In the last card from Top Rank with ESPN, two of the company's young stars are showcased from New York City, one fighting for a world title.
Xander Zayas was signed as a teenager by Top Rank and heavily pushed as a prospect from the start of his career, but while he's still unbeaten, Zayas's power hasn't developed full,y and he's yet to defeat a top opponent although he does own a decision win over faded former WBO junior middleweight champion Patrick Teixeira.
Top Rank and Zayas attempted to work out an agreement with WBC and then-WBO champion Sebastian Fundora, but Fundora was contractually obligated for a rematch with Tim Tszyu and vacated the title, setting up Zayas to fight for the vacant title against Jorge Garcia.
Garcia earned his spot in the title picture in April when he pulled a major upset, defeating then-unbeaten Olympian Charles Conwell by split decision.
The co-feature is for a minor WBC title in the featherweight division may eventually be important as undefeated Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington meets Mateus Heita for the minor title.
Currently, Stephen Fulton holds the WBC featherweight crown, but Fulton plans to challenge WBC junior lightweight boss O'Shaquie Foster and could leave the division.
That would result in the winner of Carrington-Heita being promoted to the full champion.
Carrington stopped Enrique Vivas in three rounds in March, while Heita, who fights out of Namibia, has never fought outside of Africa nor against world-class opposition.
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