ESPN+ set for boxing marathon from France and Mexico

Two separate boxing playing cards, from France and Mexico, will stream dwell on ESPN+ on Saturday.

The marathon will start at 12:30 p.m. ET from Canopee Westfield Discussion board des Halles in Paris, the place junior middleweight Bakary Samake, 16-0 (8 KOs), will meet Australian veteran Wade Ryan, 22-11-1 (8 KOs), in a 12-round combat.

Samake, a third-year professional, has scored unanimous selections over Ahmed El Mousaoui and Julio Alamos in 2024. Ryan, a southpaw, is 2-0-1 in his previous three fights and held Takeshi Inoue to a 12-round attract March. Notably, Ryan knocked down Tim Tszyu in 2017 earlier than shedding a unanimous determination.

Extra Paris undercard bouts embody: Mustapha Zaouche, 15-0 (5 KOs), vs Gregorio Marcano, 14-7-1 (12 KOs) in a brilliant middleweight eight-rounder; Victor Yoka, 5-0 (2 KOs), vs Ali Yammouni, 14-17 (4 KOs) in a junior middleweight six-rounder; Morad Maizou, 2-0-1 (1 KO), vs Cesar Ignacio Paredes, 17-13-1 (5 KOs) in a junior light-weight six-rounder; and Pavel Yasmany Echaide Planche, 0-1, vs Julien Dimna, 0-3, in a welterweight six-rounder.

The motion shifts at 9 p.m. ET to Plaza de Toros Calafia in Mexicali, Mexico, as former titleholder Elwin Soto, 21-3 (13 KOs), takes on Moises Caro, 11-3-3 (5 KOs), in a 10-round junior flyweight bout.

Soto held a junior flyweight belt from 2019-2021, making three profitable defenses. Caro is coming off a disputed cut up determination loss to Miguel Nieblas Avendano in June.

Extra Mexicali undercard bouts embody: Erik Robles, 15-2 (9 KOs) vs Misael Gracia, 15-5-3 (10 KOs) in a junior featherweight 10-rounder; Miguel Nieblas, 11-3 (6 KOs) vs Erick Gutierrez, 7-1 (3 KOs), in a flyweight eight-rounder; Alex Guillen, 8-1 (6 KOs), vs Abimael Cruz, 10-3-1 (8 KOs), in a junior welterweight eight-rounder; Andres Garcia, 6-0 (3 KOs), vs Jose Navarro Montanez, 6-1 (2 KOs), in a light-weight six-rounder.