Date, time, how to watch, background

Jake Paul is scheduled to face boxer Ryan Bourland on the undercard of Amanda Serrano’s title defense against Nina Meinke on Saturday in Puerto Rico.

JAKE PAUL (8-1, 5 KOs)
VS. RYAN BOURLAND (17-2, 6 KOs)

• Date: Saturday, March 2
• Time: 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
• Where: Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• TV/Stream: DAZN
• Division: Cruiserweight (200 pounds)
• At stake: No major titles
• Pound-for-pound: None
• Odds: Paul 9-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
• Significance (up to five stars): *

• Also on the card: Amanda Serrano vs. Nina Meinke, featherweights, (for Serrano’s IBF, WBA and WBO titles); Jonathan Gonzalez vs. Rene Santiago, junior flyweights (for Gonzalez’s WBO title)
• Background: YouTuber-turned-boxer-and-promoter Paul has taken a back seat to undisputed featherweight champion Amanada Serrano (see below) on this card but he remains its biggest attraction. Paul will be facing his second consecutive boxer – as opposed to mixed martial artist or other type of athlete – in Bourland, a 35-year-old from California. However, the one-time Golden Gloves champion has fought only obscure journeyman on minor cards, meaning he probably isn’t a serious threat to his more famous opponent. Paul has won two consecutive fights since he lost a split decision to rival Tommy Fury in February of last year. He easily outpointed MMA star Nate Diaz last August and then knocked out boxer Andre August in the first round in December.

AMANDA SERRANO (46-2-1, 30 KOs)
VS. NINA MEINKE (18-3, 4 KOs)

• Division: Featherweight (126 pounds)
• At stake: Serrano’s IBF, WBA and WBO titles
• Odds: NA
• Significance (up to five stars): ****

• Also on the card: Jake Paul vs. Ryan Bourland, cruiserweights; Jonathan Gonzalez vs. Rene Santiago, junior flyweights (for Gonzalez’s WBO title)
• Background: This is a homecoming for Serrano, who will be fighting in her native country for the first time since early 2021. The seven-division titleholder has won four consecutive fights since she lost a split decision in a bid to take Katie Taylor’s 135-pound titles in April 2022. All four victories were one-sided decisions in defense of her 126-pound titles, over Sarah Mahfoud, Erika Cruz, Heather Hardy and Danila Ramos. The Ramos fight took place last Oct. 27. Meinke, 30, is a longtime contender from Berlin, Germany. She has won six consecutive fights since she came up short in her only major title fight, losing a unanimous decision to Mahfoud in April 2022. She also was knocked out by Taylor in a non-title bout in 2017. Her most recent fight took place on Oct. 28 in Munich, where she easily outpointed Laura Ledezma. Meinke will be fighting outside of Europe for the first time.