The only card for this weekend will be from Chicago, from Golden Boy/DAZN, with two junior welterweight fights of interest.
The main event could be a good one with a title eliminator between Oscar Durante and Kenneth Sims.
Duarte has won three straight since his ninth-round knockout loss to Ryan Garcia in December 2023, and his straight-ahead style almost always makes for fun fights.
Sims doesn't have the power of Duarte, but he possesses better boxing skills and yet isn't a strict mover, as Sims is willing to swap punches.
I like this fight very much between the two contenders, and I'd be surprised if this wasn't an entertaining scrap.
The co-feature looks good on paper with two former champions meeting, but both combatants have seen better days, with the loser of this one should consider walking away from the game.
Regis Prograis has held world titles on two occasions but has looked terrible in losing routs to Devin Haney and Jack Catterall in his two recent fights.
What's worse for Prograis is that he was knocked down by both Haney and Catterall, neither of whom is a strong puncher.
Joseph Diaz once held the IBF junior lightweight title but is only 2-6 in his last eight fights, and while some of those losses are to excellent fighters (Devin Haney, William Zepeda, Oscar Duarte) others are of lesser quality and his recent win in an eight rounder went the distance against an opponent with a 6-4-1 record.
Some times you can get a good fight out of two guys past their prime because they can't move out of each others way but just as often, you can have two guys huffing and puffing while they do nothing.
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