On Friday from Managua, Nicaragua, Jonathan Gonzalez defends his WBO junior flyweight title against Gerardo Zapata on ESPN+.
Gonzalez was forced to drop out of a unification fight with WBA and WBC champion Kenshiro Teraji earlier this year and is using this fight as both a homecoming and an opportunity to round in shape before the expected bout against Teraji.
Zapata is 14-1-1 and making his first chance at a world championship.
Editor's Note; Gonzalez has pulled out of this fight due to illness.
Saturday night on DAZN from Cancun, Mexico, O'Shaquie Foster will make the first defense of his WBC junior lightweight championship against Rocky Hernandez, his mandatory challenger.
Foster upset WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas by a unanimous decision in February for the title vacated by Shakur Stevenson and is known for a slick and defensive style.
Hernandez can crack with 31 knockouts in his 34 wins but his only loss was against the best fighter on his resume, former WBA champion Roger Gutierrez in 2019 via first-round knockout.
The interesting part of this fight is that Hernandez's top question mark, his chin, is countered by Foster's weak point- his lack of power.
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