Acting
A pair of rising undefeated lightweight contenders will clash in a high-level crossroads main event as Michel “La Zarza Ali” Rivera battles Frank “The Ghost” Martin from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The winner puts themselves one step closer to a world title opportunity in the stacked 135-pound division. Plus, former world champion José Uzcátegui returns to action against unbeaten former amateur standout Vladimir Shishkin and bantamweight contenders Vincent Astrolabio and Nikolai Potapov face off. Live on SHOWTIME.
WBA heavyweight champion Murat Gassiev (33-2, 26 KOs) makes the first defence of his title against Peter Kadiru (23-1, 13 KOs) at the VTB Arena in Moscow.
Undefeated heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defends his WBC title against unbeaten contender Luis Ortiz
Two-time super featherweight champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis (22-0, 21 KOs) moves up to take on former unified world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (30-2, 18 KOs) for the lightweight title. In the co-feature, Jean Pascal (34-6-1, 20 KOs) defends his light heavyweight belt against two-division champ Badou Jack (22-2-3, 13 KOs). Live from State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
On June 28, 2014, a 26-year old Terence Crawford (23-0, 16 KO) faced an undefeated Cuban boxer Yuriorkis Gamboa, who was 32 years old with a record of 23-0 in a lightweight title-defense fight. Gamboa was on a 23-fight win streak with 16 KO wins. Crawford was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 23 cm reach advantage.
