27-year-Old "Dinamita" Ramon Cardenas returns to the ring in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas. The 22-1 (11) Super Bantamweight will battle undefeated Panamanian prospect Rafael Pedroza, 15-0 (11), in the 10-round main event at the Boeing Center at Tech Port and will air live on Showtime on Friday, September 15th. It will air as part of Showtime's legendary SHOBOX series. The series has produced over 75 world champions, and the winner of this bout will definitely be in short order for that.
Cardenas has fought in his hometown in his last two fights, he went 2-0 with 1KO. That KO came in his most recent fight when he stopped veteran Rodrigo Guerrero in the second round at the Smoke Bar on May 26th. Before that, he outpointed Michell Banquez over 10-rounds at the Alamodome last July on the undercard of Rey Vargas's win over Mark Magsayo. This was the first time he fought in San Antonio since late 2018 when he outpointed fellow Alamo City native Ramsey Luna in late 2018. Cardenas captured the vacant NABA super bantamweight belt in 2021, by outpointing Angel Antonio Contreras before dropping down to the 118-pound division in 2022.
His opponent, the 26-year-old Pedroza, is coming off the best win of his blossoming career. He outpointed Venezuelan KO Artist Yerny Betancourt over 10-rounds for the WBC FECARBOX Super Bantamweight strap in May. His other win of note is an 8-round points decision victory over Hugo Berrio in January.