FIGHT WEEK
KO artist and social media star Ryan Garcia returns to the ring in opposition to veteran Javier Fortuna on Saturday in Los Angeles.
ARNOLD BARBOZA JR. (26-0, 10 KOS) VS. DANIELITO ZORRILLA (16-0, 12 KOS)
- When: Friday, July 15
- Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (most important occasion later in present)
- The place: Pechanga Resort & On line casino, Temecula, California
- TV/Stream: ESPN, ESPN+
- Division: Junior welterweight (140 kilos)
- Rounds: 10
- At stake: No main titles
- Pound-for-pound rating: None
- Odds: NA
- Additionally on the cardboard: Raymond Muratalla vs. Jair Valtierra, lightweights; Richard Torrez Jr. vs. Roberto Zavala Jr., heavyweights
- Prediction: Barboza UD
- Background: Barboza, ranked by two of the 4 main sanctioning our bodies, has set his sights on the most important names within the light-weight division however has but to get his large battle. Within the meantime, he’ll face the comparatively unknown, however succesful Zorrilla. Barboza is an efficient, skilled boxer with restricted punching energy. The 30-year-old from the Los Angeles space has been beating strong opponents for 4 or 5 years, together with a unanimous choice victory over Antonio Moran final August. He mentioned he hasn’t fought since then as a result of he was holding out for an enormous battle however has to accept Zorrilla for now. The 28-year-old Puerto Rican isn’t any pushover. He too is a proficient boxer – the results of a profitable newbie profession – and he can punch, as he demonstrated by stopping veteran Pablo Cesar Cano in two rounds final September. Zorrilla hasn’t fought since that battle.
RYAN GARCIA (22-0, 18 KOS) VS. JAVIER FORTUNA (37-3-1, 26 KOS)
- When: Saturday, July 16
- Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m.. PT (most important occasion later in present)
- The place: Crypto.com Enviornment, Los Angeles
- TV/Stream: DAZN
- Division: Light-weight (135 kilos)
- Rounds: 12
- At stake: No main titles
- Pound-for-pound rating: None
- Odds: Garcia 8-1 favourite (common of a number of shops)
- Additionally on the cardboard: Alexis Rocha vs. Samuel Kotey, welterweights; Lamont Roach Jr. vs. Angel Rodriguez, junior lightweights; Ricardo Sandoval vs. David Jimenez, flyweights
- Prediction: Garcia KO 8
- Background: Light-weight knockout artist Ryan Garcia continues his comeback in opposition to a tricky, confirmed veteran in Javier Fortuna. Garcia, who left boxing for greater than 15 months to cope with psychological and bodily points, easily outpointed capable Emmanuel Tagoe in his return bout this previous April to reenforce his repute as a high 135-pounder. The 23-year-old social media star from the Southern California desert is a first-rate candidate to face the highest fighters within the division, together with titleholder Devin Haney, Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko. He’ll first need to get previous Fortuna, a 33-year-old one-time title contender from the Dominican Republic. Fortuna, who relies outdoors Boston, misplaced a large choice to former beltholder Joseph Diaz Jr. for an interim title in July of final 12 months. He rebounded to cease Rafael Hernandez within the first spherical in February. His solely title shot got here in 2018, when he misplaced a break up choice to then-champion Robert Easter Jr.
ALSO FIGHTING THIS WEEK
WEDNESDAY
- Kazuto Ioka vs. Donnie Nietes, junior bantamweights (for Ioka’s WBO title), Tokyo (no U.S. TV)
THURSDAY
- Quinton Randall vs. Ivan Pandzic, welterweights, Toppenish, Washington (UFC Battle Move)
FRIDAY
- Uwel Hernandez vs. Kamer Maloku, tremendous middleweights, Wuppertal, Germany (FITE)
SATURDAY
- Michael Eifert vs. Adriano Sperandio, gentle heavyweights, Magdeburg, Germany (ESPN+)
