DAZN's main event will feature the WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney defending against aging Yuriorkis Gamboa from Hollywood, Florida.
Haney, who received the WBC title when Vasyl Lomachenko was promoted to the organization's ridiculous "franchise" champion and therefore cost boxing a four title unified champion when Teofimo Lopez upset Lomachenko, is still an extremely talented young fighter and is one of several top-notch lightweights that can make great fights over the next few years.
Sadly that great fight will not likely be Saturday against the well-worn Gamboa, who suffered an Achilles injury in his last fight against Gervonta Davis, where Gamboa fought better than expected but never bothered "Tank" before being stopped in the final round.
Haney, who received the WBC title when Vasyl Lomachenko was promoted to the organization's ridiculous "franchise" champion and therefore cost boxing a four title unified champion when Teofimo Lopez upset Lomachenko, is still an extremely talented young fighter and is one of several top-notch lightweights that can make great fights over the next few years.
Sadly that great fight will not likely be Saturday against the well-worn Gamboa, who suffered an Achilles injury in his last fight against Gervonta Davis, where Gamboa fought better than expected but never bothered "Tank" before being stopped in the final round.
Gamboa will be the best name on Haney's record after this projected win, but that shows how soft Haney's opposition has been thus far in his career.
The main attraction to this one is comparing how Haney performs against Gamboa against Gervonta Davis's win over Gamboa.
Other than that, this is a showcase bout...
Fox will have an all-heavyweight card in primetime from PBC, which will likely be an infomercial for the upcoming Errol Spence- Danny Garcia with some heavyweight matches of less than world-class caliber to help fill out the time slot.
The main event has the return of former world title challenger Luis "King Kong" Ortiz against Alexander Flores.
Ortiz has been out of the ring for a year since his seventh-round knockout loss to then-WBC champion Deontay Wilder, in which Ortiz won the first six rounds and then was knocked out by one Wilder right hand in the seventh.
The 41-year-old Ortiz is boxing on borrowed time and is being fed Alexander Flores in an effort to build Ortiz up for one more run in the suddenly sparse PBC portion of the heavyweight decision.
Flores has a solid record at 18-2-1, but only three fights scheduled for more than eight rounds, only two fighters that are name heavyweights (Joseph Parker and Charles Martin) and lasted only three and four rounds against those two for his two losses.
If Ortiz has only his punch left, this could be very ugly and perhaps a highlight reel knockout.
In the boxing challenge, I lead Ramon Malpica 153-144.
WBC Lightweight Title. 12 Rds
Devin Haney vs Yuriorkis Gamboa
R.L: Haney KO 5
TRS: Haney KO 8
TRS: Haney KO 8
Heavyweights. 10 Rds
Luis Ortiz vs Alexander Flores
R.L: Ortiz KO 6
TRS: Ortiz KO 3
TRS: Ortiz KO 3
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