael-espinoza-returns-nov-15-mexico\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported by The Ring last month<\/a>, an IBF 140-pound title eliminator between Lindolfo Delgado (23-0, 16 KOs) and Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela (31-4-1, 17 KOs) will also be featured on the card. <br \/>Manouk Akopyan is The Ring\u2019s lead writer. Follow him on <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ManoukAkopyan\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> and <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/manoukakopyan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>: @ManoukAkopyan.<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rafael Espinoza will defend his WBO featherweight title against Arnold Khegai on November 15 in San Luis Potosi,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":["post-203176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-boxing-results","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}