Angelo Leo has been given his own Day

On Saturday Januray 23rd Angelo Leo defends his WBO junior featherweight championship for the first time, but January 20th has been named his day in the city of Albuquerque.

The Albuquerque City Couil has delcared January 20th 2021 “Angelo Leo Day”. The city coucil will start their January 20th meeting with a cerimony hornoring Leo. Watch here ( https://youtu.be/IKRoKUx4iR0 ) at 3 pm MT. The 26-year-old is the sixth New Mexican & fifth Burqueiqno to win a Boxing world title joining Bob Foster, Johny Tapia, Danny Romero, Holly Holm, & Las Cruces’ Austin Trout.

Leo has twenty wins and no losses as a professional with nine wins by knockout. On August 1st Leo beat Tramaine Williams by unanimous decsion to win the WBO 122 lb. title. Originally Leo was going to face Stephon Fulton who was forced out after testing positive for Covid-19. This saturday on Showtime at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, Leo will defend against Fulton, who is unbeaten with 18 victories.

The Albuquerque City Council’s proclamation for ‘Angelo Leo Day’ is expected to read as follows:

WHEREAS, on August 1, 2020, Albuquerque native Angelo Leo captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Junior Featherweight World Title with a unanimous decision victory over Tramaine Williams at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut; and

WHEREAS, with an undefeated professional record of 20 victories, 0 defeats with nine knockouts, Angelo Leo is just the fourth native New Mexican to win a world boxing championship; and

WHEREAS, Angelo Leo is also the former World Boxing Organization NABO Super Bantamweight champion; and

WHEREAS, as an amateur boxer fighting out of Albuquerque’s South Valley, Angelo Leo won the Junior Golden Gloves, New Mexico Silver Gloves five times, and Regional Golden Gloves three times; and

WHEREAS, Angelo Leo was named the 2019 and 2020 New Mexico Boxer of the Year by Caged Minds Combat Sports, and SouthWest Fight News; and

WHEREAS, Angelo Leo overcame homelessness and now helps the less fortunate in his current hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada.

BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, HEREBY RECOGNIZES ANGELO LEO

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