Commey and Pedraza conflict in Tulsa – British Boxing BBTV

An excellent-lightweight conflict between former world champions Richard Commey (30-4-0, 27KOs) and Jose Pedraza (29-4-0, 14KOs) is the spotlight of a comparatively quiet weekend of boxing.

The Exhausting Rock Resort and On line casino Resort in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the situation that may see the 2 former rulers come head-to-head in an intriguing crossroads struggle that might spell the top of the loser’s world title ambitions for good. The winner in the meantime will propel themselves again up the ladder in the direction of the large names in stacked divisions starting from 130-140 kilos respectively.

Commey bravely fought on in opposition to Ukraine’s spectacular Vasyl Lomachenko in December of final 12 months earlier than dropping broadly on the playing cards after twelve rounds, whereas Pedraza suffered defeat by way of the identical route versus Jose Ramirez 5 months in the past. Whether or not each are previous their greatest or have merely been overtaken by higher and more energizing names round them is but to be seen, however victory might be essential this weekend if that query is to be answered anytime quickly.

The undercard options one of many brightest rising prospects at heavyweight in Jared Anderson (11-0-0, 11KO) who has received all eleven of his skilled contests up to now inside the gap. Montenegro’s Miljan Rovcanin (24-2-0, 16KOs) will oppose in an eight-round contest.

The heavyweight motion doesn’t cease there as Efe Ajagba (15-1-0, 12KOs) returns for the primary time since his sole skilled defeat to Frank Sanchez final 12 months, taking up Jozsef Darmos (14-4-3, 10KOs) in an eight-round bout, whereas Tokyo 2020 super-heavyweight silver medalist Richard Torres (2-0-0, 2KOs) makes his third look within the professional ranks. Torres has received each of his first two fights by way of knockout and can look to copy that once more versus Marco Antonio Canedo (4-2-0, 2KOs) on Saturday. Fellow Tokyo Olympian Delante Johnson (4-0-0, 3KOs) can be set to seem in a six-round super-lightweight conflict with Harry Gigliotti (8-3-0, 3KOs).

Prime Rank promote and Sky Sports activities televise within the UK with protection set to start at 02:00am within the early hours of Sunday morning.