By Francisco Salazar

Middleweight Rob Brant will face Chris Fitzpatrick this Friday night, promoter Greg Cohen formally announced on Monday.

The 10 round bout will take place at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif. The fight will headline a four-bout CBS Sports Network broadcast (11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT).

Brant (20-0, 13 KOs) is coming off a stay-busy fight on April 15, knocking out Delray Raines in the first round.

The 25-year-old Brant, who is ranked amongst the top 10 in two of the major sanctioning bodies, has wins Louis Rose and Decarlo Perez.

"Rob Brant will be in against a a guy who will take you out if you don't have the goods," said Cohen, who promotes Brant.

Fitzpatrick (15-4, 6 KOs), who hails from Cleveland, Ohio, lost a 10 round split decision to Scott Sigmon in his last bout on March 12. He has lost his last three bouts.

In the co-feature bout, hard-hitting junior middleweight Skender Halili squares off against Ben Odamattey (16-14-3, 9 KOs) in a six round bout.

In his last bout on May 27, Halili (10-1, 10 KOs) survived two knockdowns to knock out Jason Thompson in the second round.

Opening the CBS Sports Network broadcast will be a six round bout between welterweights Malik Hawkins (8-0, 7 KOs) and Sean Gee (3-4).

Former amateur standout Cem Kilic (5-0, 2 KOs) will face Jerhed Fenderson, who will be making his pro debut, in a four round middleweight bout.

"This is our first scheduled quadruple-header and we're excited to be bringing it to a classic boxing venue like the Pechanga," said Cohen.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing