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Tonight at 9:30 pm ET on FS1, Premier Boxing Champions returns to the airwaves with Josesito Lopez in the main event, facing Saul Corral in a 10-round welterweight bout from Los Angeles.
Lopez (34-7, 19 KO) is looking to get himself back into the mix at 147 pounds, which is no easy task. The 32-year-old “Riverside Rocky” is long removed from his 2012 upset of Victor Ortiz at this point, going 4-3 since that night, but with the losses coming to Canelo Alvarez, Marcos Maidana, and Andre Berto.
Corral (23-8, 14 KO) is the sort of opponent he’s been beating since then, a journeyman fighter from Mexico who fought five times in 2016, going 3-2 with wins over club fighters and losses to Mike Alvarado and Sadam Ali. The 30-year-old has really never beaten anyone of substance.
A potentially more interesting fight comes in the co-feature, where lightweight prospect Alejandro Luna (21-0, 15 KO) will face veteran Andrey Klimov (19-3, 9 KO). Klimov has lost two in a row, but still represents a next step for Luna, a 25-year-old who’s only gone a 10-round distance once, in his last outing against Naim Nelson.
American Olympian Carlos Balderas will also make his pro debut in the televised opener.
Join us for rare Sunday night action!