Xander Zayas will go for his first world title tonight, facing Jorge Garcia for the vacant WBO super welterweight title in the final Top Rank Boxing on ESPN main event.
Zayas, 22, has built his name fighting for Top Rank on ESPN, while “Chino” Garcia is coming in off of an upset win over Charles Conwell on April 19, and is like Zayas trying to capture his first world title.
The main card, starting at 9 pm ET on ESPN and ESPN+, also features Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs Mateus Heita for a vacant interim
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featherweight title, plus Emiliano Vargas in action in the opener. Wil Esco will be here with live updates. Send another boxing series into the great beyond with him!
Main Card (ESPN and ESPN+, 9:00 pm ET)
- Xander Zayas (21-0, 13 KO) vs Jorge Garcia (33-4, 26 KO), super welterweights, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO title
- Bruce Carrington (15-0, 9 KO) vs Mateus Heita (14-0, 9 KO), featherweights, 12 rounds, for interim WBC title
- Emiliano Vargas (14-0, 12 KO) vs Alexander Espinoza (20-3-1, 9 KO), super lightweights, 8 rounds
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