By Francisco Salazar

Junior middleweight Michel Soro will fight Hector David Saldivia tonight.

The 12 round bout will take place at La Palestre in Le Cannet, France.

Soro (27-1-1, 17 KOs) has not fought since June 20 of last year, when he knocked out Emanuele Blandamura in the eighth round. The time spent away from the ring was reportedly due to managerial and promotional issues.

Soro's other meaningful bouts have been a knockout win over Glen Tapia and a competitive draw against Antoine Douglas.

He has been unbeaten in his last 10 bouts.

Saldivia (45-3, 35 KOs) has won his last four bouts in a row since being stopped by Kell Brook in the third round in October of 2012.

Saturday will be Saldivia's fifth fight outside of his native Argentina.

Also fighting on the card will be former interim middleweight world titleholder Hassan N'Dam (33-2, 19 KOs). He will face Tomasz Gargula in an eight round super middleweight bout.

N'Dam has won his last two bouts after dropping a 12 round unanimous decision to hard-hitting David Lemieux.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing