A bout that had been slated for the undercard of Friday’s ProBox show in Arlington, Texas, will instead be the main event.
The original headliner at the College Park Center was supposed to be a lightweight clash between Rene Tellez Giron and Luis Torres, with a co-feature of welterweight prospect Ruben Aguilar versus Luis Lopez, and another undercard match pitting Edward Vazquez against Grimardi Machuca.
But the fight between Tellez Giron and Torres is off – a source with ProBox tells BoxingScene that Torres is injured – and Vazquez-Machuca has been inserted atop the card.
Vazquez, 18-3 (5 KOs), is a former featherweight and junior-lightweight title challenger. The 30-year-old hails from nearby Fort Worth, Texas.
Vazquez’s first loss was a controversial split decision against Raymond Ford in early 2022. His second loss was by majority decision in a challenge of Joe Cordina for the IBF 130lbs belt in late 2023. Vazquez’s third defeat was clear, however – a seventh-round TKO at the hands of WBO 126lbs titleholder Rafael Espinoza in May 2025.
Vazquez returned in November with a fifth-round stoppage of the 14-1 Albeiro Paredes.
Machuca, 17-3 (14 KOs), is a 35-year-old from Venezuela who lives in New Jersey. He will try to break a streak of three consecutive losses, all by unanimous decision: against the 21-1 Pablo Vicente in May 2023; the 19-1-1 Branden Pizarro in September 2024; and the 16-0 Deonte Brown in October 2025.
Aguilar-Lopez remains the co-feature. Aguilar is 23-0-1 (20 KOs), while Lopez is 16-2-4 (5 KOs).
(Note: BoxingScene and ProBox are both owned by Garry Jonas.)
David Greisman, who has covered boxing since 2004, is on Twitter @FightingWords2. David’s book, “Fighting Words: The Heart and Heartbreak of Boxing,” is available on Amazon.
