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Shane Mosley Jr. To Fight Mario Lozano As
The Nery vs. Hovhannisyan Co-Main Event
The undercard for Nery vs. Hovhannisyan has been finalized
to support a main event matchup with potential “fight of the
year” contender status written all over it. Former
two-division world champion Luis “Pantera” Nery (33-1, 25
KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan
(21-3, 17 KOs) of Los Angeles by way of Yerevan, Armenia
will fight in a 12-round WBC Super Bantamweight Title
Eliminator match to get one step closer to a coveted
opportunity to fight for a world championship. The event,
presented in association with Zanfer Boxing, is scheduled to
take place at Fox Theater Pomona and will be broadcast
worldwide on DAZN beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST/ 8:00 p.m. EST.
In the co-main event, Shane Mosley, Jr. (18-4, 10 KOs) will
return to the ring after successfully defeating Gabe Rosado
via majority decision last April 2022. Mosley, Jr. will
fight in a 10-round super middleweight fight against
Chihuahua, Mexico’s Mario “Aguila” Lozano (33-10, 24 KOs).
Lozano is coming off of a long layoff after a valiant effort
against Liam “Beefy” Smith in August 2019.
Also on the DAZN card, Ricardo “El Niño” Sandoval (20-2, 15
KOs) of Rialto will participate in a 10-round flyweight bout
against Jerson Ortiz (17-6, 8 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua.
Sandoval will be attempting to avenge his loss against David
Jimenez last July 2022. Opening up the DAZN broadcast, Rowdy
“Legend” Montgomery (8-4-1, 6 KOs) of Victorville will face
Christian “Ruso” Olivas (22-8, 19 KOs) of San Ysidro in an
eight-round super middleweight match.
For the Nery vs. Hovhannisyan preliminary bouts, Asa “Ace”
Stevens (3-0, 1 KO) of Waianae, Hawaii will fight Cesar
Sustaita (3-6, 3 KOs) of Chihuahua, Mexico in a four-round
super bantamweight match. His Hawaiian counterpart, Dalis
Kaleiopu (3-0, 3 KOs), also of Waianae will face Erick
Garcia (4-3, 1 KO) of Guadalajara, Mexico in a four-round
lightweight fight. Opening up the night, Odessa, Ukraine’s
Andrii Novytski will make his pro-debut against Gabriel
Costa (1-3) of Woburn, Missouri in a four-round heavyweight
scrap.
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