Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario had been theoretically one struggle aside from colliding for the unified junior middleweight crown.
They now meet with their respective careers at stake.
Each boxers are set for his or her scheduled ten-round bout above the middleweight restrict. Hurd was 162.4 kilos, whereas Rosario weighed proper on the 164-pound contract restrict.
Their anticipated conflict headlines a ProBox TV present from ProBox TV Occasions Middle in Plant Metropolis, Florida.
Hurd (25-3, 17 knockouts), 33, returned to the win column in his final ring look. The previous WBA/IBF 154-pound titleholder stopped Tyi Edmonds (14-6, 9 KOs) within the fourth spherical final Dec. 8 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The win snapped a two-fight skid for Hurd, each of which got here in a much-needed transfer to middleweight. Tuesday’s weight simply shy of his profession heaviest 163 kilos within the win over Edmonds.
At his greatest, Hurd—born and bred in Accokeek, Maryland—dominated the 154-pound division for greater than a 12 months. He unified the belts in an April 2018 win over Erislandy Lara. Their memorable conflict was honored by the Boxing Writers Affiliation of America because the 2018 Combat of the Yr. His reign ended 13-months later in a Could 2019 upset defeat to Julian ‘J-Rock’ Williams (29-4-1, 17 KOs).
Rosario (24-4-1, 18 KOs) was the benefactor of that altering of the guard.
The 29-year-old Miami-based Dominican dethroned Williams by way of fifth-round knockout in Jan. 2020. Rosario traveled to Williams’ hometown to grab the belts, although his reign was short-lived. He suffered an eighth-round knockout to Jermell Charlo of their Sept. 2020 RING/WBC/WBA/IBF unification bout.
Rosario was then stopped within six rounds by Erickson Lubin in June 2021. He has since received 4 of his final 5 begins, all at middleweight or heavier.
Each boxers had been recurrently showcased on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) reveals. One other common on that circuit was Michael Angeletti who faces Geraldo Valdez in a ten-round bantamweight contest.
Angeletti (11-0, 7 KOs), who hails from Spring, Texas, was 117.8 kilos. Santo Domingo’s Valdez (16-1, 11 KOs) weighed 117 kilos as he goals to increase a six-fight win streak.
Under are the weights for the remainder of the undercard, which begins at 8:00 p.m. ET.
8 rounds, heavyweight
Ivan Dychko (13-0, 12 KOs), Kissimmee, Florida by way of Rudniy, Kazakhstan, 236 kilos
Craig Lewis (15-7-1, 8 KOs), Detroit, Michigan, 263.8 kilos
8 rounds, junior light-weight
Dominic Valle (9-0, 7 KOs), Lutz, Florida,130.6 kilos
Kevin Piedrahita (9-2, 8 KOs), Las Vegas by way of Pereira, Colombia, 131 kilos
6 rounds, junior welterweight
Tristan Gallichan (5-0-1, 3 KOs), Florida, 139.8 kilos
Renny Viamonte (3-1, 2 KOs), Las Vegas by way of La Isla, Cuba, 138.6 kilos
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