Undefeated #5 WBO 154-lb contender Xander Zayas (18-0, 12 KOs) squares off in opposition to Brazilian knockout artist Patrick Teixeira (34-4, 25 KOs) on a ten-round testing struggle on ESPN.
Zayas, 21, is being moved rapidly by his promoter, Bob Arum, to benefit from His Excellency’s curiosity within the 154-lb division. If he’s fortunate, he can get an opportunity to face Terence Crawford earlier than he leaves the division to move as much as 168.
Combat Evening Particulars
The primary card for tonight’s Zayas vs. Teixeira contest begins at 11 pm. ET/8 pm. PT, dwell on ESPN from the Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
B247 might be giving dwell updates, and the outcomes of tonight’s motion are under.
Flyweight Andy Dominguez (11-1, 6 KOs) received an entertaining eight-round majority choice over Christopher Rios (10-2, 7 KOs) in a traditional phonebooth sort of struggle.
Rios landed the tougher pictures, however Dominguez’s punch output was spectacular and clearly what the judges checked out when scoring the struggle.
The judges’ scores have been 76-76, 78-74, and 77-75.
Junior middleweight Jahi Tucker (11-1-1, 5 KOs) dominated the robust Quincy LaVallais (17-5-1, 12 KOs), profitable a large eight spherical unanimous choice. The scores have been 80-72, 80-72 and 80-72.
Tucker incessantly trapped LaVallias in opposition to the ropes and hit him nonstop pictures with out worrying about what would come again. It was stunning the struggle wasn’t halted as a result of LaVallias took an unlimited quantity of punishment from the 21-year-old Tucker.
Tremendous featherweight Ofacio Falcon (12-0, 6 KOs) boxed his technique to a six-round unanimous choice over Antonio Dunton El Jr. (5-3-2, 2 KOs). The choose’s scores have been 59-54, 60-53, and 60-53. Dunton El Jr. was down within the second from a jab. He was hit when he was off stability and fell over.
Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Ali Feliz (2-0, 2 KOs) obliterated Lemir Isom Riley (4-3, 2 KOs), stopping him within the first spherical. Feliz, 20, caught Riley with an ideal proper to the top to place him down on the canvas. The referee, Eddie Claudio, stopped the struggle at 1:25 of the spherical.
The chief help bout has featherweight Bruce Carrington preventing Brayan De Gracia in a ten-round struggle.
The preliminary card might be proven on ESPN+, starting at 7:30 p.m. ET
Zayas hasn’t confronted sufficient well-known opposition as of but for him to get his title on the market. Nonetheless, he could possibly be heading for stardom, particularly with the junior middleweight division opening up with Crawford campaigning within the division and Tim Tszyu being dethroned.
Social Media Presence: A Lacking Piece
What’s lacking with Zayas is his social media presence. He doesn’t have a powerful social media presence the way in which he ought to, and his administration must work with him on this. He can’t anticipate his promoters at Prime Rank to singlehandedly flip him right into a star with out him speaking it up on Instagram and X.
