In the main event, two undefeated super middleweights face off in what could be each fighter's toughest test and establish again who the top challenger to undisputed world champion Canelo Alvarez truly is, no matter whom Alvarez fights next.
Former WBC champion David Benavidez will meet former WBO junior middleweight and middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade in the main event with a fight that is intriguing, could see a route for either fighter to win, and yet it wouldn't be a surprise for either fighter to win in a laugher.
Benavidez is the bigger man, bigger puncher, and bigger star and none of that could matter against Andrade, who has the ability to outbox Benavidez for twelve rounds and should that happen, do so in a manner that could bore an audience and never receive a shot at Canelo Alvarez any way.
The one thing that we aren't sure about is the chin of Andrade, mainly because he hasn't fought an elite fighter, let alone one with the power of Benavidez. Still, if the chin holds up, Andrade is capable of winning this fight, he will almost certainly have the lead after six rounds but the question is can he hold up against the late-round attack of Benavidez.
In the co-main event, WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo returns after an over two-year absence from the ring against the older brother of David Benavidez, Jose, in an over-the-middleweight limit bout.
Charlo isn't likely to fight at 160 pounds again but chose Benavidez, a natural junior welterweight who lost his two biggest fights against Terence Crawford and Danny Garcia and is 1-2-1 in the last five years.
Charlo can get away with looking a little rusty against Benavidez but he can't look awful or it's going to be difficult selling him in a big fight in his next outing.
The best fight on the card could be for the IBF junior welterweight title as big bombing champion Subriel Matias defends his title against mandatory challenger Shohjahon Ergashev.
Matias won the vacant title earlier this year by a fifth-round knockout over Jeremias Ponce in a pretty action fight lasting only five rounds.
Ergashev is undefeated and looked very good in his last two fights, both in the United States, but I'm not sure any 140-pounder wins a firefight with Matias.
This is the fight that I'm looking forward to watching.
WBA junior lightweight champion Hector Luis Garcia returns to 130 pounds after losing to Gervonta Davis in a lightweight fight against his mandatory challenger Lamont Roach.
Roach lost his previous title attempt in 2019, losing a unanimous decision to then-WBO champion Jamel Herring in what was the only loss in Roach's career, and has won four fights since losing to Herring.
Former IBF junior welterweight champion Sergey Lipinets will open the card with a fight shown for free on YouTube against Michel Rivera in a ten-rounder.
Lipinets is returning to his best weight after moving to welterweight for a few fights that included a sixth-round knockout loss to Jaron "Boots" Ennis.
Rivera hasn't fought since being dominated in a lightweight crossroads fight by Frank Martin last December and will be making his 140-pound debut.
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