Among the many boxing cards taking place on the global landscape this weekend, there are a pair of main events worth focusing on offering everything from a big-name return to a junior bantamweight title showdown that simply can’t be missed.
Teofimo Lopez Jr. (20-1, 13 KOs), the WBO and lineal junior welterweight champion, headlines a card from Miami on Saturday when he defends his crown against Canadian Steve Claggett (38-7-2, 26 KOs) (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET) . Meanwhile, in Phoenix, Arizona, rising star and two-division champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs) takes on his toughest test to date when he challenges pound-for-pound stalwart and WBC super flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada (44-3, 28 KOs) (DAZN, 9:30 p.m. ET) .
Boxing could not be any hotter right now than what’s happening at 140 pounds, where the 26-year-old Lopez resides as the lineal king. But the native of Brooklyn, New York, has had troubles drawing the big names ever since his dismantling of former undisputed champion Josh Taylor.