Saturday’s principal occasion between David Benavidez and David Morrell pits two of the sunshine heavyweight division’s high fighters towards one another, however the undercard has an opportunity to deliver equally as a lot spectacle to the ring because the headliner.
The co-main occasion will see a rematch between WBC featherweight champion and Stephen Fulton, who handed Figueroa his lone profession loss in a extremely aggressive unified title battle in 2021.
Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz additionally returns to the ring for his first battle since falling to Jose Valenzuela final August, whereas the pay-per-view opener sees Jesus Ramos Jr. tackle former world champion Jeison Rosario.
This is the whole lot you could know concerning the Benavidez vs. Morrell battle card.
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David Benavidez vs David Morrell battle card
- David Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) vs. David Morrell (11-0, 9 KOs); Interim WBC, WBA “Common” gentle heavyweight titles
- Brandon Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KOs) vs. Stephen Fulton (22-1, 8 KOs); WBC featherweight title
- Isaac Cruz (26-3-1, 18 KOs) vs. Angel Fierro (23-2-2, 18 KOs)
- Jesus Ramos Jr. (21-0, 17 KOs) vs. Jeison Rosario (24-4-2, 18 KOs)
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Brandon Figueroa vs Stephen Fulton battle
The chief help to Benavidez vs. Morrell will see Stephen Fulton problem for his first world title at featherweight, taking over a person he’s aware of in Brandon Figueroa.
The 2 squared off in a extremely entertaining unified title battle at junior featherweight in 2021, which noticed Fulton fight Figueroa’s all motion offense with an attractive show of technical boxing, that led him to a majority determination victory.
Figueroa then moved as much as the featherweight division, the place he is since collected three wins and alongside the way in which, the interim WBC title. Final October he was elevated to champion standing with Rey Vargas being named “champion in recess.”
Fulton stayed at junior featherweight and shortly after took on pound-for-pound nice Naoya Inoue in Japan, struggling his first profession defeat after being stopped within the eighth spherical. He got here again final September, combating at featherweight, and gained a cut up determination over Carlos Castro to arrange the Figueroa rematch.
Anticipated begin time: approx. 9 p.m. CT
Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz vs Angel Fierro battle
“Pitbull” Cruz appears to be like to get again to profitable methods as he takes on the seasoned Angel Fierro.
Cruz final fought in August on the Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov undercard, defending the WBA junior welterweight title towards Jose Valenzuela. In that battle Cruz suffered his third profession defeat, falling by cut up determination after the bigger Valenzuela expertly countered his strain all through.
Cruz was in talks to doubtlessly face Ryan Garcia in Might, however opted towards that bout having already scheduled Saturday’s battle towards Fierro.
Fierro, who’s spent nearly all of his profession combating in Mexico, fought twice in 2024, struggling a unanimous determination defeat in Puerto Rico earlier than returning to attain a fifth-round knockout in his hometown of Tijuana in November.
Anticipated begin time: approx. 8 p.m. CT
Jesus Ramos Jr. vs Jeison Rosario battle
Jesus Ramos Jr. continues down the comeback path towards former world champion Jeison Rosario in Saturday’s opening bout.
Lately Ramos Jr. has risen from high prospect to contender standing, however hit a velocity bump in his improvement when he suffered his first profession defeat to long-rated contender Erickson Lubin in 2023. The defeat to Lubin proved to be controversial, with many believing Ramos Jr. had achieved sufficient to win a good determination, solely to have all three judges rating in favor of Lubin.
He returned final Might to select up a knockout victory and now appears to be like to proceed again down the trail towards a world title towards Rosario in his first battle at middleweight.
Rosario fought as soon as in 2024, taking over former world champion Jarrett Hurd and incomes a cut up determination draw.
Anticipated begin time: approx. 7:15 p.m. CT
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David Benavidez vs David Morrell battle time, how one can watch
Saturday’s 4 battle pay-per-view, headlined by David Benavidez vs. David Morrell, might be bought for $79.95 by way of Prime Video. The pay-per-view will kick off at 7 p.m. (CT), whereas the principle occasion ring walks are anticipated at roughly 10 p.m. (CT).
- PPV begin: 7 p.m. CT
- Benavidez vs. Morrell ring walks: approx. 10 p.m. CT
- How you can watch: Prime Video PPV
- PPV value: $79.95
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Harrison Campbell covers boxing for The Tennessean and highschool sports activities for The Each day Herald. Electronic mail him at hcampbell@gannett.com and observe him on Twitter @hccamp.