We’ve received one other world title combat set at present, as Nick Ball returns at house in Liverpool to defend his WBA featherweight title in opposition to Ronny Rios.
The fights will stream reside ranging from 2 pm ET on ESPN+ in the US, and also will air on TNT Sports activities in the UK.
Ball (20-0-1, 11 KO) has had a breakout kind of 12 months, preventing Rey Vargas to a scrappy attract a WBC title combat in March, then turning round lower than three months later to take the WBA title from Raymond Ford in one other very shut bout, each held in Riyadh.
This will likely be Ball’s first combat at house since Feb. 2020, when he was preventing at Grand Central Corridor, a far cry from headlining M&S Financial institution Area. He’ll face the problem from American veteran Rios (34-4, 17 KO), who has had an up-and-down profession and at 34, it’s just about make-or-break time so far as his probabilities to win a world title. Rios has moved again as much as featherweight this 12 months after shedding a 122 lb title combat to Murodjon Akhmadaliev in 2022, adopted by almost two years of inactivity.
Additionally of notice on the invoice:
Henry Turner (13-0, 5 KO) and Jack Rafferty (23-0, 14 KO) will carry their “0s” to the ring, with Rafferty’s Commonwealth title at 140 in addition to the vacant British title each on the road.
22-year-old Cuban light-weight Jadier Herrera (15-0, 13 KO) will likely be in a 10-round combat in opposition to Oliver Flores (31-5-2, 20 KO) of Nicaragua, a 33-year-old who has been a professional for almost 18 years now, and possibly had a peak in profession notoriety again in 2015-17, when he misplaced to Takashi Uchiyama and Felix Verdejo back-to-back. Actually, Flores was the final W of Uchiyama’s profession.
We’ve received the publish up so that you can chat within the feedback, and the staff will likely be in-and-out previous to the primary occasion.
