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Chaves Defends WBO Latino Title Against Garcia At
Prudential Center In Newark, NJ On Sept. 4
Alan Chaves will defend his WBO Latino Lightweight title
against Eridson Garcia at Prudential Center in Newark, New
Jersey on Friday September 4, the third headline show of TNT
Sports and DAZN’s “The Fight,” the new monthly live boxing
series, and will be broadcast co-exclusively in the U.S. on
TNT, truTV and DAZN and worldwide on DAZN – a night
headlined by the return of the former unified Heavyweight
ruler Andy Ruiz Jr. who faces Polish giant Damian Knyba.
Chaves (22-0 19 KOs) is back in action following his KO of
the year contending victory in Las Vegas in April, where his
ferocious left hook in the third round of his fifth defense
of his Latino title against Miguel Madueno. The Argentine is
sitting pretty in the rankings at #2 with the WBO, #4 with
the IBF and #7 with the WBC, and the 25-year-old will be
looking for sixth straight win inside the distance to
underline his World title credentials at 135lbs.
Garcia (23-2 14 KOs) will be looking to get back to winning
ways after the 32-year-old was edged out over ten rounds in
his last fight, also in Las Vegas in April, snapping a
six-fight winning streak, but victory for the Dominican in
the Garden State will catapult him into World title
contention.
“I appreciate Eridson accepting the fight when others
didn’t,” said Chaves. “He earned the opportunity. Now he has
to earn the victory—and that’s a much harder task.”
“Alan Chaves is undefeated, dangerous and coming off a
knockout everyone is talking about,” said Garcia. “Good—that
means there will be no excuses when I beat him. He has never
faced anyone with my experience or the ability to take away
his weapons.
“They call him ‘Veneno,’ but I’m bringing the antidote, and
I’m coming to hand him the first loss of his career.”
Chaves vs. Garcia is the latest undercard addition to the
September 4 action, with New Jersey native Vito Mielnicki
Jr. meeting Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams in the co-main event and
Zaquin Moses fighting on home soil for the first time in his
first right round fight. Two-weight unified king Jaron
‘Boots’ Ennis will be in the house on the night as his Boots
Promotions outfit has two fighters on the card, with
Philadelphia’s Dennis Thompson in the second eight rounder
of his career following victory in his first in June on the
undercard of Jaron Ennis’ huge win over Xander Zayas in
Brooklyn, NY and Welterweight Brooke Mullen fighting for the
fourth time in the paid ranks.
“September 4 in New Jersey just got even better with Alan
Chaves being added to the card,” said promoter Eddie Hearn.
“Alan proved in April that he is a must-watch talent in the
sport with his incredible KO of the year contender. Eridson
is the latest man to try to stop his rapid ascent and can
crash into the Lightweight rankings in a big way with a win,
so this has all the hallmarks of a show-stealing fight in an
already stacked card.”
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