The Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal boxing occasion has a brand new co-main occasion.
On Friday, ESPN reported that former WBA and IBF middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs will face Shane Mosley Jr. on July 6 on the Honda Heart in Anaheim, Calif., within the penultimate battle of the night. The bout is ready to be a 10-round tremendous middleweight battle. MMA Preventing’s Damon Martin confirmed the report.
Jacobs was the WBA middleweight champion from 2014 till 2016 when he misplaced the title in a aggressive matchup with Gennady Golovkin. He then received the IBF middleweight title two years later, however misplaced it to Canelo Alvarez in 2019. Most not too long ago, the 37-year-old Jacobs misplaced a break up determination to John Ryder in Feb. of 2022.
Mosley is the son of Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Famer Shane Mosley, who was a three-weight world champion by means of the late 90s and early 2000s. The 33-year-old Mosley Jr. is 21-4 in his skilled boxing profession and at the moment using a four-fight successful streak. Most not too long ago, Mosley Jr. defeated Joshua Conley this previous December.
The Diaz vs. Masvidal card was initially slated to happen this Saturday, June 1. Nevertheless, the occasion was moved to July in order to not battle with UFC 302 or the Queensberry vs. Matchroom 5 vs. 5 occasion going down in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
