By Francisco Salazar

Super featherweight contender Diego Magdaleno returns to action on May 17th at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, manager Frank Espinoza told Boxingscene.com on Monday afternoon.

Magdaleno will fight in a likely 10 round bout on the undercard of the Top Rank card that will be headlined by the Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado bout.

No word yet on who Magdaleno will face on that night.

“Diego has looked very good working with (trainer) Joel Diaz and he could be a fight or two away from fighting for a world title,” said Espinoza, who also manages Jessie Magdaleno, Diego’s younger brother.

Magdaleno (25-1, 10 KOs) knocked out Jorge Pazos in the fourth round of his last fight on February 15th in Hawaiian Gardens, CA.

In his only attempt at a world title belt in April of 2012, Magdaleno lost a 12 round split decision to Roman “Rocky” Martinez.

Magdaleno, who resides in Las Vegas, has worked with Joel Diaz in Indio, CA for the last year.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. He also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing