Professional boxer Raiko Santana will get the opportunity of a lifetime on Saturday.

The 32-year-old native of Cuba, who has lived in El Paso for three years, will fight American Steven Nelson in a 10-round super middleweight fight on the preliminary undercard of the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford super middleweight title fight at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

Santana is 12-4 with six knockouts and faces the sternest test in his career when he faces Nelson, who is 20-1, in a scheduled 10-round fight. The fight will be on YouTube. The YouTube version of the fight card begins at 3:30 p.m. MT/4:30 p.m. CT.

Background on Raiko Santana

Santana last fought on Feb. 15 at Memorial Gym in El Paso and defeated 11-2 Marquis Moore. He has won four of his last five fights, also defeating p

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