Berlanga vs. Quigley, Adames vs. Williams highlight week

FIGHT WEEK

Tremendous middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga will tackle Jason Quigley in his ongoing pursuit of a title shot. In the meantime, rising 160-pounder Carlos Adames will face a take a look at towards Julian Williams.

EDGAR BERLANGA (20-0, 16 KOs) VS. JASON QUIGLEY (20-2, 14 KOs)

Date: Saturday, June 24
Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (foremost occasion later in present)
The place: Madison Sq. Backyard Theater, New York
TV/Stream: DAZN
Division: Tremendous middleweight (168 kilos)
At stake: No main titles
Odds: Berlanga 85-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Additionally on the cardboard: Reshat Mati vs. Dakota Linger, junior welterweights; Adam Kownacki vs. Joe Cusumano, heavyweights
Prediction: Berlanga KO 10
Background: Berlanga is way faraway from his streak of 16 knockouts to start out his skilled profession however he has continued to win, claiming his final 4 victories by determination. He final fought in June of final yr, when he defeated Roamer Alexis Angulo by a one-sided determination. Berlanga inexplicably bit Angulo in that combat and was later suspended. He’s ranked within the Prime 11 by all 4 main sanctioning our bodies, No. 3 by the IBF. Which means a title shot is on the horizon except he slips up. Quigley is a stable boxer however in all probability doesn’t have the firepower to upset Berlanga. The one-time silver medalist within the novice World Championships from Eire was stopped by Tureano Johnson in July 2019 however bounced again to win three in a row, together with a majority determination over Shane Mosley Jr. at 160 in Might 2021. He then was blown out in two rounds by then-middleweight champ Demetrius Andrade, which appeared to reveal his limitations. He moved again as much as 168 after the loss and shut out Gabor Gorbics this previous April.

CARLOS ADAMES (22-1, 17 KOs) VS. JULIAN WILLIAMS (28-3-1, 16 KOs)

Date: Saturday, June 24
Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (foremost occasion later in present)
The place: The Armory, Minneapolis
TV/Stream: Showtime
Division: Middleweight (160 kilos)
At stake: No main titles
Odds: Adames 3½-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Additionally on the cardboard: Erickson Lubin vs. Luis Arias, junior middleweights; Fernando Martinez vs. Jade Bornea, junior bantamweights (for Martinez’s IBF title)
Prediction: Adames UD
Background: Adames, a prime 160-pound contender, is on the precipice of a title shot. The 29-year-old boxer-puncher from the Dominican Republic misplaced a detailed determination to slick Patrick Teixeira for an “interim” title in November 2019 however discovered from the expertise. He has reeled off 4 consecutive victories because the setback, together with a breakthrough majority determination over veteran Sergey Derevyanchenko in December 2021 and a third-round knockout of Juan Montiel this previous October. Williams, 33, may be in a do-or-die scenario. The polished technician from Philadelphia outclassed Jarret Hurd to turn out to be a 154-pound champion in Might 2019 however has struggled since. He was stopped in 5 rounds by Jeison Rosario in his first protection and misplaced a cut up determination to Vladimir Hernandez in his subsequent combat. He final fought in November, when he outpointed journeyman Rolando Mansilla in his first combat as a full-fledged 160-pounder. If he loses to Adames, he might be completed as an elite fighter.

JOSHUA FRANCO (18-1-3, 8 KOs) VS. KAZUTO IOKA (29-2-1, 15 KOs)

Date: Saturday, June 24
Time: 4 a.m. ET / 1 a.m. PT (foremost occasion later in present)
The place: Ota-Metropolis Common Gymnasium, Tokyo
TV/Stream: No TV in U.S.
Division: Junior bantamweight (115 kilos)
At stake: Franco’s WBA title
Odds: Even (common of a number of retailers)
Additionally on the cardboard: Musashi Mori vs. Takuya Watanabe, junior lightweights; Daigo Higa vs. Sirichai Thaiyen, bantamweights
Prediction: Ioka SD
Background: Franco and Ioka fought to a majority attract a title-unification showdown in December in the identical venue in Ioka’s nation, with Franco profitable on one card and the opposite two judges scoring the combat a draw. Franco is the youthful (27), rising fighter after back-to-back victories over Andrew Moloney (not counting a no-contest in between these fights) and the draw with Ioka. The well-schooled boxer from Texas hasn’t misplaced since he was stopped by Lucas Fernandez in 2018, though he has three attracts since then (Oscar Negrete twice and Ioka). He outpointed Negrete within the second of their three compelling bouts. Ioka, a 34-year-old former three-division titleholder, proved he has loads of combat left in him by simply outpointing Donnie Nietes final July within the remaining protection of his WBO belt (which he later gave up) and the draw with Franco. Nietes had defeated Ioka by a cut up determination in December 2018, the Japanese star’s most-recent setback. The Franco-Ioka present isn’t obtainable to American followers as of this posting.

ALSO FIGHTING THIS WEEK

FRIDAY

Jesus Saracho vs. Tarik Zaina, junior welterweights, Ontario, California (Thompson Boxing YouTube and Fb)

SATURDAY

Sarah Bormann vs. Perla Perez, strawweights, Ludwigsburg, German (DAZN)
Antonio Napolitano vs. Brandon Brewer, tremendous middleweights, Niagra Falls, Canada (FITE)