Former bantamweight titlist Fernando Montiel (43-3-2, 33 KOs) is set to make his ring return. Montiel, who was relieved of his two 118-pound belts when Nonito Donaire brutally knocked him out in the second round of their high-profile fight Feb. 19 in Las Vegas, will face Nehomar Cermeño (20-3, 12 KOs) on June 25 in Culiacan, Mexico, Zanfer promotions announced. “Rest assured that I’ll be at 100 percent,” said Montiel, 32, who is moving up one division to junior featherweight for the bout. Montiel, a former three-division titleholder, said he is still motivated to win a title in a fourth weight class, “but I am focused on Cermeño, a Venezuelan boxer who is very experienced. He beat Cristian Mijares twice and he’s hungry, like me, and wants to climb back to the top.” Cermeño beat Mijares in interim bantamweight title bouts. He also lost twice by split decision to Anselmo Moreno in 2010 bantamweight title fights.
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