WBA featherweight world champion Nick Ball will make the primary protection of his crown towards Ronny Rios in the primary occasion this Saturday, Oct. 5, at M&S Financial institution Area in Ball’s hometown of Liverpool, England.
Promoted by Queensberry Promotions, Ball-Rios headlines a stacked card that may stream dwell and completely within the U.S. on ESPN+ beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.
Ball (20-0-1, 11 KOs) defeated former world champion Isaac Dogboe by determination final November and fought to a draw towards Rey Vargas in a bid for the WBC crown in March. Lower than three months later, he captured world title glory in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, edging Ray Ford by way of break up determination for the WBA strap. Rios (34-4, 17 KOs) is a two-time world title challenger from Southern California who enters this project after a formidable fifth-round stoppage over Nicolas Polanco in April. He was off practically two years earlier than the Polanco battle, shedding by way of Twelfth-round stoppage to then-unified world champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev in June 2022.
In different streaming motion from Liverpool:
Henry Turner (13-0, 5 KOs) vs. Jack Rafferty (23-0, 14 KOs), 12 Rounds, Commonwealth, British, and WBC Worldwide Silver Junior Welterweight Titles
Jack Turner (8-0, 7 KOs) vs. Gonzalo Corinaldesi (5-6-1, 1 KO), 6 Rounds, Bantamweights
Jadier Herrera (15-0, 13 KOs) vs. Oliver Flores (31-5-2, 20 KOs), 10 Rounds, Vacant WBA Intercontinental Light-weight Title
Walter Fury (1-0) vs. Dale Arrowsmith (6-114-5, 1 KO), 4 Rounds, Junior Middleweights
Andrew Cain (12-1, 11 KOs) vs. Lazaro Casseres (11-1, 4 KOs), 10 Rounds, Vacant WBC Worldwide Silver Bantamweight Title
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