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[Tatari Gami]

I've got some floor seats to a local card next week.

The main event is a twelve rounder between local guy Ray Oliveira v. Golden Johnson of San Antonio. Oliveira is about the best local guy we've got, ranked 14 in the world at Welterweight (43-8-2, 20 KO's). A little over the hill in his early 30's, but impressive in his wins. Most of his losses have come against quality guys, including Vernon Forrest, Ben Tackie, Zack Padilla and Reggie Green.

This fight is probably a warm up to better days, like maybe a rematch against Forrest, or fight against Mickey Ward. His opponent, Johnson (22-7-2, 16 KOs), is the cousin of former light-heavytweight champ Reggie Johnson. Not exactly a tomato can, but clearly an "opponent."

Anyway, I enjoy these local fights and expect to have a great time.