Arena Wars Fight Series and match maker Keith Weir are returning to Clackamas and the Camp Withycombe Armory on September 19th with a card featuring seven pro boxing matches and one Muay Thai bout.
A super welterweight bout will see a clash of unbeatens as Shamar Woolery (5 0) faces Pedro Torres (5 0) in a five round affair. Woolery will return to the ring after fighting in August while Torres is coming off a knockout win in April. While Woolery enters the ring with the ability to boast about winning his fights by knocking out his opponents, Torres can make the case that he has faced tougher opponents. Both men fought as amateurs, and that experience has served them well in the professional ranks. This shapes up as a puncher versus a boxer on paper, but it could also resort to being a fight that sees both men throwing hard shots to end the fight before it hits round five.
A five round lightweight fight will pit Apolinar Lopez (2 1) against Jerrell Lane (1 1 1). Lopez has won in his last two outings, though he was in tough in each of them, scoring a majority decision against Blaiwas Eaglepipe and a unanimous decision when he faced Maurico Huerta. Lane has also been in some tough matches, fighting to draw with Agustin Tovar, scoring a unanimous decision against Reith Duir before dropping a unanimous decision to David Cruz Tapia in a fight that was quite close. Lopez last fought in November of ’25 while this will be Lane’s third fight this year. That could give an edge to Lane, though Lopez’ athleticism will likely serve him well.
Unbeaten Jorge Garcia-Ponce (6 0 1) will step in to face Jovan Alayon (2 1 1) in a five round super welterweight bout. Garcia-Ponce made short work of his first four opponents before stepping up to fight a couple of tough fighters in Luis Iniguez, where he scored a unanimous decision win, and Brandon Watley, who he fought to a split draw before gaining a majority decision in the rematch. Alayon will have to be aware of Garcia-Ponce's power right and his quick movement in the ring. And on the other side, Alayon does carry some power, and he showed that with a first round knockout in his second fight as a professional. Alayon has also fought as a bare kncukle figter, and that can test one's toughness.
Super bantamweight fighters are generally quick and like to throw a lot of punches. Gilberto Tapia Soto (0 1) will step in against Alexander Munoz (debut) in a fight scheduled for four rounds. Sotos lost a unanimous decision in May in a fight in which had the outcome of one round been different, the fight would have ended in a draw. Though this is his pro debut, Munoz brings his experience as an amateur to the ring.
Super lightweights David Cruz Tapia (1 0) and Reith Duir (0 2) are scheduled for a four round fight. Tapia took a close unanimous decision in his pro debut. Duir has come up short in his two outings, but in each he has gone the distance. Duir has more amateur experience in the ring, and having fought more rounds could work to his advantage when facing Tapia.
Oscar Arriga (0 4 1) last fought in October of ’25 in a fight that resulted in a split draw. And though that may not have been the result Arriga wanted, it was a fight that showed he had improved when looked at in light of his previous four fights. He will face David Baltazar Calderon (debut) in a four round welterweight bout. Arriga has faced tough opposition, and in the battle of pro fighters that can be an advantage. However, Calderon brings a pretty solid amateur career to the fight, having fought in the Golden Gloves tournament.
Emmanuel Ojeda (3 2) is looking to get back in the win column after losing in his last two outings to unbeaten fighters. That alone says something about Ojeda in that he went the distance in both fights and did not let up in either of them. Prior to the losses, Ojeda had dropped only two rounds in three fights. Ojeda will face Gary Anderson Jr (debut) in a four round super featherweight fight. Though Anderson brings some amateur experience to the ring, he will have to rely on that to counter Ojeda’s nonstop pressure.
Rounding out the card will be three a Muay Thai bout that will see Malique Lee make his debut in facing Christopher Burgett (1 1). The fight will be contested at middleweight. Burgett scored a knockout in in fifty eight seconds in his last fight.
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