COMBAT SPORTS
Sanchez added to Grand Rapids card on June 14
Lindenmuth, Olayo-Munoz to fight for titles on Saturday
If you鈥檙e a New Mexico combat-sports fan and have already circled June 14 on your calendar, go ahead 鈥� circle it again.
It was announced Friday that Jason Sanchez will join fellow sa国际传媒官网网页入口an Abraham Perez on a Salita Promotions card next month in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Sanchez (18-6, 10 knockouts) is scheduled to challenge hard-punching Felix Parrilla (13-0, 11 KOs) of New Haven, Connecticut for the latter鈥檚 WBO Latino featherweight (126-pound) title.
Parrilla will be the fifth unbeaten fighter Sanchez has fought since 2018. He鈥檚 2-2 in the previous four, the losses coming against a world champion (Oscar Valdez) and a future world champion (Bruce Carrington).
As reported earlier, Perez (14-0, seven KOs) is scheduled to challenge Puerto Rico鈥檚 Jonathan Gonzalez (29-4-1, 14 KOs) for Gonzalez鈥檚 WBA interim flyweight (112-pound) title.
And, as previously announced, two fighters who train at sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 Jackson-Wink MMA 鈥� featherweight Steve Garcia and heavyweight Josh Hokit 鈥� are scheduled to compete on the UFC鈥檚 Freedom 250 card June 14 on the White House South Lawn.
The June 14 boxing card is scheduled to be streamed on DAZN. UFC Freedom 250 is scheduled for streaming on Paramount+.
LINDENMUTH: In Copenhagen, Denmark, Bosque Farms鈥� Katherine Lindenmuth (8-5, three KOs) weighed in Friday at 110.7 pounds for her scheduled 10-round bout against Australia鈥檚 Linn Sandstrom (12-4-3, two KOs). Sandstrom, taller and thinner than Lindenmuth, weighed in at 111.6 pounds.
The vacant WBA interim flyweight title will be at stake. The card is scheduled to be streamed on DAZN, starting at 11:05 a.m. MT.
OLAYO-MUNOZ: In Tulsa, Oklahoma, Las Cruces amateur boxer Olayo-Munoz defeated Kentucky鈥檚 Haylee Lemaster by first-round TKO in a 106-pound semifinal at Golden Gloves National Championships.
Olayo-Munoz is scheduled to face California鈥檚 Emely Sandoval in Saturday鈥檚 championship bout. Saturday鈥檚 session is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. and will be streamed at Goldenglovesusa.org.
