Junior middleweight Xander Zayas fights tonight towards veteran Patrick Teixeira, reside on ESPN, within the 10-round most important occasion on the Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
The beginning time for tonight’s occasion on ESPN begins at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT. Preliminary motion begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Boxing Information 24 will give reside updates and outcomes of the motion under.
Junior middleweight prospect Jahi Tucker (11-1-1, 5 KOs) beat Quincy LaVallais (17-5-1, 12 KOs) by an eight-round unanimous resolution. Tucker, 21, hit LaVallias at will with uppercuts within the early rounds of the battle, hurting him at instances.
Someway, LaVallias went the space regardless of taking a ton of punishment. The scores have been 80-72, 80-72 and 80-72. The referee gave LaVallias a trip within the eighth spherical after Tucker hit him within the decrease again. Tucker did numerous showboating within the battle and confirmed immaturity.
Tucker’s lack of punching energy was an issue for him, as was his poor protection. LaVallias hit him with numerous clear photographs, and he was lucky that he wasn’t a much bigger puncher than this man.
Unbeaten tremendous featherweight prospect Ofacio Falcon (12-0, 6 KOs) defeated Antonio Dunton El Jr (5-3-2, 2 KOs) by a six-round unanimous resolution. The scores have been 59-54, 60-53 and 60-53.
Falcon knocked Dunton El Jr. down with a jab in spherical two. Dunton El Jr. was off stability when he was hit, inflicting him to fall.
For a lot of the battle, Dunton El Jr. pressured Falcon, however he couldn’t get to him attributable to his quick retreating motion, which was just like Shakur Stevenson’s quick toes. It wasn’t entertaining to observe for probably the most half, however Dunton El Jr. made it attention-grabbing together with his attacking fashion of the unbeaten Falcon.
Heavyweight prospect Ali Feliz (2-0, 2 KOs) destroyed badly over-matched Lemir Isom Riley (4-3, 2 KOs), knocking him out within the first spherical.
The 20-year-old Feliz landed a giant proper hand that dropped Riley on the canvas. Referee Eddie Claudio then stepped in and waved it off at 1:25 of the spherical.
Feliz’s efficiency was good. He confirmed that he’s received the ability to make him an element towards the highest heavyweight within the division. Nevertheless, Prime Rank will probably convey Feliz alongside slowly attributable to his age and restricted 6’2″ top.
Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington (11-0, 7 KOs) fights Brayan De Gracia (29-3-1, 25 KOs) within the 10-round co-feature bout in featherweight motion.
The 21-year-old undefeated 154-lb contender Zayas (18-0, 12 KOs) is being maneuvered by Prime Rank to be their subsequent star within the junior middleweight division.
It’s nonetheless too early to know if Zayas can observe within the footsteps of Puerto Rican giants Miguel Cotto and Felix Trinidad, however tonight’s battle with Teixeira (34-4, 25 KOs) will give followers a greater concept.
The Brazilian Teixeira has received his final three fights by early knockout since 2022.
