There is a world title at risk on the ESPN/Top Rank card from New York as recent Top Rank signee O'Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC junior lightweight title against Abraham "Super" Nova.
Foster won his title last year on a PBC card in upsetting WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas and then defended it on a Matchroom show against mandatory challenger Rocky Hernandez by saving his title by stopping Hernandez in the final round with Foster behind on two of the three cards entering the last stanza.
Nova has lost only once but was punished in that loss against his best opponent, Robiesy Ramirez, who stopped Nova in five rounds.
Nova has won twice since then but who knows if Nova is of world-class status?
I kinda hope so, as Nova can make fun fights, has some personality with his traveling mascot, and would be entertaining as a world champion.
The other two challenge fights are from DAZN/Matchroom with a rematch for the IBF junior flyweight title as Adrian Curiel attempts to duplicate his November upset of Sivenathi Nontshinga.
Curiel had only four knockouts in his then-twenty-three victories as a heavy underdog to Nontshinga in Monaco but landed a crushing right hand in the second round to win the title surprisingly.
The co-feature is an interesting fight at junior lightweight as former minor featherweight champion Mauricio Lara attempts to start his comeback against Daniel Lugo.
Lara, who looked like a buzzsaw in cutting through Josh Warrington and Leigh Wood in impressive knockout wins, missed weight for his rematch vs Wood and looked very slow in losing a clear decision to Wood.
Lara will be facing an unknown in Lugo, who has an impressive record of 27-2 but has fought many fighters with losing records, so Lugo will have questions to answer against Lara.
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