Puerto Rican prospect Jan Paul Rivera (9-0, 5 KOs) will struggle Atlanta, Georgia’s Justin Goodson (8-0, 8 KOs) in a revised most important occasion on MVP’s Most Beneficial Prospects 7 present on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida on July 26, the group introduced. The eight-round featherweight contest replaces the initially scheduled headliner between heavyweights Gurgen “Large Gug” Hovhanissyan and Robert Corridor, Jr, which was canceled after Hovhanissyan suffered an harm whereas coaching.
The 23-year-old Rivera, who shall be combating in his first most important occasion, most lately outpointed David Perez in April on Most Beneficial Prospects 6, additionally at Caribe Royale. Goodson, 28, has constructed an ideal report since turning professional in 2021 and is coming off a fifth-round knockout of 50-fight veteran and former NABO titlist Rodolfo Hernandez Montoya.
Within the co-main occasion, Cuban Olympian and heavyweight Dainier “The Worry” Pero (7-0, 5 KOs) fights Toledo, Ohio’s James “Nothing Good” Evans (7-1-1, 7 KOs) over eight rounds. The 6’5” Pero is coming off a first-round knockout of Jose Mario Tamez, which adopted a two-round stoppage of Joe Jones in February. Evans has gone the space simply as soon as in 9 fights, in a draw towards Steven Torres, who additionally handed him his sole defeat in July 2023.
The undercard features a six-round heavyweight contest between St. Petersburg, Florida’s Damazion “Mazirati” Vanhouter (6-0, 3 KOs) and Cody Kerr (3-2-1, 1 KO) from Spearfish, South Dakota; a six-round light-weight bout that includes Kaipo Gallegos (5-0-1, 4 KOs) from Las Vegas, Nevada and Armanda Frausto (10-4-1, 5 KOs), who hails from La Marque, Texas by means of Fresno, California; a beforehand introduced contest pitting Amand Serrano’s first signed fighter Krystal Rosado (3-0, 1 KO) towards Russia’s Veronica Dmitriyeva (1-1) over six rounds at bantamweight; and a six-round heavyweight contest between David Garcia (6-0, 3 KOs) and Dominicc Hardy (6-2, 4 KOs), amongst others.
Boxlab Promotions will act because the official licensed promoter for the occasion, which shall be broadcast reside on DAZN.
“Friday, July 26 is shaping as much as be one in every of our most fun Most Beneficial Prospects occasions thus far, that includes our new most important occasion from the exceptionally proficient Puerto Rican prospect Jan Paul Rivera vs. an simple knockout puncher in Justin Goodson,” learn a press release from Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of MVP.
“We’re happy to welcome Boxlab Promotions’ Dainier Pero again for his third look, following his gorgeous back-to-back knockouts in Most Beneficial Prospects 5 and 6 earlier this spring. This shall be one other spectacular night time of fights in Orlando, and we’re excited to proceed constructing younger fighters from Puerto Rico by our partnership with Boxlab and Amanda Serrano.”
