Mikiah Kreps will get an acceptable check for her first important occasion.
The unbeaten rising junior featherweight will face former two-division titlist Mayerlin Rivas on Oct. 4. Their scheduled ten-round regional title struggle will air dwell on ESPN Knockout from Seneca Niagara Occasions Middle in Kreps’ hometown of Niagara Falls, New York.
“We’ve seen Mikiah develop into the principle occasion slot,” mentioned promoter Felix ‘Tutico’ Zabala Jr., head of All Star Boxing, Inc. “She has fought constantly on our Seneca Battle Night time sequence and expanded her fanbase.
“Mikiah is a good prospect who has to maintain passing these check with the intention to struggle for a world title. It will be a fantastic scene to deliver that title struggle to Niagara Falls.”
The matchup is a pure order of development for Kreps (8-0, 3 knockouts). Her final struggle was an eight-round win over former title challenger Melissa Oddessa Parker on Oct. 4 at this very venue. She has now superior to the highest 5 in each the WBA and WBO, and intends struggle for a title inside her subsequent couple of bouts.
For now, Kreps will gladly accept the hardest check of her profession—on paper, anyway—in her debut as a headlining act.
“It feels nice to be combating once more at dwelling,” said the 28-year-old Kreps, a four-year professional. “This time, with a belt on the road.”
Rivas (17-5-3, 11 KOs) is at the moment on a two-fight winless streak. Nonetheless, she is a former two-time WBA titleholder who stays among the many division’s finest fighters.
The Ring’s No. 5-rated junior featherweight gained the WBA 118-pound title in Jan. 2015 and made three profitable defenses. She then moved as much as 122 the place she gained the WBA belt. The feat got here in a Feb. 2020 choice win over unbeaten Laura Ledezma (14-0 on the time) on the street in Panama Metropolis, Panama.
Two profitable defenses adopted earlier than she dropped a aggressive ten-round choice to Erika Cruz (17-2-1, 3 KOs) final Nov. 18 in Inglewood, California.
“I’ve nothing to lose,” insisted Rivas. “I’m right here to present it my all as I at all times do, It’s all or nothing for me.”
The present additionally features a regional rivalry between Buffalo’s Gerffred Nagyot (7-2, 6 KOs) and Dunkirk’s Wilfredo Flores (10-3-1, 5 KOs).
All Star Boxing started the Seneca Battle Night time Collection in 2022, three years after debuting within the Western New York market. The corporate beforehand oversaw the decades-long Boxeo Telemundo sequence earlier than NBCUniversal opted out of the boxing enterprise after 2021.
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