Shakur Stevenson attempts to become a three-weight world champion when he takes on Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight world title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Stevenson, the WBC, WBO and Ring Magazine champion, puts his hardware on the line against Brazilian standout Robson Conceicao on Friday, Sept. 23, at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. In the eight-round lightweight co-feature, Tokyo 2020 U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis returns.
Uzbek phenom Otabek Kholmatov fights Raymond Ford for the vacant WBA featherweight world title. This duel of unbeaten southpaws sees the WBA’s No.1 and No. 2 contenders making their inaugural world title appearances. In the co-feature, Luis Alberto “El Venado” Lopez defends his IBF world crown against Japanese contender Reiya Abe.
WBO middleweight world champion Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly, a southpaw power puncher from Kazakhstan, will make the first defense of his title against two-time British champion Denzel Bentley on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza makes the first defense of his WBO featherweight world title against Sergio Chirino inside the BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Espinoza-Chirino marks the 161st all-Mexican world title fight and the 20th at featherweight.
Sandy Ryan defends her WBO welterweight world title against Mikaela Mayer at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. And she will do so with a former Mayer confidant in her corner. Kay Koroma, who helped train Mayer from Olympic standout to professional world champion, will help train Ryan for this career-defining main event.