Oscar De La Hoya’s 22-year-old nephew will fight in the co-main main event of Thursday’s Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN boxing card at Casino del Sol. The television broadcast begins at 7 p.m., and the elder De La Hoya is expected to be in the crowd.
Diego De La Hoya (17-0, 9 KOs) is a super-bantamweight condender from Mexicali. He will face Oxnard, California’s Erik Ruiz, who is 16-6-1 with six knockouts. The two are scheduled to fight 10 rounds.
Neza, Mexico’s Adrian Luna will fight Maryland’s D’Mitrius Ballard in the co-main event, with the winner earning the vacant UNBC Super Middleweighit Championship. Luns is 18-4-1 with 11 KOs, while Ballard is a perfect 16-0 with 12 KOs.
Ticket prices range from $30-$105, and can be purchased at the Casino del Sol gift shop and on casinodelsol.com.
