Maricela Cornejo Returns To The On August 8th; First Fight Back After Giving Birth

Press Release:

Maricela “La Diva” Cornejo, born and raised just down the road from Legends Casino Hotel and ranked No. 2 in the world by the World Boxing Association (WBA) and No. 7 by the World Boxing Council (WBC), will fight in front of hundreds of family and friends in a “Homecoming” on Friday, August 8.

Roy Jones Jr. will open the show with one of his favorites “Ya’ll Must’ve Forgot”. If you did happen to forget that track you can watch it here. He will then do a set during a fifteen-minute intermission between the third and fourth fights of the night. A grand finale will follow the final bout of the evening.

Beginning at 10 pm ET, the complete event will be streamed live on our YouTube channel RJJBOXING as well as numerous boxing and combat and ROKU channels. Make sure to subscribe to RJJBOXING so as not to miss any lead up to the event.

Cornejo will battle Canadian Natasha “The Nightmare” Spence in a six-round middleweight bout. In the co-featured bout, local favorite Andrew Murphy will battle Jeremiah Sierra in an eight-round super middleweight bout. Also, Joshua Juarez in a six-round heavyweight bout against Oscar “Raton” Cortes; and Chris “The Hybrid” Young in a six-round lightweight bout against local product Derick Funkhouser; and opening the show will be a local junior middleweight scrap between Jovanis Rodgriguez and Alvin Welch.