Marc Farrait is open to his light-heavyweight contender, Najee Lopez, getting rounds in with the super middleweight Lester Martinez.

Both boxers feature prominently on ProBox TV, and Martinez faces Immanuwel Aleem on Saturday in San Bernadino, California, while Lopez is coming off a fight-of-the-year contender against Manuel Gallegos last weekend.

“I love Lester,” Farrait said. “Lester’s an amazing, amazing talent, [great] motor, humble. “Such a great kid. He comes here [to the gym in Florida], treats everybody very, very respectful. He was here [in Farrait’s gym] working [in this camp for Aleem], doing some floor work and stuff like that. I love watching him. He is an amazing talent. He’s always in a fight- of-the-year contender. He brings it, the fans love him. And that's going to be a very interesting setting, in San Bernardino. That thing’s sold out already. And it’s going to be a great, great night.”

Guatemalan Martinez is 19-0-1 (16 KOs) and the draw came in a war with Christian Mbilli in Las Vegas in September.

While just seven pounds separates Lopez and Martinez, Lopez has designs on one day moving up to 200lbs.

As yet, the two rising contenders have not shared any rounds, even though they have shared a gym.

Martinez is trained by Brian “BoMac” McIntyre and has previously been part of Terence Crawford’s set-up.

“I would love that sparring,” said Farrait.

“He’s a ‘68, Najee’s a’ 75. Yeah. If Lester goes up, Lester’s not going to be a big ’75. Lester’s not a big guy to begin with. He’s a skilled, tough hombre that can fight, with skill. So I don’t know if that can happen. Maybe in the future they will. But Najee’s a big guy. And when Najee’s in the beginning of camp, Najee is even bigger. He’s going to hit cruiserweight. 

“Najee will want to get a title at 175 and [then move to] cruiserweight. And imagine him at cruiserweight with the speed he has and the movement. That’s why he was dangerous as a heavyweight in the amateurs. He was shifty, speed, power, and he was 206 pounds. That’s why I moved him down to ‘75. 

“He was walking around undisciplined, eating what he wants. He’s a solid light heavyweight, but I could see him going cruiserweight, absolutely.”