In a huge test, Richardson Hitchins battles Gustavo Lemos in an IBF light welterweight title eliminator tonight, live on DAZN, in the headliner at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas
– Event start time tonight: 8:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 a.m. The UK.
– Headliner ring walks at approximately 10:37 p.m. ET / 3:37 a.m. UK.
Boxing News 24 will be giving live updates below of tonight’s action.
Hitchins (17-0, 7 KOs) and Lemos (29-0, 19 KOs) meet in an IBF 140-lb title eliminator, vying to become mandatory for the title held by Subriel Matias.
Interestingly, Hitchins says he may opt to fight for the WBC title instead, which would make tonight’s fight meaningless. It sounds like Hitchins and his management didn’t think this thing through clearly when they chose Lemos to fight in an IBF eliminator.
Main Card on DAZN starting at 8:00 pm ET
- Richardson Hitchins vs. Gustavo Lemos
- Diego Pacheco vs. Shawn McCalman
- Galal Yafai vs. Agustin Gauto
- Skye Nicolson vs. Sarah Mahfoud
- Marc Castro vs. Abraham Montoya
Preliminary fights on (DAZN at 6:40 pm ET
- Harley Mederos vs. Pedro Vicente
- Steven Navarro vs. Jose Lopez
The co-feature bout tonight between super middleweight contender Diego Pacheco (20-0, 17 KOs) and Shawn McCalman (15-0, 7 KOs) could steal the show from the main event, as these two fighters are expected to go to war tonight in a slugfest.
6’4″ Pacheco is a fighter that could be the future of the 168-lb division once the old guard moves on and retires or goes up in weight.
