Jose Andres Teran, Ibran Retamozo Look To Shine At DAZN’s Miura Boxing Show In Naucalpan, Mexico – The Ring

Jose Andres Teran accepted a fight outside his weight class.



Ibran Retamozo is trying to adjust to life in a new country.

Both Teran and Retamozo will see action Saturday night at Sala Urbana in Naucalpan, Mexico. Perez will compete against Agustin Perez in a 10-round junior featherweight bout. Retamozo will face Diego Andrade Chavez in an eight-round junior lightweight bout.

DAZN will broadcast both fights, which will headline the Miura Boxing card (8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT).

At Friday’s weigh-in, Teran weighed 120.8 pounds. Perez came in at 120.15 pounds.

Teran (13-2, 9 KOs), who lives in Mexico City, has fought most of his recent fights at bantamweight. His last fight on February 24, a knockout win over Jorge Orozco, which also came in Naucalpan, came at 116.5 pounds.

Perez was originally scheduled to fight Luis Alvarado. When that fight fell through, Teran agreed to the fight after being approached by Miura Boxing.

Promoter Mariana Caraballo naturally wonders if Teran bit off more than he can chew. Still, he believes Teran can make a name for himself, whether at 118 or 122 pounds.

“Agustin Perez was originally scheduled to fight Luis Alvarado, who had to withdraw due to problems,” Caraballo told The Ring Wednesday afternoon. “Andres stepped in to fight back. To be honest, this is a very difficult fight because Andres is not fighting at his ideal weight. We are confident he will make the most of this challenge to compete in the bantamweight or junior featherweight divisions.”

In his previous fight on September 23, Teran defeated Odin Juarez by unanimous decision. The win over Juarez was a rematch of their match in March 2022, which Juarez won by decision.

The 24-year-old has won his last five fights, three via knockout, since the loss to Juarez. Teran made his professional debut in February 2019 as a flyweight (112 pounds).



Perez (13-3-1, 5 KOs), who lives in Puebla, Mexico, is a junior featherweight, having also fought several times at featherweight. Perez had fought as high as 133.5 pounds in a decision win over Marcelino Cordova Ramon on February 25 of last year.

In his last fight on April 6, Perez dropped Ernesto Salcedo once en route to a split decision win over Ernesto Salcedo. The 23-year-old has won his last seven fights since a knockout loss to then-undefeated Franklin Gonzalez in October 2021.

Retamozo (16-0, 12 KOs), who lives in Medellin, Colombia, has not fought since October 21, stopping Jose Vega Ochoa in the fifth round. In his previous fight on May 27 last year, Retamozo defeated journeyman Carlos Reyes by unanimous decision.

Both fights took place in Naucalpan.

The 27-year-old has played his last five fights, all in nearly two years in Mexico after migrating there from Colombia.

If Retamozo wins, the next step would be to increase the level of opposition, both in Mexico and abroad.

“As you saw on Boxrec, Ibran recently fought in Mexico,” said Caraballo. “Every fight, we try to get him fighting against top opposition. Coming to this country as a foreigner to develop a career is not easy.



“We know that the Mexican fighter is a worthy opponent. Andrade is an experienced fighter against quality fighters. We thought it would be a good test to see where we stand with Ibran and to see if we can continue to build on his record and see if there are other opportunities abroad. It’s important to see where we stand with him.”

Andrade (14-11-3, 1 KO), who resides in Victoria de Durango, Mexico, is winless in his last six fights, including a majority draw against Hugo Castaneda Marroquin. All his recent losses were over.

The 30-year-old is best known for his decision loss to Archie Sharp in July 2021 and split-decision win over once-beaten fringe contender Jorge Lara in December 2020.

Also on the card, lightweight contender Jafel Perales (20-2-2, 9 KOs) of Tlalnepantla, Mexico will face Jorge Romero Ayala of Mexico City (11-9, 4 KOs) in a six-round bout.



Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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