Canadian Olympic medalist Wyatt Sanford has a brand new date for his professional boxing debut scheduled for Could 17, when he faces Gonzalo Omar Manriquez. The pair sq. off in a four-round tremendous light-weight bout at Fredericton Coliseum in New Brunswick.
Sanford was initially scheduled to make his professional debut towards Shawn Archer on the undercard of Dzmitry Asanau vs Francesco Patera in Montreal on April 10. The all-Canadian bout fell by on account of a medical subject from Workforce Archer.
The 26-year-old native of Kennetcook, Nova Scotia, Sanford now takes on Gonzalo Omar Manriquez (5-5-1) of Argentina. The latter steps by the ropes for the primary time in 19 months, bringing to the ring 4 defeats and a attract his 5 earlier bouts.
“I can’t wait to get again within the ring, particularly with the prospect to do it so near residence,” mentioned Wyatt Sanford, who earned bronze on the 2024 Paris Olympics. “I already really feel able to combat, and extra importantly, to ship an amazing efficiency.”
If profitable in his first outing as a professional, Wyatt Sanford would possibly look to make a fast return to the ring at EOTTM: NABF Rumble scheduled for June 5 in Montreal.
“After all, we might have appreciated for his debut to happen on certainly one of our exhibits, and we plan to have him combat on all our upcoming occasions,” mentioned Eye of the Tiger president Camille Estephan. “However within the meantime, it was a precedence for us to maintain Wyatt energetic by discovering him a combat as shortly as potential.”
The Wyatt Sanford vs Gonzalo Omar Manriquez bout serves because the co-feature on the cardboard topped by Sean Finnigan (3-0, 2 KOs) up towards Karoly Botos (2-3, 2 KOs) of Hungary. The competition is scheduled for six rounds at tremendous welterweight.
Amongst different four-round matchups, David Logue (3-1, 3 KOs) meets Tevin Terrance (1-2-2, 1 KO) at gentle heavyweight, Adam Black (2-1) takes on Anton Tokarchuk (1-1) at heavyweight, and Josh Melvin makes his professional debut towards Serge Ntetu (0-2-1) at tremendous welterweight.
