Xander Zayas and Patrick Teixeira each efficiently weighed in on Friday for his or her ten-round junior middleweight struggle this Saturday night time, June eighth. Zayas (18-0, 12 KOs) battles Teixeira (34-4, 25 KOs) in a showcase match at Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
Prime Rank promoter Bob Arum hopes Zayas, 21, appears to be like spectacular as a result of he hopes to show him right into a star within the New York space. This struggle on Saturday shall be check to see whether or not Zayas is able to be moved up towards higher opposition.
The beginning time for the principle card is at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT. stay on ESPN+.
Featherweight Bruce Carrington faces Brayan De Gracia within the ten-round chief help struggle. Carrington (11-0, 7 KOs) is one other fighter that Arum believes can go far within the sport, and he’s placing him in with the massive puncher De Gracia to see how he performs towards an opponent with energy.
The primary card on ESPN at 11:00 p.m. ET/ 8:00 PT
– Xander Zayas 153.4 vs. Patrick Teixeira 153.4
– Bruce Carrington 125.4 vs. Brayan De Gracia 125
Preliminary card on ESPN+ at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT
– Tiger Johnson 141.2 vs. Tarik Zaina 142.6
– Andy Dominguez 111.8 vs. Cristopher Rios 111.8
– Jahi Tucker 160.2 vs. Quincy LaVallais 161.4
– Ofacio Falcon 129.8 vs. Antonio Dunton El Jr. 130.4
– Ali Feliz 220 vs. Lemir Isom-Riley 253.6
– Nisa Rodriguez 160.6 vs. Jordanne Garcia 165.2
“Xander, all people says, is the way forward for boxing in Puerto Rico. It is a showcase struggle towards an skilled, robust opponent [Teixeira]. If he’s profitable right here, he’s obtained an important future in boxing, however an excellent larger future right here in New York at Madison Sq. Backyard,” stated Prime Rank promoter Bob Arum to the Inform Us About That Boxing YouTube channel.
“So this can be a constructing for us and for him. It allows us to maintain the flame going for the Puerto Rican Day parade, which is such an enormous, large pageant in New York. We’re all the time serious about Puerto Rican fighters, and we groom our Puerto Rican fighters for different occasions, in fact, however notably on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade.
“I like Shu Shu [Bruce Carrington]. He’s a really charismatic child. He’s fan-friendly, it doesn’t matter what group your from, and he’s going to go a great distance on this sport as a result of folks love him and other people comply with him, and also you’ll see how many individuals on Saturday night time that come from Brownsville, Brooklyn, the place he lives to help him,” stated Arum.
