The suddenly underwhelming PBC on Fox card will still take place on Sunday with what appears to be a card better suited for their FS1 platform rather than network prime time television with Charlo against late replacement Jorge Cota.
Cota, who is 1-3 against notable competition and only his loss to Erickson Lubin via fourth-round KO is a top ten loss, will attempt to pull a massive upset against a Charlo that is less than thrilled to be without his title and disappointed that Harrison will not be the fighter across the ring as scheduled.
This looks to be all Charlo in a very likely lopsided fight.
The co-main event features the continuation of the career rehabilitation of Guillermo Rigondeaux after his loss to Vasyl Lomachenko and signing with PBC.
Rigondeaux faces former WBC junior featherweight champion Julio Ceja in a WBC title eliminator that will determine the mandatory contender for champion Rey Vargas.
Ceja has fought just three times since his title losing first-round knockout loss to Hugo Ruiz in February 2016, but will have a punchers chance (28 KO's in his 32 wins) against Rigondeaux in the unlikely chance that Ceja has to reach the fleet Rigondeaux with a clean shot.
This fight likely will see Rigondeaux either play it safe boxing and win every round or try to get Ceja out early and take a chance on getting hit.
Either way, it'll take a hail mary from Ceja to have a chance in this one...
Tonight (Friday) in Indio California, DAZN and Golden Boy will offer what should be the most exciting fight of the weekend as Andrew Cancio defends his minor title against Alberto Machado in a rematch from Cancio's shocking win in February,
Machado was heavily favored to move past Cancio into a possible fight against any of the three champions at the weight (WBA champ Gervonta Davis in a mandated fight, WBC champion Miguel Berchelt in what would have been an exciting war or IBF titleholderTevin Farmer in a fight that would have been easy to make with both fighters with DAZN) and seemed to be on his way after knocking down Cancio in the first round.
However, Machado quickly ran out of gas after struggling to make the weight and Cancio knocked Machado down three times in the fourth round to win the fight.
Machado activated his contractual option for a rematch and here we are.
Machado is rumored to have had an easier time making the weight and a better training camp, but Cancio has the advantage of winning the first time out.
If Machado is at his best, he is the biggest puncher and better boxer, the question is he at his best?
The co-feature offers WBO light flyweight champion, Angel Acosta, defending his title against Elwin Soto.
Acosta, who will be making the fourth defense of his title, has won all twenty of his wins via knockout, while Soto's two fights in 2019 were against fighters with records of 3-13 and 0-14.
Acosta will be a different animal than anything Soto has faced before and it'll be interesting to see how Soto reacts to that.
I lead Ramon Malpica 147-132 in the boxing challenge
Junior Lightweights. 12 Rds
Andrew Cancio vs Alberto Machado
R.L: Cancio KO 10
TRS: Machado KO 8
WBO Light Flyweight Title. 12 Rds
Angel Acosta vs Elwin Soto
R.L: Acosta KO 5
TRS: Acosta KO 6
Junior Middleweights. 12 Rds
Jermell Charlo vs Jorge Cota
R.L: Charlo KO 6
TRS: Charlo KO 3
Junior Featherweights. 12 Rds
Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Julio Ceja
R.L: Rigondeaux KO 10
TRS: Rigondeaux KO 4
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