Xander Zayas’s defensive model of preventing can be examined tonight in his 12-round conflict towards stress fighter Jorge Garcia for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title at Madison Sq. Backyard Theater in New York Metropolis.
Garcia Threatens Zayas’s Undefeated File
Garcia (33-4, 26 KOs) presents an enormous take a look at for Zayas (21-0, 13 KOs), as he has expertise, not like the 21 fighters that Xander has been matched towards by his promoters at High Rank. Though Jorge Garcia is nowhere close to the highest 5 154-pounders within the division, he’s nonetheless far superior to the extent of opposition that Zayas has been matched towards in his six-year professional profession.
Essential Card: Zayas, Carrington, Vargas
Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia Perez
Bruce Carrington vs. Mateus Heita
Emiliano Vargas vs. Alexander Espinoza
Preliminary Undercard at 6:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+
Rohan Polanco vs. Quinton Randall
Juanmita Lopez De Jesus vs. Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez
Yan Santana vs. Aaron Alameda
Steven Navarro vs. Cristopher Rios
Julius Ballo vs. Brandan Ayala
High Rank’s Zayas Star Plan
Tonight’s occasion would be the final for High Rank with ESPN, as the corporate ends its broadcast deal. Curiously, High Rank has chosen Zayas to headline towards Garcia slightly than a extra confirmed fighter with a extra entertaining, crowd-pleasing model of preventing.
It suggests their need to catapult the Puerto Rican fighter Zayas into stardom. They need to make him right into a mega-star like previous fighters from the Island. It’s extra problematic as a result of he can’t punch and is a hit-and-run sort of fighter.
Carrington’s Featherweight Championship Match
Within the chief help struggle, Bruce Carrington (15-0, 9 KOs) battles for the vacant WBC interim featherweight title towards #11-ranked fringe contender Mateus Hiata (14-0, 9 KOs) in a 12-round contest.
The number of Hiata offers Carrington, 28, a greater likelihood of profitable in comparison with if High Rank had chosen one of many higher-ranked contenders. That is skillful matchmaking on their half, simply as they’re doing with their headline fighter, Zayas.
Carrington is an effective fundamental slugger, however he’s already been uncovered by Sulaiman Segawa final yr. He was lucky to get the win over the Ugandan-born Segawa. However, the struggle confirmed the issues in Carrington’s sport, revealing that he’s not the fighter that followers had been led to imagine.
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