The March 2nd WBA Lightweight title fight between Richard Abril and Sharif Bogere has been moved from the Apollo Theater in New York to the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas according to Dan Rafael of espn.com
The fight was moved after the Featherweight title bout between Daniel Ponce De Leon and Jayson Velez was called off due to a injury to Velez.
“Sharif Bogere is from Vegas and is very popular there, so for him fighting for his first world title, it makes sense to take it there,” Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com. “The Apollo in Spanish Harlem, in the middle of the Mexican and Puerto Rican neighborhoods, made all the sense in the world for Ponce versus Velez, but with them off the card, it makes more sense to do it from Vegas.”
Also on the card will be undefeated prospect Gary Russell Jr. battling Vyacheslav Gusev
