By Gabriel F. Cordero
Saturday’s ESPN+ boxing card headlined by world champion Emanuel Navarrete against Uriel Lopez could be in trouble. Ciro Nucci, head of the Mexico City Boxing Commission, has not given the green light for the closed-door event to proceed. With just four days remaining, Zanfer Promotions will try to work things out with the commission. The event is already following strict safety protocols endorsed by the WBC.
Forget Mexico City, just take the event to another locale where the officials are more level-headed and less panic prone.
They had a fight card last weekend in Mexico with Carlos Molina. The strict WBC protocol is in effect for Navarrete-Lopez. This CDMX boxing official is incompetent and should be replaced.
It’s a shake down. They want more money. This is a country that is pretty much an active warzone but they care about corona? Please