On Saturday, July 29, the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will house the epic battle between two undefeated fighters: Errol Spence Jr., the unified WBC, WBA, and IBF welterweight champion, and Terence Crawford, the unblemished WBO titleholder. This colossal clash, scheduled for 12 rounds, puts the undisputed welterweight title up for grabs. The highly-anticipated showdown will be broadcasted live on pay-per-view.
While Spence, the 33-year-old three-belt holder from Long Island, is vying for the fourth belt, Crawford, the 35-year-old undisputed super lightweight champion from Omaha, hopes to reign as a two-division undisputed king. The co-main event also boasts a thrilling matchup with Isaac Cruz (24-2-1, 17 KOs) from Mexico City taking on Giovanni Cabrera (21-0, 7 KOs) from Chicago in a WBC and WBA lightweight world title eliminator.
Adding to the spectacle, four-division world champion Nonito Donaire (42-7, 28 KOs) of the Philippines and Alexandro Santiago (27-3-5, 14 KOs) of Mexico are set to duke it out for the vacant WBC bantamweight title. The curtain raiser features a 10-round super welterweight duel between Yoenis Tellez (5-0, 4 KOs) of Cuba and Sergio Garcia (34-2, 14 KOs) of Spain.
Not to be overlooked are the power-packed undercard bouts. Steven Nelson (18-0, 15 KOs) of Omaha faces off against Rowdy Montgomery (10-4-1, 7 KOs) of California in a super middleweight ten-rounder. Jose Salas Reyes (12-0, 9 KOs) of Tijuana squares off against Aston Palicte (28-5-1, 23 KOs) of the Philippines in a super bantamweight contest. Among the non-televised prelims, Jabin Chollet (7-0, 6 KOs) from California and Michael Portales (3-1-1, 1 KO) from California engage in a lightweight six-rounder, and Justin Viloria (2-0, 2 KOs) of California faces Pedro Penunuri Borgaro (4-0, 2 KOs) of Mexico in a super featherweight six-rounder. Finally, the night will conclude with Demler Zamora (11-0, 9 KOs) of Las Vegas squaring off against Nikolai Buzolin (9-4-1, 5 KOs) of Brooklyn in a lightweight eight-rounder, and Kevin Ceja Ventura (11-0, 8 KOs) of Omaha against DeShawn Prather (15-1, 2 KOs) of Missouri in a welterweight six-rounder.
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