The pay-per-view undercard for the Devin Haney vs Ryan Garcia present on April 20 has been formally introduced.
There shall be 4 fights on the PPV undercard in whole.
Right here’s the short rundown, and as you would possibly anticipate for an official undercard announcement on April 3 for a present in 17 days, it’s nothing that’s going to knock anybody’s socks off.
Arnold Barboza Jr vs Sean McComb in a 10-round tremendous light-weight bout. Barboza had been beforehand introduced for the present, and it has additionally been speculated that he’s ready within the wings if both Haney or Garcia pull out of the principle occasion for no matter cause.
Bektemir Melikuziev will tackle Pierre Dibombe in a 10-round tremendous middleweight combat.
John “Scrappy” Ramirez will face David Jimenez in a 12-rounder for the WBA interim flyweight title.
Charles Conwell will make his debut with Golden Boy in a 10-round combat in opposition to Nathaniel Gallimore.
Barboza (29-0, 11 KO) made his personal debut with Golden Boy in January after coming over from High Rank, stopping Xolisani Ndongeni after eight rounds. The 32-year-old is a stable contender who has simply not gotten a crack at high stage, and admittedly that’s not going to alter in opposition to McComb (18-1, 5 KO), a 31-year-old southpaw from Belfast who’s on a seven-fight win streak after shedding to Gavin Gwynne in 2021. Grade: C. It’s a bang-average combat for the place Barboza is, however once more, there may be considered a serious alternate cause he’s on this present. You don’t wish to overpay for an opponent in the event you is perhaps sliding Barboza into the principle occasion.
Melikuziev (13-1, 10 KO) has gained six straight since getting one-shotted by Gabe Rosado in 2021, together with a cautious 10-round choice rematch win over Rosado a couple of 12 months in the past. Dibombe (22-0-1, 12 KO) is a 32-year-old from France who doesn’t break BoxRec’s tremendous middleweight high 100 in the intervening time. Most of his profession has been fought in his residence nation, although his final two — one in 2022 and one in 2023 — have been in Canada and america, although not in opposition to formidable foes. Grade: D+. Being sincere, it’s kind of a guessing sport for whether or not or not Dibombe has any hope of being aggressive right here, however in the event you’ve seen sufficient matchups like this in boxing, your intestine feeling goes to guide you to the pessimist take.
Ramirez (13-0, 9 KO) is a man Golden Boy actually wish to get behind, kind of a mini-Blair Cobbs however not as previous. The 27-year-old has had struggles in fights and generally been brutally unappealing to look at, however different nights he reveals you that he can reside as much as his “Scrappy” nickname, too. Final outing, he scored a pleasant stoppage over Ronal Batista. Jimenez, 31, has operated at increased stage, with an in depth win over Ricardo Sandoval in 2022 and an in depth loss to WBA titlist Artem Dalakian in 2023. He’s taken three fights since that, all at decrease stage however staying lively, together with two already this 12 months. Grade: B+. Two guys fairly arguably within the legit high 10 at flyweight, well-matched on paper as Ramirez tries to show he actually belongs within the higher ranks, and Jimenez tries to get one other title crack. Can’t hate on this one, that is the kind of factor you need on a PPV undercard.
Conwell (18-0, 13 KO) has seen his profession sitting stagnant for years now. He actually appeared to be closing in on being a legit contender after stable wins in opposition to Madiyar Ashkeyev and Wendy Toussaint late in 2020, after which he had one other good one over Juan Carlos Rubio in 2021. However he hasn’t fought since late 2022 and he seemed iffy in that one, although he did win. The 35-year-old Gallimore (22-7-1, 17 KO) has some energy and may be harmful, however usually talking he loses to guys who’ve actual expertise. Conwell does have expertise. Grade: C. We’ll go barely optimistic for this one as a result of it’s good to see Conwell combating, and to get a promising, still-young fighter lively once more, Golden Boy might have carried out worse than a tricky veteran. If Conwell is what we’ve thought he may be, he ought to cruise right here.
