Pair in talks to lead November boxing card

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SAN ANTONIO — Leo Santa Cruz and Erislandy Lara are the leading candidates to headline the Nov. 30 boxing card at Freeman Coliseum, the promoter for the card said Thursday.

Mike Battah, of Leija/Battah Promotions, said discussions are underway with handlers for the fighters to appear in separate bouts.

Santa Cruz (25-0-1, 15 KOs), a Mexico native now living in Rosemead, Calif., is the WBC super bantamweight champion. Lara (18-1-2, 12 KOs), of Cuba now fighting out of Miami, is the WBA junior middleweight champion.

The opponents for each are to be announced.

The show is being promoted by Lejia/Battah Promotions in conjunction with Golden Boy Promotions.

Also, Battah released the names of fighters scheduled to appear on the Nov. 11 card at Cowboys Dancehall.

Luis Ramos Jr. (23-1, 10 KOs) of Santa Ana, Calif., takes on Fidel Maldonado Jr. (16-2, 13 KOs) of Albuquerque, N.M., in the 10-round main event.

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Fighters from San Antonio scheduled to appear include Jairo Castaneda, Joseph Rodriguez, Julio Valadez, Benjamin Whitaker, Luis Torres and Marcel Lumakang.

The card will be televised on Fox Sports 1.

Tickets — $100, $65, $30 and $20 — are available at m@leijabattahpromo.com or by calling 210-979-3302.

Amateur card set: A 20-bout amateur boxing card — Boxeo En El Barrio II — is scheduled for Oct. 12 at the Bill Greehey Pavilion, 1600 Buena Vista St.

First bell is 4 p.m. Contact Jason Mata of the Advocates Boxing Club at 210-212-700 for information.

John Whisler