WBO Master of Pentecost, Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza (26-0, 22 KO), will defend against Edward Vazquez (17-2, 4 Kos) on the Nayya Inoue vs. card Ramon Cardenas on Sunday, May 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Vazquez has two narrow defeats in the fighting, which he approached winning with Raymond Ford and Joe Cordina. Many Vazquez fans defeated Cordina in the fight on November 4, 2023 in Monte Carlo, but the judges believed that the British warrior had done enough.

Espinosis vs. Vazquez is a good enough fight to be the main event on this card, because it is more competitive on paper than Headliner Inoue-Cardenas. This is a mismatch.

The advantage of Rafael

Espinosis 6’1 ″ descends from the sixth round of arrest the injury of the former WBO champion of 126-pound Robeisa Ramirez on December 7 last year. This was the second win of Espinosis with two -time gold Olympic medalist Robeisia and a signal that it is simply too good for Cuban talent.

Vazquez, 5’7 ″, he will have to come up with a way to deal with the height of a stork -like espinosis, because it will be bombed if he is not able to find a strategy. His lack of impact strength will make it harder because he would need to beat a much higher master. It is not that espinosis uses its height to fight outside.

What makes him so tough is his long arms and the way his loops are shot, which makes it tough to see them. Espinosis also has a high work rate, which causes even greater difficulties. However, he can be wounded, as we saw in his first fight with Robeis, when he was dropped slow in the fifth round. He was saved from knocking out the round ending.

“Rafael Espinosis is a high featherweight with power and skills to be the world champion for many years, and we are glad that we can present him on such a significant weekend for Mexican boxing,” said Bob Arum promoter, “Edward Vazquez is a tough, determined claimant who knows that he is his shot. Fans at the T-Mobile Arena are waiting for pleasure, because espinosis divides the spotlight lightweight with the incomparable Nayy Inoue on this historic Cinco de Mayo card. “

Promoter Eddie Hearn shot him in response to the blame by Edgar Berlang for not providing him with money for the title shot against IBF Super Middle in Libra, William Scull, who, as he believed, will open the door to a lucrative revenge with Canelo Alvarez.

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Hearn claims that Scull wanted more than $ 1.5 million, which Berlanga said (22-1, 17 KO). He says they followed the contract they had from Berlang. They did not intend to pay beyond the money written in Berlang’s contract for the last fight for his contract with Matchroom.

$ 12 million payday

Eddie says he provided Berlanga with the fight with Canelo and created Over $ 12 million in his three fights from Mechroom. They were all stars. Hearn says that Berlanga does not go on Saturday against Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz because he agreed to fight to be on the card for the money offered.

Three Berlanga fights with Matchroom

– Canelo Alvarez
– padraig mccrry
– Jason Quigley

“It is significant to notice that in our three fights with Edgar Berlanga the headline in Madison Square Garden against Jason Quigley. He recorded here against Padraig McCryry [Orlando, Florida]And then the headline against Canelo Alvarez in T-Mobile [Arena in Las Vegas]- said Eddie Hearn Warrior About what Matchroom provided to Edgar Berlang in the three fights that he was with them.

“He made over $ 12 million with us. We completely changed his life and career, “hearn continued about Edgar. “We did the fact that we provided everything we’ve ever promised and more. We do it again on Saturday evening. This is a good fight to return to your winning ways and then go to a greater fight. If it is with us, fantastic. We would like to continue this relationship. “

Berlanga’s CV is unworthy that the warrior assesses the money he earns with the lend a hand of Matchroom. From his 22 wins, everyone was against smaller warriors. Hearn was still able to maneuver Berlanga in the fight against Canelo, he did not have to face one of the killers, such as David Benavidez, David Morrell, Diego Pachco, Caleb Plant or Chistian Mbilli. The guys that Berlanga defeated to get Alvarez’s fight were staring.

“If this is not the case, we say:” Good luck, Edgar. We completely gave our wildest dreams to you. Edgar has great faith in his commercial strength of the star, “said Hearn. “Many fighters want to be partners or have their own promotional companies, but none of them want to put money on the table. None of them wants to take risks. “

Berlanga can probably sell tickets in Novel York, but it would not last forever if he couldn’t beat the five best rivals. A dream that is to defeat someone like Jaime Munguia or Jermall Charlo to get a rematch from Canelo Alvarez is unreal. It won’t happen. Canelo will never fight him again, because this is not his style to give revenge to warriors that it is empty.

