WBO Jr. featherweight champ Pagara to defend title in Calif.

SAN FRANCISCO — Undefeated fighter “Prince” Albert Pagara (W26-L0 with 18 KOs) will defend his WBO Intercontinental Jr. Featherweight Champion title against Mexican challenger, Cesar Juarez, in Fists of the Future on July 9 at the San Mateo Event Center, San Mateo, California.

The event also boasts six strong undercard bouts, touted as the San Francisco Bay Area’s most action-packed boxing event of the year. (Tickets can be purchased here. For more information, visit www.tfc-usa.com/fof/.

Fists of the Future fighters and the ALA Team visit the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco. On the left is Deputy Consul Jaime Ramon Ascalon, center is Consul General Henry S. Bensurto Jr. CONTRIBUTED

Pagara and Jason “El Nino” Pagara, as well as the ALA International team, paid an official visit with the Philippine Consul General to San Francisco, Honorable Henry Bensurto, Jr. and the Philippine diplomatic corps.

Bensurto noted that with the emergence of world-class Filipino fighters on the international boxing scene has brought pride to the Philippines.

Pagara had a public workout June 30 at Seafood City in Westborough, South San Francisco, followed by a 5 p.m. meet and greet. Pagara was joined by his guest, Filipino American boxing wonder kid, 9-year-old Cyrus “The Virus” Dizon, from Sunnyvale.