On Friday, March 17, Plant City’s youngest boxers got to see how the pros work.
Plant City Boxing Gym hosted an open training session that evening, as professional fighters Josue Vargas and Edgar Berlanga continued their training for their bouts on the upcoming “Puerto Rico vs. the World” show card. Josue Vargas will fight Carlos Vasquez. Berlanga will fight Christopher Salerno.
The open session gave Plant City youths the opportunity to watch, learn and even participate in some of the workouts led by trainer Tito Vargas. The kids closely watched the two pro fighters work, taking in every mitt drill, every dodging display and all of the bag work.
Josue Vargas and Berlanga are scheduled for the first two fights of “Puerto Rico vs. the World,” which pits six Puerto Rican fighters against six opponents from other parts of the world. The card will be led by the undefeated Miguel Cruz, and also features former IBO, WBA and WBO world champion Cesar “Junito” Seda.
The event, scheduled for a 6 p.m. start, will be held at the Orlando Live Events center, 6405 S. U.S. Highway 17 92, Casselberry. Tickets can be bought for as low as $30 at Puerto-Rico-Boxing.EventBrite.com.
Contact Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com.