Particle.news
Download on the App Store
6 ARTICLES
·
6d ago

Zayas and Garcia Clash for WBO Title as Top Rank–ESPN Era Ends at MSG Theater

ESPN’s evening card at the Theater at Madison Square Garden wraps up Top Rank’s eight-year partnership with a main event favoring undefeated Xander Zayas.

Image
Image
Image
Image

Overview

  • Xander Zayas (21-0, 13 KOs) and Jorge Garcia Perez (33-4, 26 KOs) meet at 9 p.m. ET for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title with Zayas a -450 betting favorite.
  • Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (15-0, 9 KOs) and Mateus Heita (14-0, 9 KOs) contest the interim WBC featherweight belt in the co-main event.
  • Preliminary bouts began at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+ and build into the main card at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+ with live streams via FuboTV, DirecTV and SlingTV.
  • This card represents ESPN’s final Top Rank boxing broadcast after an eight-year partnership that helped define prime-time boxing in the U.S.
  • Zayas makes his seventh appearance at MSG’s Theater in pursuit of his first world title while Garcia aims to cap an eight-fight win streak with championship gold.