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Nico Hernandez says December pro debut called off

Eagle staff
Nico Hernandez was scheduled to make his professional boxing debut Dec. 10 in Omaha, but he wrote on Facebook on Sunday that the bout is off.
Nico Hernandez was scheduled to make his professional boxing debut Dec. 10 in Omaha, but he wrote on Facebook on Sunday that the bout is off. Travis Heying File photo

Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez of Wichita said Sunday night that his Dec. 10 professional boxing debut has been canceled.

In a Facebook post, Hernandez wrote that his representatives and the promoter of the Dec. 10 card in Omaha “couldn’t come to proper terms so I will not be fighting December 10th.”

Hernandez also wrote that he hopes to fight in Kansas in January.

Hernandez, 20, won bronze in the light-flyweight division of the Olympic boxing tournament in August at Rio de Janeiro.

This story was originally published November 27, 2016 at 7:14 PM with the headline "Nico Hernandez says December pro debut called off."

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