Three of the brightest fights, each of which can potentially claim the title of the best in 2023, have received confirmation and dates.
American ex-world champions in super middleweight (up to 76.2 kg) Caleb Plant (22-1, 13 KOs) and David Benavidez (26-0, 23 KOs) will fight on March 25 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (USA).
The fight will be shown in the US on a pay-per-view basis on Showtime PPV.
March 4 Showtime TV channel will offer fans an intriguing matchup of two top featherweight sluggers (up to 57.2 kg) – ex-world champions American Brandon Figueroa (23-1-1, 18 KOs) and Filipino Mark Magsio (24-1, 16 KOs) will fight.
Previously, Figueroa dreamed of a rematch with compatriot Stephen Fulton, but he has other plans – he agrees to fight with Inoue.
The WBC eliminator fight in the second bantamweight limit (up to 55.3 kg) between the conqueror of two divisions Mexican Luis Neri (33-1, 25 KOs) and ex-applicant from Armenia Azat Hovhannisyan (21-3, 17 KOs) has not been officially confirmed. ).
Nevertheless, the favorite wrote on social networks that the fight will take place very soon – on February 18. When Neri was asked whether it would really be a fight with Hovhannisyan, he replied: “Fight of the year.”
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