Junior middleweight Xander Zayas fights tonight towards veteran Patrick Teixeira, reside on ESPN, within the 10-round foremost occasion on the Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
The beginning time for tonight’s occasion on ESPN begins at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT. Preliminary motion begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Boxing Information 24 will give reside updates and outcomes of the motion beneath.
Unbeaten gentle welterweight prospect Delante ‘Tiger’ Johnson (13-0, 6 KOs) gained a tougher-than-expected eight-round unanimous resolution over Tarik Zaina (13-2-1, 8 KOs). The scores have been 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75.
Of these three, the 77-75 rating was the extra practical one of many bunch, as Tiger, 25, simply barely gained, and appeared poor all through.
Zaina landed many looping photographs to the pinnacle and did a superb job of blending up his punches. It wasn’t till the eighth spherical that Tiger lastly got here alive and bought Zaina’s consideration with a flurry of laborious photographs.
Flyweight Andy Dominguez (11-1, 6 KOs) defeated Christopher Rios (10-2, 7 KOs) by an eight-round majority resolution. The scores have been 76-76, 78-74 and 77-75. The 2 fighters traded photographs at shut vary the complete struggle, making it nearly unattainable to inform who deserved the win.
Junior middleweight prospect Jahi Tucker (11-1-1, 5 KOs) beat Quincy LaVallais (17-5-1, 12 KOs) by an eight-round unanimous resolution. Tucker, 21, hit LaVallias at will with uppercuts within the early rounds of the struggle, hurting him at instances.
In some way, LaVallias went the space regardless of taking a ton of punishment. The scores have been 80-72, 80-72 and 80-72. The referee gave LaVallias a day out within the eighth spherical after Tucker hit him within the decrease again. Tucker did a whole lot of showboating within the struggle and confirmed immaturity.
Tucker’s lack of punching energy was an issue for him, as was his poor protection. LaVallias hit him with a whole lot of clear photographs, and he was lucky that he wasn’t a much bigger puncher than this man.
Unbeaten tremendous featherweight prospect Ofacio Falcon (12-0, 6 KOs) defeated Antonio Dunton El Jr (5-3-2, 2 KOs) by a six-round unanimous resolution. The scores have been 59-54, 60-53 and 60-53.
Falcon knocked Dunton El Jr. down with a jab in spherical two. Dunton El Jr. was off steadiness when he was hit, inflicting him to fall.
For many of the struggle, Dunton El Jr. pressured Falcon, however he couldn’t get to him attributable to his quick retreating motion, which was much like Shakur Stevenson’s quick ft. It wasn’t entertaining to observe for probably the most half, however Dunton El Jr. made it attention-grabbing together with his attacking type of the unbeaten Falcon.
Heavyweight prospect Ali Feliz (2-0, 2 KOs) destroyed badly over-matched Lemir Isom Riley (4-3, 2 KOs), knocking him out within the first spherical.
The 20-year-old Feliz landed a giant proper hand that dropped Riley on the canvas. Referee Eddie Claudio then stepped in and waved it off at 1:25 of the spherical.
Feliz’s efficiency was good. He confirmed that he’s bought the ability to make him an element towards the highest heavyweight within the division. Nonetheless, High Rank will possible carry Feliz alongside slowly attributable to his age and restricted 6’2″ top.
Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington (11-0, 7 KOs) fights Brayan De Gracia (29-3-1, 25 KOs) within the 10-round co-feature bout in featherweight motion.
The 21-year-old undefeated 154-lb contender Zayas (18-0, 12 KOs) is being maneuvered by High Rank to be their subsequent star within the junior middleweight division.
It’s nonetheless too early to know if Zayas can observe within the footsteps of Puerto Rican giants Miguel Cotto and Felix Trinidad, however tonight’s struggle with Teixeira (34-4, 25 KOs) will give followers a greater thought.
The Brazilian Teixeira has gained his final three fights by early knockout since 2022.
