The opponent has modified, however the stakes are simply as excessive for Australian standout Andrew Moloney. Pedro Guevara will now battle Moloney for the vacant WBC Interim junior bantamweight world title on Sunday, Might 12 at RAC Enviornment in Perth, Western Australia.
Guevara replaces former world champion Carlos Cuadras, who was compelled to withdraw from the battle on account of a torn Achilles suffered in coaching. Moloney-Guevara would be the co-feature to the vacant IBF light-weight world title showdown between Vasiliy Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr. In different world championship motion on the invoice, WBA bantamweight world champion Nina Hughes seems to be to show again the problem of one-time world champion Cherneka “Sugar Neekz” Johnson.
Promoted by DiBella Leisure, Prime Rank, Ferocious Promotions, TEG Sport and Duco Occasions, Lomachenko-Kambosos, Moloney-Guevara and Hughes-Johnson shall be broadcast in prime time in america on Saturday, Might 11 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, reside on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+.
“I’m grateful that Prime Rank and my workforce have been in a position to get such an excellent opponent so shortly and to nonetheless be preventing for the WBC Interim world title,” Moloney mentioned. “Guevara has solely misplaced to world champions, and every of his defeats have come by both break up or majority resolution. I look ahead to being the primary individual to beat him convincingly and making a large assertion.”
“This can be a improbable alternative. Moloney is a superb fighter, however I would like the WBC inexperienced belt,” Guevara mentioned. “It’s an honor to be a part of the Lomachenko-Kambosos occasion. I’m very grateful to Prime Rank, All Star Boxing and Bxstrs Promotions for making this occur. I can’t let my Mexican individuals down.”
Moloney (26-3, 16 KOs) is unbeaten when preventing on Australian soil and appears to proceed his climb again up the 115-pound rankings. After struggling a Twelfth-round stoppage defeat to Junto Nakatani for the vacant WBO junior bantamweight world title final Might, he returned in December with a convincing resolution over Judy Flores in Melbourne, Australia.
Guevara (41-4-1, 22 KOs), from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, is a former WBC mild flyweight world champion who made two world title defenses in 2015. He challenged Kenshiro Teraji for that title in 2017, dropping a majority resolution. Guevara noticed his 10-fight profitable streak finish when he misplaced a break up resolution to Cuadras final November for the WBC Interim junior bantamweight world title. In February, he outlasted Lamberto Macias by way of 10-round resolution in Mazatlán.
In different undercard motion, streaming reside and solely on ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, knockout sensation Imam Khataev (6-0, 6 KOs) steps up in opposition to Ričards Bolotņiks (20-7-1, 8 KOs). Khataev, who trains in Sydney, Australia, earned a bronze medal on the Tokyo Olympics. As knowledgeable, he has but to be pushed previous the third spherical.
Two action-packed heavyweight fights, which is able to happen after the primary occasion, have been added to the cardboard. Lucas “Large Daddy” Browne (31-5, 27 KOs) returns to Australian soil to face New Zealand’s Hemi Ahio (21-1, 16 KOs) in an eight-rounder. The final time Browne fought in Australia, he shocked Junior Fa with a first-round knockout on the primary Kambosos-Devin Haney card in Melbourne.
And, in an all-Australian 10-rounder, Faiga Opelu (16-4-2, 12 KOs) will battle former newbie standout Joe Goodall (10-2-1, 9 KOs). Opelu hopes to notch his second straight win, whereas Goodall seems to be to rebound from final November’s stoppage defeat to Nigerian knockout artist Efe Ajagba.
Lomachenko-Kambosos, Moloney-Guevara and Hughes-Johnson last tickets together with ringside hospitality on sale now at Ticketek.
