Carlos Gongora to face Christopher Pearson on Andrade-Williams card April 17

DAZN’s April 17 card featuring WBO middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade defending against Liam Williams is filling out, with Carlos Gongora to take on Christopher Pearson in the night’s co-feature.

Gongora (19-0, 14 KO) turned a lot of heads and got into the super middleweight mix when he beat Ali Akhmedov last December on the Golovkin-Szeremeta card, and he’ll stay at the weight to fight Pearson (17-2, 12 KO), who was once a prospect, seemed to peter out, and then upset Yamaguchi Falcao in 2019, signing a new contract with Golden Boy after.

The 30-year-old Pearson as right at the age where if he’s going to really make a move as a pro, it’s going to happen now. He’s always been a skilled fighter, and if he’s really put it together now, he could be plenty dangerous here in a southpaw-southpaw matchup against the 31-year-old Gongora.

Also in action:

• Mahammadrasul Majidov (3-0, 3 KO) will face veteran Andrey Fedosov (31-3, 25 KO) in a 10-round heavyweight bout.
• Otha Jones III (5-0-1, 2 KO) takes on Jorge Castaneda (13-1, 11 KO) in an eight-round junior lightweight fight.
• Junior welterweight Arthur Biyarslanov (7-0, 6 KO) will meet Israel Mercado (9-0, 7 KO) in an another eight-rounder.
• Super middleweight Alexis Espino (7-0, 5 KO) and junior welterweight Aaron Aponte (2-0, 1 KO) are also in action, with opponents to be named.