The Grand Slam Costa del Sol boxing returns to Estepona in its edition ‘The Challenge’ with the fight of Navid Mansouri and Cristopher Mena, and the Professional Title of Andalusia.

Several of the most outstanding international fighters will take part in the tournament, which will be held on February 3 at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos. The event will start at 4:30 p.m. with the amateur gala, and at 8:00 p.m. the professional gala will begin.

The Estepona City Council informs that this Saturday, February 3 returns to the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos of the city the Gran Slam Costa del Sol of Boxing, in its edition ‘The Challenge’, organized by the Club K-9 Estepona, in collaboration with the Consistory.

This consolidated sports show will take place in an exclusive atmosphere, with a spectacular staging, and as master of ceremonies will be the great speaker Nacho ‘La Voz’ Gutierrez.

In fact, this edition will be the most brutal; as the main event of professional boxing 8 Rounds ‘heart attack’ with the Boxing Slam Series Belt, the local star Cristopher Mena ‘The Black Mamba’ (4-6-3) will face the former English Middleweight champion based in Marbella, Navid Mansouri (21-4-2), in what will be the most anticipated and important fight in the career of the Spanish, because if he manages to beat the Englishman would be placed as a strong contender for the Middleweight Professional Title of Spain.

The show is guaranteed with this great fight that, in the words of the local boxer, “needs more than ever the support of all his people and his people to be able to beat this very difficult opponent. According to him, “I am training like never before to present myself in the best physical conditions to fight Navid in the 8 rounds of this fight, which will be a hell because I will give everything to keep this belt in Estepona”.

At the level of Professional K-1 will be held 8 fights, among which the Andalusian Professional Kick Boxing Title in 65 kg, which will dispute the Estepona athlete Lucas ‘La Furia’ Fernandes in his return to the ring against Fran Sanchez, two great Super Fights that will face the Marbella Ayoub Hmidi with Gabriel Pereira de Paracuellos and Campanillas Fran ‘Sidi’ Ramirez against the very well known fighter from Madrid Nacho Menen. You can also enjoy the return to the ring in Estepona of our current Spanish Professional Champion Hassan ‘Predator’ Jose Plaza and Alfonso Gomez. And as the main bout of this section, we will have the rematch between two veterans of the ring: Maxi from Granada against Samuel Sanchez ‘Chopo’ from Marbella, with whom he will settle accounts 15 years after their confrontation, so the show is guaranteed.

The event will open doors at 16:00 hours and will begin at 16:30 hours with the first part of the amateur gala of Muay Thai, K-1 and Kick Boxing, highlighting the participation of locals Jorge, Gago and Lobato of the Club k-9 Estepona, as well as the return to the ring of Marbellí Vily Bull Jr. in the heavyweight. At 19:00 hours the second amateur boxing gala will take place with 5 fights, where the return of the English Victoria Lomax stands out, in a rematch against Luna Hurtado from Granada, in what may be her last amateur fight, since the promoter and Victoria’s team are working for her jump to pay-per-view boxing. Finally, at 8:00 p.m. the professional gala will begin.

Tickets, with limited capacity, have an early bird price of 22 euros until Friday 2, which will change to its normal price of 30 euros. For more information and booking tickets or tables, interested parties can contact 659141333 and 654023386, and social networks @granslamk9costadelsol (Instagram) and Gran Slam Costa del Sol (Facebook).