MANILA – Filipino Donnie Nietes, the WBO minimumweight champion, is set for his title defense against Mexican Manuel Vargas on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in Mexico.

Nietes arrived Monday evening in Tepic, Nayarit, which is a small coastal town west of Mexico City, reported Dong Secuya of PhilBoxing.com.

The Nietes-Vargas bout is part of “Latin Fury XI”, which will be held at the El Palenque de la Feria.

The event is headlined by the fights of Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. vs Jason LeHoullier, and Fernando Montiel vs Alejandro Valdez.

Meantime, another match in the “Latin Fury XI” fight card pits a Filipino against a Mexican. The said fight is between RP’s Z Gorres and Cruz Carbajal.