Omar "El Relampago" Juarez, 14-2 (5), of Brownsville, will likely return on the September 30th, Canelo-Charlo card at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Juarez is coming off a tough-luck decision loss to former two-division world champion Rances Barthelemy. A hotly contested and debated majority decision loss that nearly all observers felt Juarez had won. Unfortunately, for the Brownsville native, the official judges did not concur.
According to Juarez's team, they have been contacted and are expecting to fight on the card. Juarez's father Rudy said, "He's leaving for camp on Monday." Currently, no opponent has been announced. A motivational speaker, Juarez was not down for long from the controversial defeat and will look to get back in the win column just four months after the loss, and on arguably the biggest card of the year. The 24-year-old South Texan has two blemishes on his resume, each one is highly contentious. Juarez suffered a highly controversial loss to All Rivera in the Summer of 2021 in a fight again, nearly all observers thought “El Relampago” deserved the nod.
Juarez will begin his camp in San Antonio and then move to Las Vegas to close out camp. In the early stages of his career, Juarez did his camps in the San Antonio Gym South Park Boxing Academy, his home away from home. The Brownsville native has since done his full camps in Las Vegas. Since he will be in the Alamo City, Juarez will be available to help out with his younger brother, and a USA Boxing National Champion, Sebastian "Treuno'' Juarez, 1-0 (1), who will be fighting in San Antonio at the Shrine Auditorium. The younger Juarez made his successful professional debut on August 4th and scored a second-round knockout in Matamoros, Mexico.