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28/01/2025
On Saturday's show headlined by David Banvidez vs. David Morrell in Las Vegas, the non-televised action on Sautrday in Las Vegas will see Jose Benavidez Jr. (28-3-1, 19 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight tilt against Danny Rosenberger (20-9-4, 10 KOs), and Mayweather Promotions’ top prospect Curmel Moton (6-0, 5 KOs) in an eight-round lightweight matchup battling Frank Zaldivar (5-1, 3 KOs). The undercard will also include a battle of unbeaten super middleweights as Daniel Blancas (11-0, 5 KOs) duels California’s Juan Barajas (11-0-2, 7 KOs) in an eight-round fight... super featherweight Kaipo Gallegos (7-0-1, 6 KOs) faces Venezuela’s Leonardo Padilla (24-6-1, 17 KOs) in an eight-round affair... super middleweight John Easter (7-0, 7 KOs) heads into a six-round bout against Joseph Aguilar (6-2-1, 3 KOs)... and San Antonio’s Gabriela Tellez (3-0, 1 KO) meets Abril Anguiano (4-0, 2 KOs) in a six-round featherweight "someone's ) has got to go" matchup. Tickets for the live event are on sale now through AXS.com. In addition to the PPV being available for purchase on Prime Video in the US, UK, and now Canada — regardless of Prime membership — fans will also be able to continue to access the telecast through traditional cable and satellite outlets as well as PPV.com.
Phoenix’s Benavídez is the older brother of headliner David Benavídez and is trained by his father Jose Sr. A long-established contender who was a highly decorated amateur, Benavídez moved up to super welterweight after dropping a 2018 world title challenge to Terence Crawford, concluding a long run at 147 pounds. He moved up to 154 pounds in July 2022, battling two-division champion Danny Garcia for 12 rounds before losing by a close majority decision. Benavídez made his 160 pound debut in August of 2023, blasting out veteran Sladan Janjanin in round five before dropping a November challenge to two-division champion Jermall Charlo.
He’ll be challenged by Youngstown, Ohio’s Rosenberger, who enters this bout on a fourteen-fight winning streak. The 34-year-old put together a big 2024 campaign, winning four fights including most recently earning a decision victory over Gabriel Escalante in August.
Fighting out of the Mayweather Promotions stable, Moton grabbed the boxing world’s attention last March with a dominant eight-round unanimous decision victory over the previously unbeaten Anthony Cuba, going toe-to-toe and controlling the action throughout a scintillating bout. The 18-year-old was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and now trains and resides in Las Vegas, fighting out of the famed Mayweather Boxing Club. Moton has added three more KO’s since the Cuba fight, including most recently stopping Hilario Martinez Moreno in the first round in October.
He will take on the 28-year-old Zalvidar, who will look to bounce back from a decision loss in his last fight against Yosdiel Napoles in August. Originally from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba and now fighting out of Miami, Zalvidar turned pro in 2019 following an amateur career that included a triumph over Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz.