Raymond “Hazard” Muratalla, the 24-year-old light-weight star from Fontana, California, has a brand new opponent for his PPV debut Saturday, Nov. 20 at Michelob Extremely Enviornment at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
After unbeaten prospect Steven Ortiz was pressured to withdraw attributable to damage, Muratalla will combat Argentina’s Elias “El Macho” Araujo in an eight-rounder to open the PPV broadcast of the welterweight tremendous combat between undefeated WBO world champion Terence “Bud” Crawford and former two-time welterweight world champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter.
“After the cancellation of my combat towards Joseph Adorno, who couldn’t make the burden, the oldsters from High Rank informed me that they might offer one other essential combat to me,” stated Araujo to RingtTV.com in an audio message throughout a cease in his coaching. “They requested me to maintain coaching onerous. Then this combat towards Muratalla got here up, and I’m able to face this problem. I’m keen to point out that I’m prepared for this, I look ahead to run over him and go away little doubt that large issues are coming for me sooner or later. That’s it. This combat is my large alternative.”
The PPV telecast additionally features a 12-round IBF middleweight title eliminator that includes unbeaten contenders Esquiva “La Pantera” Falcao and Patrice Volny, and a 10-round middleweight tilt between rising star Janibek “Qazaq Type” Alimkhanuly and former world championHassan N’Dam. Introduced by High Rank and TGB Promotions, Crawford-Porter will likely be a High Rank PPV solely on ESPN+ in america at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Muratalla (12-0, 10 KOs), who trains with Robert Garcia in Riverside, California, has gained seven consecutive bouts by knockout. Araujo (21-3, 8 KOs) has by no means been stopped as an expert, and his solely two light-weight defeats have come by way of shut resolution. He was speculated to combat Joseph Adorno in Las Vegas on Nov. 5, however the bout was scrapped after Adorno missed the contract weight. Earlier than the PPV broadcast commences, Southern California natives Adam “BluNose” Lopez and Adan Ochoa will combat in an eight-round featherweight rematch on the undercard telecast (ESPN2 & ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT) headlined by the scheduled 10-round featherweight firefight between former world champion Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe and two-time title challenger Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz. Lopez (15-3, 6 KOs) hopes to rebound from June’s razor-thin resolution loss to Dogboe, whereas Ochoa (12-2, 5 KOs) seeks retribution. Ochoa and Lopez fought as undefeated prospects in April 2017, and Lopez prevailed by four-round unanimous resolution. The combat motion begins on the ESPN App (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT) with a pair of younger stars. 2016 U.S. Olympian Karlos Balderas (10-1, 9 KOs) appears to be like to proceed his profitable methods towards Julio Cortez (15-3, 11 KOs) in a six-rounder at junior light-weight, whereas latest U.S. Olympian Tiger Johnson will make his long-awaited skilled debut in a welterweight four-rounder versus Antonius Grable (3-1-1, 3 KOs). Johnson lately signed a long-term promotional pact with High Rank. Balderas, the combating pleasure of Santa Maria, California, misplaced his unbeaten file with a stunning knockout loss to Rene Tellez Giron in December 2019. After the setback, Balderas modified managers, signed a promotional contract with High Rank, and linked up with famous coach Buddy McGirt. He got here again in August with a second-round knockout over Fidel Cervantes. Cortez, a seven-year professional, has by no means been knocked out. Johnson, from Cleveland, Ohio, superior to the quarterfinals of the welterweight bracket on the Tokyo Olympics earlier than dropping a choice to eventual gold medalist Roniel Iglesias (Cuba).
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