(JULY 26) FORT WORTH, TX
- Newly crowned WBC, WBA, and Ring Magazine
Flyweight World Champion Marlen Esparza (12-1, 1 KOs) of
Houston, Texas, is set to defend her three world titles for the
first time against her mandatory, former WBA Interim Flyweight
World Champion Eva “La Ley” Guzman (19-1, 11KOs) from Maracay,
Venezuela on Saturday, August 6 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth,
TX. The 10-round flyweight event will serve as the co-main event
for Vergil Ortiz, Jr. vs. Michael Mckinson.
Also, on the card, Dallas, TX fan favorite Maurice "Might Mo"
Hooker (27-2-3, 18 KOs) will face Blair “The Flair” Cobbs
(15-1-1, 10 KOs) of Philadelphia, PA, in a 10-round welterweight
fight. Opening the DAZN stream, Bektemir “The Bully” Melikuziev
(9-1, 7 KOs) of Indio, CA, will take on Sladan “The Miner”
Janjanin (32-10, 24 KOs) of Boston, MA in an 8-round super
middleweight event. All fights will stream live worldwide,
exclusively on DAZN starting at 5:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. CT /
8:00 p.m. ET.
Also on the card and part of The Golden Boy Fight Night: Ortiz
Jr. vs. McKinson Prelims on DAZN and the Golden Boy Boxing
YouTube page, Alex “Chi Town Heat” Martin (17-4, 6 KOs) returns
to the ring against the battle-tested warrior Henry “Hank” Lundy
(31-10-1, 14 KOs). The 10-round super lightweight fight will be
part of the preliminary bouts ahead of the DAZN broadcast hosted
by Golden Fight Night’s Beto Duran and Texas rising boxing star
Alex Rincon. Additional fights on the card will be announced
shortly.
“I am ready for Eva Guzman. Mandatory defense or title fight,
all fights are serious business for me!” said Marlen Esparza.
“This is the opportunity I have been waiting for to prove I am
the best,” said Eva Guzman. “After this victory, the whole world
will know I am the most dangerous fighter at 112 lbs.”
“Im ready to show the world I’m still a warrior,” said Maurice
Hooker. “I’m ready to give them a fight they will always
remember.”
“Blair the Flair is saying absolutely nothing. See you August
6,” said Blair Cobbs.
“It’s been a long time in training camp, the opponents pulled
out, the dates rescheduled, so I am happy to finally have a
fight and step back in the ring on August 6 on a big Golden Boy
show,” said Bektemir Melikuziev.
Marlen Esparza was born to make history in boxing. Born in
Houston, Texas, Marlen Esparza began her boxing career at 12
years old after growing up in a household that loved the sport.
In May 2012, Esparza became the first American woman to qualify
to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London, the first year that
women’s boxing made its debut as an Olympic event. She would win
the bronze medal in the women’s flyweight division. In 2017,
Esparza became the first female fighter signed by Golden Boy
Promotions.
In 2021, Esparza had a successful year, with an unanimous
decision victory against Ibeth Zamora Silva for the WBC
Flyweight World Championship and successfully defended her new
world championship title against former world champion Anabel
“Avispa” Ortiz. On April 9, as part of the undercard of Ryan
Garcia vs. Emmanuel Tagoe, Esparza faced her toughest challenge
to date, taking on five-division world champion Naoko Fujioka.
The fight pitted the #1 vs. #2 in the female flyweight division,
granting them the honor of fighting for the first-ever Ring
Magazine Female Flyweight World Championship. After 10-rounds of
non-stop action from two of the mightiest female fighters in the
flyweight division, the judges ruled in favor of Esparza
unanimously, crowning her the new WBC, WBA, and Ring Magazine
World Champion.
An accomplished fighter since her professional debut in 2015,
Eva Guzman has rapidly risen the ranks to a world championship
by defeating some of the toughest fighters in the division. Her
first big test came in 2018 when she faced Yaditza Perez for the
IBA World Minimumweight World Championship. In 2021, she earned
the most significant accomplishment in her career thus far,
moving up in weight and fighting in Mexico for the first time
against Isabel Millan to claim the crown as the WBA’s newest
Interim Flyweight World Champion. The new title had also earned
her the honor of becoming the new mandatory to fight Marlen
Esparza for the WBA Flyweight World Championship, something she
has dreamed of becoming since her professional debut.
Tickets for Ortiz Jr. vs. McKinson are on sale now and are
priced at $275, $137.50, $82.50 and $44 not including applicable
service charges. Tickets will be available for purchase online
at Ticketmaster.com, DickiesArena.com and
GoldenBoyPromotions.com
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