Particle.news
Download on the App Store
3 ARTICLES
·
last wk.

Xander Zayas and Jorge Garcia Perez Vie for WBO Junior Middleweight Title in Finale of Top Rank–ESPN Alliance

The show at Madison Square Garden’s Theater closes an eight-year partnership linking Top Rank with ESPN.

Image
Image

Overview

  • Xander Zayas and Jorge Garcia Perez are set to fight for the vacant WBO junior middleweight crown tonight in New York City.
  • Zayas enters with an undefeated 21–0 record including 13 knockouts while Garcia Perez brings a 33–4 mark with 26 KOs and an eight-fight win streak.
  • Undefeated Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (15–0, 9 KOs) squares off with Mateus Heita (14–0, 9 KOs) for the interim WBC featherweight title in the co-main event.
  • The card will air live at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+, marking Top Rank’s final boxing broadcast on ESPN after eight years.
  • Fight metrics spotlight Zayas’s high punch output of 67.8 throws per round and Garcia Perez’s career knockout rate of 78.7 percent.