YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Area boxer Popo Salinas will step back into the ring next month in Las Vegas for the biggest fight of his career.

Salinas, (8-1) with 8 knockouts is fighting Duarn Vue (12-0-2) at the Cannery Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas.

The bout is September 26 and is a co- main event. The card is expected to be televised by FS1.

Seven of Salinas' bouts have been in the Mahoning Valley where he's unbeaten. He suffered his only loss to Oscar Duarte in 2015 in California.  His only other fight outside Ohio came in 2015 when he beat Jose Jiminez in Erie, Pennsylvania.