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Super Welterweight Luis Arias Duels Jimmy Williams Plus
Rising Prospect Jalil Hackett Battles Unbeaten Jose Belloso
On Davis vs. Romero Undercard May 28
Super welterweight contender Luis “Cuba” Arias will face
Jimmy Williams in a 10-round showdown, while exciting
welterweight prospect Jalil “Major” Hackett takes on
unbeaten Jose Belloso for a six-round attraction in
undercard bouts that will stream live on the SHOWTIME Sports
YouTube page this Saturday, May 28 in a Premier Boxing
Champions event from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The streaming action will begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and
lead into the highly-anticipated SHOWTIME PPV lineup
headlined by WBA Lightweight Champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis,
boxing’s hottest young attraction, taking on unbeaten No.1
ranked contender and mandatory challenger Rolando Romero.
SHOWTIME has tapped a notable announce team to host the
streamed fights on Saturday’s pre-show as veteran combat
sports reporter Brian Campbell of MORNING KOMBAT, NBA
champion Stephen Jackson of ALL THE SMOKE, and former
unified world champion Julian “J-Rock” Williams will call
the preliminary action live from the 40/40 Club inside
Barclays Center and look ahead to the PPV bouts.
Campbell will also serve as the host of Friday’s
live-streamed weigh-in with Jackson and former world
champion Raul Marquez breaking down the weights and the
fights. Former NBA superstar Tracy McGrady will also join
Friday’s weigh-in stream as a special guest from the
SHOWTIME Sports YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Boxing Facebook
page, and the Premier Boxing Champions YouTube page.
The SHOWTIME PPV begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and features
two division world champion Erislandy “The American Dream”
Lara defending his WBA Middleweight Title against
hard-hitting Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan in the co-main event.
Plus, sensational young star Jesús “Mono” Ramos faces Luke
Santamaría in a 10-round super welterweight showdown, while
hard-hitting contender Eduardo Ramírez battles Puerto Rico’s
Luis Meléndez in the 10-round super featherweight telecast
opener.
A native of Milwaukee who now trains out of Las Vegas,
Mayweather Promotions’ Arias (19-3-1, 9 KOs) will look to
bounce back on Saturday night from a split-decision loss to
Vaughn Alexander in December. Prior to that fight, Arias had
scored a career-best victory in June 2021, as he earned a
decision victory over former unified champion Jarrett Hurd
on the Mayweather vs. Paul SHOWTIME PPV undercard. Arias has
also battled former champion Daniel Jacobs and owns a draw
against veteran contender Gabriel Rosado. He will take on
New Haven, Connecticut’s Williams (18-7-2, 6 KOs), who also
will be looking to return to the win column after dropping a
March contest to unbeaten Tyron James. The 35-year-old
Williams owns a 2021 victory over former champion Yuri
Foreman and has fought everywhere from 140 to 160 pounds
throughout his career, having faced top contenders such as
Brandun Lee and Abel Ramos.
Hackett (3-0, 2 KOs), a fast-rising prospect in the
Mayweather Promotions’ stable, will look to continue his
road toward becoming the next great fighter representing
Washington, D.C. as he continues his burgeoning pro career
on Saturday night. The 19-year-old turned pro in June 2021,
scoring a first-round knockout of Angelo Diaz. He followed
that up with another first-round knockout in October, before
earning a shutout four-round unanimous decision over Darynn
Levya in December. He will face off against the fellow
unbeaten Belloso (4-0, 4 KOs), who is yet to go the distance
since turning pro in June 2021. The 29-year-old is
originally from Carson, California and now resides in
Arkansas, having most recently stopped Anthony Woods in
three rounds in December.
In non-televised undercard bouts, New York-native Arnold
Gonzalez (9-0, 5 KOs) will take on Tracey McGruder (6-2, 4
KOs) in a six-round welterweight fight, plus Cincinnati’s
Adrian Benton (6-0, 4 KOs) competes in a six-round super
lightweight duel versus Mexico’s Jose Antonio Meza (8-6, 2
KOs), while Baltimore’s Cuttino Oliver (1-0, 1 KO) faces
South Carolina’s Jahden Lewis (2-1, 1 KO) in a four-round
super bantamweight attraction and Baltimore’s Mia Ellis
(4-0, 3 KOs) steps in against Haiti’s Jaica Pavilus (2-1, 1
KO) for a six-round lightweight showdown.
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