Several prospects – and one former lineal champion – will be featured on the undercard of this Saturday’s show headlined by Gabriela Fundora defending her undisputed flyweight championship against Marilyn Badillo.
Fundora-Badillo tops the main broadcast, which will kick off at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on DAZN from the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California. The co-feature sees junior middleweight contender Charles Conwell take on Jorge Garcia Perez.
Golden Boy Promotions has announced that the main broadcast will also include:
• A 10-round cruiserweight bout between Tristan Kalkreuth, 14-1 (10 KOs), and Felix Valera, 24-7 (21 KOs)
• An eight-round bout between welterweight prospect Joel Iriarte, 6-0 (6 KOs), and Marcos Jimenez, 25-11 (17 KOs)
• A four-round junior welterweight bout between 2024 Olympic quarterfinalist Ruslan Abdullaev, 1-0 (1 KO), against the always dangerous TBA
There also will be a preliminary undercard on Golden Boy’s YouTube channel. That stream will feature:
• An eight-round junior featherweight fight between Jorge Chavez, 13-0 (8 KOs), and Brandon Douglas, 13-1 (11 KOs)
• A six-round junior lightweight bout between Dalis Kaleiopu, 6-0 (4 KOs), and Mykell Gamble, 7-1 (4 KOs)
• An eight-round light heavyweight bout between former lineal champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk, 20-2 (16 KOs), and Anthony Hollaway, 9-7-3 (7 KOs)
• The pro debut of 2024 Olympian Joshua Edwards, who will face Larry Gonzalez, 0-0-1, in a four-round heavyweight bout
• A four-round junior welterweight bout between Samuel Castellanos, 1-0 (0 KOs), and Marc Misiura, 3-7-1 (1 KO).
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