Fanmio introduced a star-studded co-main occasion for “LAST MAN STANDING: DIAZ VS. MASVIDAL” as two-time middleweight world champion and boxing star Daniel “Miracle Man” Jacobs returns to motion to tackle the thrilling contender Shane Mosley Jr. in a 10-round tremendous middleweight showdown on Saturday, July 6 in a Fanmio PPV from Honda Heart in Anaheim, California.
Headlined by the a lot anticipated professional boxing battle between fight sports activities superstars Nate Diaz and Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal, the Fanmio PPV occasion will now boast this co-main occasion between star contenders seeking to undergo one another to make a press release on the massive stage.
“I can’t wait to get again within the ring and do what I really like most,” mentioned Jacobs. “I’ve been coaching and I really feel rejuvenated and able to make one other run to the highest. This can be a nice alternative on a giant platform because the co-main occasion to Diaz vs. Masvidal, and I’m coming to benefit from it. I’ve acquired a fantastic opponent, however don’t blink, as a result of I’m making ready to finish this combat in fashion.”
“I’m blessed and grateful for this chance,” mentioned Mosley Jr.. “It means so much to be combating on such a giant occasion and it’s much more motivating to be going up towards a legend within the sport. I’m grateful to Golden Boy and my complete group for making this potential. Don’t miss this combat on July 6.”
“My son is a really arduous employee, he’s a scholar of the sport and I consider he’s going to win this combat on July 6,” mentioned “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Famer & Mosley Jr.’s father. “I’ll be working with him in coaching and he’s going to look spectacular. Followers gained’t wish to miss it.”
“After we have been deciding on which combat to make for the co-main occasion to Diaz vs. Masvidal, we needed a combat like Daniel Jacobs vs. Shane Mosley Jr. that’s evenly matched with fighters the followers wish to see,” mentioned Fanmio CEO Solomon Engel. “Daniel is refreshed to make one other run at a world championship and Shane is at a brand new peak in his profession. We look ahead to watching these guys go at it on July 6.”
These two matchups prime a pay-per-view accessible now for pre-order at FANMIO.com for $79.99. Extra pay-per-view undercard matchups might be introduced shortly.
Tickets for the dwell occasion are on sale now beginning at solely $55 (plus relevant charges and taxes) and can be found by means of Ticketmaster. A restricted variety of VIP packages can be found beginning at $1,750. Packages, which embody the most effective ringside seats, all-inclusive hospitality in Honda Heart’s unique Impression Membership, the chance to step into the ring after the combat, VIP entry to the weigh-in and extra.
Fanmio will current the occasion in affiliation with Diaz’s Actual Combat Inc. and Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing Promotions.
One of the crucial inspirational figures on this technology of champions, Jacobs (37-4, 30 KOs) accomplished his highway from most cancers survivor to world champion in 2014 when he stopped Jarrod Fletcher within the fifth spherical to seize the vacant WBA Middleweight Championship. From there, the Brooklyn-native would go on to succeed in the pinnacles of the game, difficult middleweight greats Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin. He turned a world champion for the second time in 2018, as he edged out Sergiy Derevyanchenko to take house the IBF Middleweight World Championship in one of many yr’s most memorable bouts. His resume features a sequence of triumphs over former world champions together with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Sergio Mora twice, Caleb Truax, Ishe Smith and Peter Quillin, who Jacobs knocked out in spherical one in every of their all-Brooklyn showdown in December 2015.
The son of boxing Corridor of Famer Shane Mosley, Mosley Jr. (21-4, 12 KOs) has established his personal place within the sport and enters this combat on a four-bout profitable streak, together with KO triumphs in his final two outings. The 33-year-old Los Angeles space native now trains in Las Vegas and most just lately scored stoppage victories over D’Mitrius Ballard final June and Joshua Conley in December. Mosley fought his strategy to the ultimate spherical of the 2018 version of The Contender sequence, dropping a call to Brandon Adams within the finale. Mosley has by no means been stopped in his 4 defeats, with three of these losses coming narrowly through both cut up or majority resolution.
