Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford battle week continues to refill.
Struggle financier Turki Alalshikh’s “RING” is about to launch its new sequence of playing cards, “The Underdog,” on Sept. 11 in Las Vegas forward of one in all boxing’s most anticipated clashes lately.
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The brand new sequence, streaming on DAZN, will characteristic occasions on a month-to-month foundation and guarantees to showcase rising contenders and prospects in evenly-matched fights.
The inaugural present takes place on the Thursday of Alvarez vs. Crawford battle week at Las Vegas’ Fontainebleau, as a part of the build-up to the undisputed tremendous middleweight title conflict between pound-for-pound greats “Canelo” and Crawford, which is able to stream on Netflix from Allegiant Stadium on Sept. 13.
Anthony Olascuaga will defend his WBO flyweight world title towards the No. 1 contender, Juan Carlos Camacho Jr., within the Sept. 11 most important occasion.
Olascuaga (9-1, 6 KOs) was simply 5-0 when he stepped in on 10 days’ discover to problem then-unified mild flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji for his WBA and WBC world titles in April 2023. Regardless of dropping within the ninth spherical, Olascuaga’s valiant efficiency elevated his standing within the division.
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The Los Angeles native, educated by Rudy Hernandez, stopped Riku Kano in three rounds, two fights after dropping to Teraji, to seize the WBO flyweight title. He has made a pair of profitable title defenses towards former 108-pound champions, Jonathan Gonzalez and Hiroto Kyoguchi.
Puerto Rico’s Camacho (19-1, 8 KOs) progressed to the No. 1 spot within the WBO rankings after successful a break up determination over the Filipino two-time title challenger Jayson Mama this previous October. Camacho gained one other break up determination, this time over the 6-6-2 David Humberto Tapia, in March.
Additionally on the present, Jalil Hackett (9-1, 7 KOs) returns from his first profession defeat to conflict with Elijah Vines (8-0, 7 KOs) in a brilliant welterweight bout. Hackett, a Floyd Mayweather protégé and Gervonta “Tank” Davis sparring accomplice, misplaced a controversial break up determination to Jose Roman Vazquez on the Liam Paro vs. Richardson Hitchins prelims this previous December in Puerto Rico. He was alleged to rematch Vazquez in March, however a freak damage pressured him out of the bout, and he now strikes up from welterweight to face Vines, who has not fought since stopping Nelson Morales in March 2024.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, Justin Viloria (9-0, 7 KOs) meets Joshafat Ortiz (13-1, 6 KOs) at tremendous featherweight, unbeaten tremendous bantamweight prospects Emiliano Alvarado (8-0, 5 KOs) and Juan Garcia (7-0, 2 KOs) sq. off, and beginner standout Jamar Talley (3-0, 3 KOs) battles Isaiah Thompson (11-4-2, 10 KOs) in a cruiserweight matchup.
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