Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora (22-1-1, KOs) is set to return to the ring on July 23rd at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA. The bout will be the main event televised by Telefutura. The “Latin Snake” will be taking on tough veteran Juan Carlos Candelo (30-10-4, 20KOs) of Columbia. The Columbian has been in the ring with names such as Winky Wright, Verno Phillips, Kassim Ouma and Marco Antonio Rubio amongst others.
Mora returns to the ring after an impressive 7th round stoppage of Calvin Green this past April on the televised pay per view undercard of Hopkins-Jones 2 in Las Vegas. The stoppage victory was Mora’s first fight in almost seventeen months.
“I felt rusty the first couple of rounds then I started to find my groove in the third round.”
The former “Contender” series star worked the body and landed numerous combinations in what was probably the most exciting fight of the evening.
With promotional and managerial issues behind him, Mora plans on being more active after essentially losing a year and a half of his career.
“I am signed with Golden Boy and Cameron Dunkin now so I shouldn’t have any problems being active,” he said. Mora has one goal in mind and that is capturing another world title. “I want to feel what I felt in 2008 when I won the junior welterweight title. That is what is driving me. I want a shot at a middleweight title.”
Fighting Juan Carlos Candelo is another step towards that goal.
“I am not taking Candelo lightly. My trainer Dean Campos is pushing me and I am training hard for this fight,” Mora stated after a training session. “I know I need to beat him to take another step in my quest.”
If everything goes as planned Mora would like to step up in his next fight and fight one of the top rated contenders in the middleweight division.