Undefeated former two-time WBC Super Middleweight Champion David “El Bandera Roja’’ Benavídez and former IBF Super Middleweight Champion Caleb Plant will meet in a 12-round, high-stakes showdown to settle their long-simmering feud, live on SHOWTIME PPV.
Top super lightweight contenders will square off as popular knockout artist Subriel Matías meets undefeated Argentinian Jeremías Ponce for the vacant IBF Super Lightweight World Championship.
Two former world champions are out to prove they are still elite as they discuss their respective returns and more!
Former welterweight world champion Yordenis Ugas and former unified super welterweight world champion Jarrett Hurd are this week's guests on The PBC Podcast. Ugas updates fans on a timetable for a ring return, reflects on his bout versus Errol Spence Jr. and offers his take on the current welterweight division.
Hurd is also plotting a ring return -- sooner rather than later -- as he discusses what he has been doing out of the ring and the changes he's made as he prepares to make another run at world title glory. Also, in this week's Toe to Toe segment, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal list their Top PBC Fighters in the Original Eight Divisions.
For a closer look at Yordenis Ugas, check out his fighter page.
For a closer look at Jarrett Hurd, check out his fighter page.
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Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Lenier Pero is the latest product to emerge from the legendary Cuban amateur system which has produced a long line of great fighters.
Former champion and all-action San Antonio-native Mario “El Azteca” Barrios returns to the ring in a 10-round welterweight duel against Jovanie Santiago in the co-main event.
