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The main event will pair Erickson "The Hammer" Lubin against former Olympian Terrell Gausha in an eliminator for the WBC junior middleweight title.
Lubin was highly touted as a prospect before being destroyed in one round in his only title shot against WBC champion Jermell Charlo in 2018 and hasn't been overly impressive since his return.
Lubin has been knocking out lower-level opponents, but last time out, Lubin went the distance with Nathaniel Gallimore, who was stopped by Sebastian Fundora in his next fight.
Gausha is a solid, but unspectacular fighter that lost to Erislandy Lara and drew with Austin Trout in his only two attempts against top ten opposition, although I thought Gausha deserved the decision against Trout.
In a division controlled by PBC, the winner does have many options but I'm not sure either is to the standards of the best in the division.
I have doubts that Lubin can take a good shot (none of his post-Charlo wins have come against a good puncher) and while I think Gausha is a good fighter, he will have to show that he is more than a solid fighter that isn't quite title grade.
The co-feature brings back Tug Nyambayar in a ten round featherweight fight against Cobia Breedy.
Nyambayor rallied late in his title challenge of WBC champion Gary Russell but had given away too many early rounds on the scorecards to pull out the upset win.
The undefeated Breedy is making a huge leap forward in competition and unless he is a diamond in the rough appears to be out of his element against Nyambayar
The curtain-raiser features the top prospect in boxing in my opinion as welterweight Jaron "Boots" Ennis faces veteran warhorse Juan Carlos Abreu.
Ennis has looked sensational in his twenty-five wins, knocking out twenty-three of his opponents, and no opponent has lasted six complete rounds against the Philadelphia bomber.
Ennis faces his first test in Abreu, who is a gatekeeper in the division as with losses to contenders Egid Kavaliauskas, Alexander Besputin, Jamal James, and former junior lightweight and lightweight champion Humberto Soto, holds a victory over former contender Jesus Soto-Karass, and has never been knocked out in any of his five defeats.
If Ennis can stop Abreu, it will be a very impressive feat.
ESPN+ and Top Rank will have a card on the same night with the main event pitting former IBF junior lightweight and WBO lightweight champion Jose Pedraza facing Javier Molina in a junior welterweight match of 2008 Olympians.
Pedraza will be in his second fight since losing to contender Jose Zepeda in his first fight at 140 pounds, while Molina, who has been a mild disappointment as pro, upset former world title challenger Amir Imam in his last bout in February.
The winner could be in contention for a future title shot in the Top Rank-dominated division or at least a possible title eliminator.
In the boxing challenge, I lead Ramon Malpica 107-99.
Junior Middleweights. 12 Rds
Erickson Lubin vs Terrell Gausha
Both: Lubin Unanimous Decision
Featherweights. 10 Rds
Tug Nyambayar vs Cobia Breedy
R.L: Nyamabayar KO 8
TRS: Nayambayar KO 5
Welterweights. 10 Rds
Jaron Ennis vs Juan Carlos Abreu
R.L: Ennis KO 3
TRS: Ennis KO 5
Junior Welterweights. 10 Rds
Jose Pedraza vs Javier Molina
Both: Pedraza Unanimous Decision
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