Fight week has arrived for the continuation of one of the fiercest rivalries women's boxing has ever seen. Two-weight champion Mikaela Mayer (pictured, 20-2, 5 KOs) will defend her WBO welterweight title in a rematch against former champion Sandy Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) this Saturday, March 29th at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. In the co-feature, Brian Norman Jr. (26-0, 20 KOs) will make the inaugural defense of his WBO welterweight championship against Puerto Rican challenger Derrieck Cuevas (27-1-1, 19 KOs). Mayer-Ryan II and Norman-Cuevas will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

 

The ESPN+-streamed undercard (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT) features rising featherweight phenom Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (14-0, 8 KOs) as he locks horns with Jose Enrique Vivas (23-3, 12 KOs) in a ten-round WBC eliminator.

 

Additional undercard action:

 

Emiliano Fernando Vargas vs. Giovannie Gonzalez, eight rounds, junior welterweights;

Tiger Johnson vs. Kendo Castañeda, eight rounds, welterweights;

Dedrick Crocklem vs. Dionne Ruvalcaba, four rounds, junior lightweights; and

Emmanuel Chance vs. Miguel Guzman, four rounds, bantamweights.