Gabriela Fundora faces new opponent Alexas Kubicki on Saturday, September 20, at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, CA. The two fighters clash in the co-feature to Oscar Collazo vs Jayson Vayson. Fundora puts her undisputed flyweight title on the line.
Alexas Kubicki (13-1, 2 KOs) replaced originally announced Ayelen Granadino (12-2-4, 1 KO) of Argentina. Riding a seven-fight winning streak, the 22-year-old Canadian contender makes her first attempt to become a champion. In her previous outing in May, Kubicki defeated Alondra Yamile Hernandez Mendoza by unanimous decision to claim the WBC International belt.
Coachella, CA-based Gabriela Fundora (16-0, 8 KOs) of West Palm Beach, FL, makes the second defense of her 112-pound titles. The undefeated 23-year-old southpaw is coming off a seventh-round stoppage win over Marilyn Badillo Amaya in April.
In the main event, unbeaten Puerto Rican Oscar Collazo (12-0, 9 KOs) of Newark, NJ, defends his unified WBA and WBO minimumweight titles against Jayson Vayson (14-1-1, 8 KOs) of the Philippines.
Also on the Collazo vs Vayson undercard:
- An eight-round super lightweight bout between Ruslan Abdullaev (2-0, 1 KO) of Uzbekistan and Grimardi Machuca (17-2, 14 KOs) of Venezuela.
- Bakersfield, CA-based Joel Iriarte (8-0, 7 KOs) of Woodland Hills, CA, faces Eduardo Hernandez (8-4, 5 KOs) of Mexico in a six-round welterweight matchup.
- The telecast opener features an eight-round super welterweight bout between Grant Flores (11-0, 9 KOs) of Thermal, CA, and Courtney Pennington (17-9-3, 7 KOs) of Brooklyn, NY.
Among the prelims:
- Mexico’s Gael Cabrera (9-0, 6 KOs) meets Judy Flores (14-4, 8 KOs) of the Philippines in an eight-round super bantamweight showdown.
- Javid Ramirez (14-0, 7 KOs) of Mexico takes on Brian Arregui (11-6, 7 KOs) of Argentina in a six-round middleweight bout.
- Kicking off the action, Adriana Pineiro (8-0, 1 KO) of Uruguay takes on Los Angeles’ Gloria Munguilla (8-1) in an eight-round flyweight contest.