By Peter Lim

Juan Leija (8-1, 3 KOs) defends his Texas flyweight title against Ernesto Delgodillo (1-0) at the latest Savarese Boxing Promotions card at the Bayou City Events Center in his hometown of Houston tonight. Leija, 24, won the title via sixth round TKO over Markale Duncan in March.

Crowd favorite Medzhid Bektemirov (13-0, 10 KOs) returns to action against Shannon Miller (25-50-8, 18 KOs) n a six-round light heavyweight bout. And Latravia Pierce (2-0, 1KO) faces Lucia Osegueda (2-0) in a showdown between undefeated female lightweights.