
Xander Zayas
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Xander Yarob Zayas Castro is a Puerto Rican professional boxer.
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Xander Zayas takes on Brazilian former world champion Patrick Teixeira in a 10-round clash at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Zayas will look to secure his 19th pro win 19 years after Top Rank initiated its parade weekend tradition when Miguel Cotto defended his junior welterweight crown against Muhammad Abdullaev.
Xander Zayas vs. Patrick Teixeira

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.
Sandy Ryan vs. Mikaela Mayer

Luis Alberto “El Venado” Lopez defends his IBF world title against former two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Joet Gonzalez

Teofimo Lopez is aiming to bounce back after his loss to George Kambosos last year as he takes on tough Mexican Pedro Campa from the Resorts World Hotel in Las Vegas.
Teofimo Lopez vs. Pedro Campa

Robeisy Ramirez defends his WBO Featherweight title for the second time against undefeated Mexican Rafael Espinoza at the Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Robeisy Ramirez vs. Rafael Espinoza

WBO world champion Denys Berinchyk makes the first defense of his title against the undefeated fighting pride of Norfolk, Virginia, Keyshawn Davis, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Denys Berinchyk vs. Keyshawn Davis

Vasiliy Lomachenko v Richard Commey. Action from the lightweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York
Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Richard Commey

Former lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez makes his second appearance at junior welterweight in the 10-round main event against Sandor Martin.
Teofimo Lopez vs. Sandor Martin

Ahead of their upcoming bouts in August and September, ESPN will air: Pressure: Xander Zayas & Bruce Carrington, a 30-minute retrospect of the most recent outings for two of Top Rank’s brightest rising blue-chip prospects. The show features a behind-the-scenes look at the June 10th Taylor-Lopez undercard as Puerto Rican sensation Xander Zayas (16-0, 10 KO) remained undefeated in New York City and claimed the honorary “Miguel Cotto Award” in his first fight on Puerto Rican Day Parade weekend. Also in action that night was Brooklyn phenom Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (8-0, 5 KO), and fight fans will have the opportunity to get a candid look at his spectacular knockout win on home turf.
Pressure: Xander Zayas & Bruce Carrington

Xander Zayas takes on upset-minded Mexican puncher Jorge Garcia for the vacant WBO junior middleweight world championship at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. In the co-feature, Brooklyn native Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington and unbeaten Namibian Mateus Heita collide for the WBC interim featherweight world title.
Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia Perez

Jamel Herring (23-2) vs Shakur Stevenson (16-0), 12 rounds, WBO World Super Feather Title
Jamel Herring vs. Shakur Stevenson

Edgar Berlanga (18-0, 16 KOs) faces his toughest fight when when he faces Steve Rolls (21-1, 12 KOs) in New York at the Hulu Theatre inside Madison Square Garden.
Edgar Berlanga vs. Steve Rolls

Undefeated junior welterweight king Josh Taylor defends his WBO and Ring Magazine titles against former lightweight kingpin Teofimo Lopez at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Josh Taylor vs. Teofimo Lopez

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy “El Tren” Ramírez locks horns with Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe in a 12-round showdown at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Robeisy Ramirez vs. Isaac Dogboe

The World Boxing Organisation World Feather Champion Emanuel Navarrete will defend his title against Christopher Diaz. Navarrete won the title in 2020 when he gained weight and change the division. His opponent was Ruben Villa. Navarrete is a former WBO World Super Bantam Champion with 5 successful defences of the title. Christopher Diaz is former WBO NABO Super Feather Champion. He has only one successful defence of the title but is but he is battle-tested, having challenged Masayuki Ito for the WBO junior lightweight world title in July 2018. Diaz rebounded from a 2019 points loss to Shakur Stevenson, besting former world title challenger Jason Sanchez over 10 rounds last June inside the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble.
Emanuel Navarrete vs. Christopher Diaz

Puerto Rican star Xander Zayas, boxing’s youngest male world champion, kicks off 2026 with a historic home soil event. The 23-year-old WBO junior middleweight world champion faces WBA king Abass Baraou in a title unification fight at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Xander Zayas vs. Abass Baraou

Xander Zayas defends his WBO and WBA World Junior Middleweight titles against Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.