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Junior welterweight contender Nestor Bravo is scheduled to face Will Madera on Friday night in Orlando, Florida.
NESTOR BRAVO (21-0, 15 KOs)
VS. WILL MADERA (17-2-3, 10 KOs)
- Date: Friday, Aug. 18
- Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida
- TV/Stream: DAZN
- Division: Junior welterweight (140 pounds)
- At stake: No major titles
- Odds: NA
- Pound-for-pound: None
- Also on the card: Damian Lescaille vs. Hugo Noriega, welterweights
- Prediction: Bravo UD
- Background: Bravo, a 29-year-old junior welterweight contender, enters the ring for the first time since a no-contest against Jair Valtierra that was stopped in the fourth round after Bravo was cut by a clash of heads in February. The Orlando-based Puerto Rican has otherwise dominated marginal opposition as he has worked his way up the rankings. Madera probably is a step up in opposition for Bravo. The 32-year-old New Yorker has lost his biggest fights – against Felix Verdejo in 2020 (TKO 1) and Brandun Lee (UD) this past August but he has demonstrated solid ability. We’ll have a better idea of how good Bravo is after this fight.
