Top Rank sets six shows for June!

By Scott Shaffer

31/05/2020

Top Rank sets six shows for June!

Top Rank will be the first major boxing promoter to hold live boxing events since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March. Top Rank president Bob Arum tweeted, "Kudos to our entire team, who has worked so hard behind the scenes for weeks to get our boxing programming up and running again. The public will benefit from having live fight action, starting June 9th on ESPN. We have some big official fight announcements coming next week." Top Rank has not formally announced the match-ups, but here is ESPN's listing of the featured bouts:
 
(Except as noted below, the shows are expected to take place in Las Vegas with coverage on the ESPN family of networks)
 
June 9th: Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) vs. Felix Caraballo (13-1-2, 9 KOs) (Stevenson, the WBO featherweight champion is in a non-title bout); Mikaela Mayer (12-0, 5 KOs) vs. Helen Joseph (17-4-2, 10 KOs)
 
June 11th: Jessie Magdaleno (27-1, 18 KOs) vs. Yenifel Vicente (36-4-2, 28 KOs) (Magdaleno, a former 122-pound title holder, is in a featherweight bout); Adam Lopez (13-2, 6 KOs) vs. Luis Coria (12-2, 7 KOs);
 
June 16th: Joshua Greer Jr. (22-1-1, 12 KOs) vs. Mike Plania (23-1, 12 KOs) (bantamweights); Antonio Demarco (33-8-1, 24 KOs) vs. Giovanni Santillan (25-0, 15 KOs) (Demarco is a former lighweight title holder).
 
June 18th: Jose Pedraza (26-3, 13 KOs) vs. Mikkel LesPierre (22-1-1, 10 KOs) (Pedraza is a former lightweight title holder now campaigning at 140 pounds); Gabe Flores Jr. (17-0, 6 KOs) vs. Josec Ruiz (21-2-3, 14 KOs);
 
June 20th (TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City): Emanuel Navarrete (31-1, 27 KOs) vs. Uriel Lopez (13-13-1, 6 KOs) (Navarrete, the WBO 122-pound champion, but this will be a ten-round non-title bout). 
 
June 23rd: Andrew Moloney (21-0, 14 KOs) vs. Joshua Franco (16-1-2, 8 KOs) (Maloney is a secondary title holder at 115 pounds); Christopher Diaz (25-2, 16 KOs) vs. Jason Sanchez (15-1, 8 KOs).