Top Rank has released the list of bouts scheduled for July 13th at Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center, The main event has hometown favorite Shakur Stevenson facing a new opponent, Franklin Manzanilla. The co-feature will be a twelve-round bantamweight contest featuring Chicago's Joshua Greer Jr. (20-1-1 with 12 KOs) against Russia's Nikolai Potapov (20-1-1 with 11 KOs). At stake will be the #2 spot in the IBF's rankings. Those two fights will be shown live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes beginning at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT.
The entire undercard will stream live on ESPN+ — the multi-sport streaming service — starting at 7 p.m. ET and it will feature:
Vijender Singh, a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist from India and the only Olympic boxing medalist in his nation’s history, will face Mike Snider (13-5-3, 8 KOs) in an eight-round super middleweight bout. Singh last fought in December 2017 and is hoping to get closer to a world title shot with a strong finish to the year...
Joseph “Blessed Hands” Adorno (12-0, 10 KOs), a 20-year-old knockout artist from Allentown, Pennsylvania, will see action in an eight-round lightweight bout against Dominican veteran Adriano Ramirez (10-3, 6 KOs). Adorno has seven first-round knockouts on his ledger...
Vito Mielnicki Jr. will become the first New Jersey boxer to turn pro at the age of 17 when he fights in a four-round super welterweight bout against Tamarcus Smith (2-2, 2 KOs). Mielnicki received a special exemption to turn pro from the New Jersey Athletic Control Board...
Julian Rodriguez (16-0, 10 KOs), a former amateur star from Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, will return from a nearly two-year layoff to fight Hevinson Herrera (24-17-1, 18 KOs) in a six-round junior welterweight bout. Before turning pro in September 2013, Rodriguez won a 2013 National Golden Gloves title...
Josue “The Prodigy” Vargas (13-1, 8 KOs), from the Bronx, will look to extend his winning streak against Manuel Lopez (14-3-1, 7 KOs) in an eight-round junior welterwweight fight and...
John “El Terrible” Bauza (12-0, 5 KOs) the Puerto Rican-born super lightweight prospect who now resides in North Bergen, New Jersey, will face Mexican veteran Angel Sarinana (10-8-2, 4 KOs) in an eight-rounder.
