Most of the action will appear on ESPN+ on Saturday night with three of the matches from Las Vegas.
Former WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez and former WBA/IBF junior featherweight and WBA featherweight champion Carl Frampton return to the ring after absences for tuneup fights in their new division at 130 pounds.
Valdez faces veteran Andres Gutierrez, who lost to his best two opponents in Abner Mares and Cristian Mijares, but lasted with both of them while Frampton will fight undefeated Tyler McCreary, who is entering the fight after his best win, an eight-round split decision over Jessie Cris Rosales in July.
With victories, Valdez will tackle the division's top fighter in WBC champion Miguel Berchelt next time while Frampton would challenge WBO boss Jamel Herring.
The winners of those bouts could possibly unify against each other later in 2020 if mandatory challengers do not get into the way.
Late note; Andres Gutierrez missed weight for his fight against Oscar Valdez by a stunning ELEVEN pounds!
Gutierrez shouldn't be licensed to fight for at least one year after this stunt.
Valdez will still fight against once-beaten Adam Lopez, who was scheduled to fight on the undercard.
The other fight could be a fun and explosive fight for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title that was recently given up by Jaime Munguia as undefeated Carlos Adames of the Dominican Republic meets once-beaten Patrick Teixeira of Brazil.
Adames has beaten his best two opponents in his most recent fights with a decision over the late Patrick Day and a fourth-round knockout of veteran Frank Galarza. while Teixeira has won his last four including a decision win over Nathaniel Gallimore since his only loss, a second-round loss to veteran bomber Curtis Stevens.
ESPN+ will be streaming a card from London Saturday afternoon that will include one fight in the challenge that isn't the main event on the card as WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete will defend against John Reil Casimero of the Phillippines.
Tete decisioned Mikail Aloyan to defend his title in the first round of the World Boxing Super Series, but suffered an injury before his semi-final/unification fight against then-WBA champion Nonito Donaire and was replaced in the tournament.
It was a tough break for Tete, who style-wise might have been a very difficult fight for Donaire.
Tete has been mentioned as a possible opponent for Naoya Inoue by Inoue's new promoter Top Rank, so this is more than just a title defense for the South African champion.
Casimero was once the IBF flyweight champion and looked very impressive in winning the WBO interim title to be defended while Tete was injured, against Ricardo Espinoza with a final round knockout in an extremely close fight.
DAZN's main event from Monte Carlo will feature two undefeated Russian fighters that aren't promoted by Matchroom Boxing for a minor WBA title that was placed up for purse bid when the two promoters couldn't agree on a contract.
It's a stepping stone towards a big fight down the road with Alexander Besputin against Radzhab Butaev to basically have a minor belt and with luck maybe consideration for main WBA champion Manny Pacquiao eventually.
Both are mostly untested, although Besputin owns a unanimous decision win over fringe contender Juan Carlos Abreu as the best win of the pair.
I lead the boxing challenge over Ramon Malpica 278-246.
Junior Lightweights. 10 Rds
Oscar Valdez vs Adam Lopez
R.L: Valdez KO 4
TRS: Valdez KO 7
Junior Lightweights, 10 Rds
Carl Frampton vs Tyler McCreary
Both: Frampton Unanimous Decision
Vacant WBO Junior Middleweight Title 12 Rds
Carlos Adames vs Patrick Teixeira
R.L: Adames Unanimous Decision
TRS: Adames KO 4
WBO Bantamweight Title. 12 Rds
Zolani Tete vs John Riel Casimero
R.L: Tete Unanimous Decision
TRS; Casimero KO 11
Welterweights. 12 Rds
Alexander Besputin vs Radzhab Butaev
R.L: Butaev Unanimous Decision
TRS: Besputin Unanimous Decision
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