
March
28Erika Cruz will defend title against Nazarena Romero May 11
Erika Cruz will defend her WBA junior featherweight title versus Nazarena Romero on Saturday, May 11, promoter Matchroom Boxing revealed Wednesday. The fight at the Palenque de la Feria National de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico, will be the co-main event of Eduardo Hernandez’s junior lightweight fight against Daniel Lugo. Cruz (17-2, 3 KOs), of Mexico, is a two-division champion. She earned the WBA featherweight belt with a technical decision victory over Jelena Mrdjenovich in April 2021. She made two successful defenses before losing the title to Amanda Serrano in a unification bout in February 2023. Cruz then moved up […]