Tonight prospect hunters get to see one of the young rising stars of the sport if they can make their way to the Palacio de Deporte in Mexico city as Costa Rican based Nicaraguan teenage Oliver Flores (21-0-1, 15) faces his stiffest test.
Flores, currently fighting out of San Jose, Costa Rica is the son of former fighter Roger Benito Flores and it seems, aged just 19, Oscar has out performed his father. Having debuted way back in 2006 just a month after he turned 15 years old Flores has come a long way and is now ranked in the top 70 at Lightweight by both Boxrec and IBO.
Flores started his career with a number of really simple looking wins against fellow inexperienced fighters do what every young protégé in this sport does. It wasn't until he'd had over a dozen fights that Flores would face a fighter with a winning record when he met the 9-0 Gabriel Dorado of Panama. Flores passed the Dorado test and also picked up his first title, the IBF Latino Super Featherweight title.
Since beating Dorado back in May 2009 Flores has run up 6 wins out of his seven fights, it's the one that he didn't win that is of the most interest. In February 2010 he only managed a draw with Santos Medrano (who entered with a record of 5-3). This result has left a lot to be desired and although Flores has managed to run up a number of wins since then it's perhaps a worry for Flores when he steps up, which he does later today when he faces Abraham Rodriguez (23-10-3, 12).
Whilst Rodriguez doesn't have an impressive record it's mostly due to the awful way he started his career where he went 5-6-2 and has since gone 18-4-1 and managed to win a number of regional titles. Although Flores is “supposed” to win Rodriguez will certainly not be a push over in what should be an interesting bout.
Flores, currently fighting out of San Jose, Costa Rica is the son of former fighter Roger Benito Flores and it seems, aged just 19, Oscar has out performed his father. Having debuted way back in 2006 just a month after he turned 15 years old Flores has come a long way and is now ranked in the top 70 at Lightweight by both Boxrec and IBO.
Flores started his career with a number of really simple looking wins against fellow inexperienced fighters do what every young protégé in this sport does. It wasn't until he'd had over a dozen fights that Flores would face a fighter with a winning record when he met the 9-0 Gabriel Dorado of Panama. Flores passed the Dorado test and also picked up his first title, the IBF Latino Super Featherweight title.
Since beating Dorado back in May 2009 Flores has run up 6 wins out of his seven fights, it's the one that he didn't win that is of the most interest. In February 2010 he only managed a draw with Santos Medrano (who entered with a record of 5-3). This result has left a lot to be desired and although Flores has managed to run up a number of wins since then it's perhaps a worry for Flores when he steps up, which he does later today when he faces Abraham Rodriguez (23-10-3, 12).
Whilst Rodriguez doesn't have an impressive record it's mostly due to the awful way he started his career where he went 5-6-2 and has since gone 18-4-1 and managed to win a number of regional titles. Although Flores is “supposed” to win Rodriguez will certainly not be a push over in what should be an interesting bout.
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