Golden Boy/DAZN will offer the most exciting fight of the pair with a minor junior middleweight title at stake between power hitters Serheii Bohachuk and Vergil Ortiz.
Between the two, there is only one loss (Bohachuk's) and only one distance fight (Bohachuk's last fight, a decision pounding of Brian Mendoza), so this looms as an explosive fight between two fighters that don't allow a dazed opponent off the hook.
The biggest question for Ortiz is his lack of ring action, having fought only two rounds in two years while Bohachuk's concern is his chin against the pop of Ortiz as his only loss was by knockout to Brandon Adams, who doesn't have nearly the power of Ortiz.
This shapes as an entertaining evening as well as potentially a short one.
Top Rank/ESPN+ counters with a solid main event for the IBF featherweight title as road warrior champion Luis Alberto Lopez hits the trail again as Lopez visits Albuquerque, New Mexico to face hometown standout Angelo Leo.
Lopez has impressed since winning the title on the road in 2002 in England over Josh Warrington with defenses against Michael Conlan in Northern Ireland, Joet Gonzalez, and mandatory challenger Reiya Abe in New York.
Leo held the WBO junior featherweight title, winning the vacant title unanimously over Tramaine Williams before losing it in his first defense to Stephen Fulton.
Leo has won four straight since the Fulton defeat, moving up to featherweight, and returning home to New Mexico to fight in front of his home crowd since 2015.
This fight might not have the pure punching power of Bohachuk-Ortiz but it might be a longer fight with lots of punches being swapped.
Boxing Challenge
TRS: Ortiz KO 8
V.S: Bohachuk KO 9
IBF Featherweight Title. 12 Rds
V.S: Lopez KO 7
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