{"id":503497,"date":"2025-10-16T06:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/503497\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T06:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:44:12","slug":"richard-torrez-jr-emiliano-vargas-added-to-espinoza-khegai-card-nov-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/503497\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Torrez Jr., Emiliano Vargas added to Espinoza-Khegai card Nov. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/rafael-espinoza-28490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rafael Espinoza<\/a> will defend his WBO featherweight title against <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/arnold-khegai-2883944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arnold Khegai<\/a> on November 15 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.<br \/><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/sources-rafael-espinoza-slated-to-defend-featherweight-title-vs-arnold-khegai-on-nov-15-in-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The event<\/a> is co-promoted by Zanfer and Top Rank, and the show will be distributed across ESPN Deportes, ESPN Knockout, and TV Azteca.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the other key fights for the event have already been set. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ring<\/a> has learned that heavyweight contender <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/richard-torrez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Torrez<\/a> (13-0, 11 KOs) will take on Tomas Salek (23-7, 14 KOs), while fast-rising junior welterweight prospect <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/emiliano-vargas-8198911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emiliano Vargas<\/a> (15-0, 13 KOs) will face Jonathan Montrel (19-3, 13 KOs). <br \/>Torrez, a 26-year-old southpaw and 2020 Olympic silver medalist for the United States, last fought in April and <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/richard-torrez-passes-biggest-test-decisions-guido-vianello-over-ten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scored a 10-round unanimous decision win against Guido Vianello<\/a>. The win has already aged well, as <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/ennis-lima-guido-vianello-scores-career-best-win-stops-alexis-barriere-in-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vianello stopped the previously unbeaten Alexis Barriere<\/a> in five rounds over the weekend. The 21-year-old Vargas hasn\u2019t fought since his <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/emiliano-vargas-vs-alexander-espinoza-lightweights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-round knockout of Alexander Espinoza<\/a> in May. The son of Fernando Vargas has fought three times this year and stopped each opponent in a total of five rounds of work. <\/p>\n<p>Also set to be featured on the card are Mexican contenders Jorge Ascanio (14-1-1, 9 KOs) and Jonathan Fierro (22-1, 17 KOs) against opponents still to be determined. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, as <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/wbo-featherweight-champion-rafael-espinoza-returns-nov-15-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported by The Ring last month<\/a>, an IBF 140-pound title eliminator between Lindolfo Delgado (23-0, 16 KOs) and Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela (31-4-1, 17 KOs) will also be featured on the card. <br \/>Manouk Akopyan is The Ring\u2019s lead writer. Follow him on <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ManoukAkopyan\">X<\/a> and <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/manoukakopyan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>: @ManoukAkopyan.<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rafael Espinoza will defend his WBO featherweight title against Arnold Khegai on November 15 in San Luis Potosi,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,10188,10181,10187,10186,10179,4496,10182,10183,10184,10185,10180,10193,10192,10175,10173,10174,10190,10176,10172,10194,10189,79,10191,10171,10178,16,15,10177],"class_list":{"0":"post-503497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-results","18":"tag-boxing-schedule","19":"tag-boxing-videos","20":"tag-disqualification","21":"tag-draw","22":"tag-fight","23":"tag-fighter","24":"tag-fighter-news","25":"tag-knockout","26":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","27":"tag-ring","28":"tag-ring-magazine","29":"tag-split-decision","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-technical-knockout","32":"tag-the-ring","33":"tag-top-fighters","34":"tag-uk","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115382495854631378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}