Current WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas will meet O'Shaquie Foster in San Antonio with Vargas making a decision on which title he will retain should he win.
Vargas won the featherweight crown in his last outing with a mild upset of Mark Magsayo via a split decision in San Antonio last July while Foster has tried to stay busy after his best win over Miguel Roman in 2020 with a ninth-round knockout.
I'm not sure how much action this fight might have as neither man is known for punching power and Foster strikes me as a fighter that hung around (Foster has been a pro for eleven years) long enough to finally have a shot at a title but might be a level below championship caliber.
The co-feature is a welterweight pairing between Mario Barrios and Jovanie Santiago with neither being able to afford a defeat.
Barrios has lost his last two fights, losing by KO to Gervonta Davis and a unanimous decision to Keith Thurman last February but Santiago isn't anywhere near the quality of Davis and Thurman so a loss for Barrios would drop him to non-contender status.
Santiago also has lost his two recent fights to a past-his-prime Adrien Broner and by knockout to Gary Antuanne Russell and isn't quite world-class even at his best.
Still. Santiago won the fight vs Broner on my card, so a win here could save his career as more than an opponent.
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