The August 17th Top Rank on ESPN show formerly headlined by Jose Benavidez Jr. vs. Luis Collazo, which lost its main event just a week after being announced, has received some reinforcement. Jessie Magdaleno’s August 10th co-headliner against Rafael Rivera has been moved to support the Emmanuel Navarrete vs. Francisco De Vaca-led card in Los Angeles.
Jason Sosa’s fight with Haskell Lydell Rhodes will take over the 8/10 co-main slot.
This bout will be Magdaleno’s (26-1, 18 KO) second since losing his WBO super bantamweight title in an absolute war with Isaac Dogboe last year. He rebounded with a knockout of former champ Rico Ramos in March and faces a competent but unspectacular opponent in Rivera (27-3-2, 18 KO), whose greatest career accomplishment is probably fighting Joet Gonzalez to a split decision a year ago.
Not the most stacked card I’ve ever seen, but it’s running unopposed at the moment, so it’s not like we have any better options that evening.