The boxing schedule started early on Wednesday night as Liam Paro won a unanimous decision over Lewis Crocker for the IBF welterweight title. The rest of the schedule has the Zayas vs Ennis much-anticipated fight for Zayas's WBA jr middleweight title. Paramount+ has a card on Sunday featuring Edwin De Los Santos vs Jose Valenzuela. Brandon Lee is also fighting on the same card.
June 27: Brooklyn, New York (DAZN)
- Title fight: Xander Zayas vs. Jaron Ennis, 12 rounds, for Zayas' WBA and WBO junior middleweight titles
- Emiliano Vargas vs. Bryce Mills, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
- Jahi Tucker vs. Euri Cedeno, 10 rounds, middleweights
- Ben Whittaker vs. Richard Rivera, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
- Dennis Thompson vs. Edwin Rodriguez, 8 rounds, junior featherweights
- Juanma Lopez De Jesus vs. Alberto Motos, 6 rounds, junior bantamweights
- Quincey Williams vs. Jerome Baxter, 8 rounds, welterweights
June 27: Athens, Greece (DAZN)
- Floyd Mayweather vs. Mike Zambidis, exhibition
- Octavio Pudivitr vs. Roamer Alexis Angulo, 10 rounds, cruiserweights
- Sara Marjanovic vs. Anna Maria Triphylli, 4 rounds, women's flyweights
June 28: Las Vegas (Paramount+)
- Edwin De Los Santos vs. Jose Valenzuela, 10 rounds, lightweights
- Omar Trinidad vs. Jerwin Ancajas, 10 rounds, featherweights
- Cain Sandoval vs. Brandun Lee, 10 rounds, welterweights
- Floyd Diaz vs. Andres Teran, 10 rounds, bantamweights
- Tony Hirsch Jr. vs. Jaybrio Pe Benito, 8 rounds, lightweights
- Damoni Cato-Cain vs. Vernon Brown, 8 rounds, welterweights
- Brady Ochoa vs. Adrian Serrano, 6 rounds, lightweights
- Jakhongir Zokirov vs. Zachary Spiller, 6 rounds, heavyweights
Yes I missed the IBF welterweight title bout from what I read off of the fight reports Paro built a decent lead in the bout and held off a late rush of the Irish champion.
Crocker was always going to be a vulnerable champion judging off his two controversial fights with fellow ethnic Irish fighter Paddy Donovan. I hope he was compensated well for this bout as he had more lucrative bouts against Benn, Haney and Garcia available if he won this mandatory bout.
The Zayas vs Ennis fight is the crown jewel fight of the weekend but there a few intriguing prospect bouts involving potential stars like Bryce Mills and Lee.
Mills needs to win this tough bout against Vargas who is the best of the Vargas sons. Vargas looked like a machine until his last bout where he stepped up a level and suddenly looked beatable as he was touched up with some power shots and hit repeatedly with a jab. Mills is fresher than Vargas' last opponent and now has a blue print to a possible victory, he will need to box Vargas' ears off to get a decision as he is the A side off of the Vargas name.
Jakhongir Zokirov is a former world silver medalist who is 6'7" and is Uzbekistani. I don't know if he is as talented as Jalolov but if he can fight to his dimensions and smother shorter boxers he has a chance to go far in the division.
PS there is unsubstantiated rumor that Usyk is close to announcing his retirement from boxing. If Usyk is honest with himself off his last fight it has to be consideration considering his age and the fact that heavyweight bouts are taking more out his body than cruiserweight bouts did(which is logical).
Normally I wouldn't take a typical commentator too seriously but this guy is a dialed insider and not a blogger type as he hosts most DAZN boxing events.
