A new champion will be crowned at the highest level of boxing tonight. The vacant IBF Bantamweight Championship will be up for grabs when former IBF Bantamweight Champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (21-2-(1), 13 KOs) meets IBF’s #4 ranked Melvin Lopez (29-1, 19 KOs) at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
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Rodriguez was initially ordered to fight Vincent Astrolabio for the vacant 135-lbs. title by the IBF, but after Astrolabio pursued a WBO title fight with Jason Moloney, the fight was scrapped.