Martinez Faces Valdez Tonight at the Olympic
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Mario (Azabache) Martinez of Mexico will fight Lenny Valdez, also of Mexico, in the main event of a boxing program tonight at the Olympic Auditorium.
Another junior-lightweight bout on the card matches Mexicans Oscar (Negro) Bejines and Ubaldo Navarro.
Bejines had been scheduled to fight Dwight Prachett, the North American Boxing Federation champion, but Prachett dropped out, claiming he had back spasms.
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