Boxing: Pedraza-Benitez (lightweights)10-12-2012
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Pedraza-Benitez (lightweights)
Jose Pedraza vs. Allan Benitez in a lightweight bout in St. Louis. Also: Jonathan Cepeda vs. Lamar Russ.
On October 12, 2012, the Ameristar Casino in Saint Charles, Missouri, will host a night of boxing: the complete card, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment, will feature nine bouts with the main and co-main events scheduled to be televised on Showtime’s Shobox fight series. Headlining the card is 23-year-old, undefeated, super featherweight Puerto Rican prospect Jose “Sniper” Pedraza. Pedraza (10-0-0 with 6 KOs) is scheduled to face the once-beaten Allen Benitez (7-1-0 with 1 KO) over eight rounds.
Pedraza is a soft-spoken, mild-mannered young man that views the
world in a philosophical way. He is respectful, engaging and
demonstrates an appreciation of his life and the opportunities that are
before him. It is hard to imagine that a person as affable as Pedraza
chose to fight for a living, and he readily admits that pugilism was not
his first choice.
Speaking to Boxing Insider from his training camp in Puerto
Rico, Pedraza said, “To be honest with you, I had no interest at all in
boxing when I was a young boy. I’ve been boxing for 11 years now, but
before I began to box I was a long-distance runner. I loved to run and
wanted to do running as a profession. My father, who is my manager and
trainer, introduced and encouraged me to box and I really liked it.”
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