Uncard Drop

“Yes, this is a partnership. You work for me in a promotional company. “Okay, no problem. If the tickets do not go well and we lose $ 1 million, are you too half? ‘Oh no.’ “Okay, we take risks and want a logo on the background.” This is how it works – said Hearn.

“We do what is on the contract [with Berlanga]. We did not ask for a place for cards. They did it because they agreed to a certain amount and said: “This is not a header fight. This is the fight with the card. So we will just fight on the card in the fight for a return. I said, “Okay” and we’re going forward. He received an absolute fortune to fight Canelo Alvarez.

“What he has to do is turn on it because it won’t be Gimme [Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz]This fight. He is a complex kid. It is a chance for him to change his life. If you start thinking with your head in the whole place. You can’t afford to look bad in this fight, and you definitely can’t lose in this fight – said Hearn.

Promoter Eddie Hearn wants to position Austin ‘Ammo “Williams to the title shot in medium weight, but he must win his headliner against Patrice Volny on Saturday, March 15. Williams (17-1, 12 Kos) and Volny (19-1, 13 KO) meet at the 12-round main event at Caribe Royale, Orlando, Florida. The event will be shown live in Dazn.

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Hearn blames some of Williams’ past, less impressive performances that do not have perfect preparation. He was “indifferent” in the camp and is not fully “mentally” ready. Last year his defeat because of Hamzah Sheeraz last year may be what Hearn is talking about. In this fight, ammunition wounded early, but it was not possible to kill. Losing with work, such as Sheeraz, was disappointing because it was a very winning fight if the ammunition laid his foot on the accelerator.

Hearna’s vision

35 -year -old Volny can hit and knocked out his last three opponents. If Williams cannot pull him out of it, he could be exposed to stopping for the second time. This, of course, would spoil Hearna’s plans to get him the title, and maybe he will have to think about his career goals for him.

“Amunia’s problems in the past were not that he was not good enough, it was because its preparation was not good enough. Sometimes he wasn’t 100%mentally. Sometimes his camps were a little indifferent, “said Eddie Hearn Boxing DAZNSpeaking of the fight of Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams with Patrice Volny on Saturday evening in Orlando, Florida.

28-year-old Williams lost only once in his six-year career, but he did not face any killers except Sheeraz, who is deeply defective. The remaining 17 guys with whom the ammunition fought were not names that most fans have never heard of.

“This is one of the first times in which he had a robust, decent camp. It’s a tough fight. Volny is a gigantic guy and is a stern medium weight – said Hearn. “He is a good warrior. The history of Williams’s ammunition is quite amazing. I look back at his professional debut, and he was the youthful, stimulating child. Then you go through the list wherever he is in the box and everything he did. “

Threat of Volny

Volny is a real gigantic guy. Standing next to the ammunition, he looked like a super average weight. It is tough to believe that he will bring weight tomorrow because it looks enormous. Williams seemed brief and catchy next to him.

“The fact that he is still here after all the problems and problems he had, but you have to count it,” said Hearn about Ammo. “Stories are frigid, but if you overcome, there is only as much as you can do with history. When you compare people with ammunition, it is a riding on a mountain queue. Let’s not twist him, thinking that you can lose. It’s never good, but you can definitely come back from it. “

There is only as much as a promoter can do by building a warrior, telling his life story. These things do not work with fans if the warrior does not win. They do not care what the warrior has gone through his life to get where they are. If they don’t win, fans will not bother with paying attention.

The fight must win

“The reality is that in this sport, if you are not good enough, you will not win. That’s all. If you are not good enough, you can look in a mirror. As long as you have done everything, you can go again – said Hearn.

“You have many high -quality fighters, but you have many fighters who do not have huge profiles that are looking for opportunities against good names in stimulating fighting,” Hearn said when Austin Williams in medium weight was asked if he wins on Saturday against Volny.

“You have a WBO master [Janibek Alimkhanuly]. I think that at some point he intends to get up [to 168]. You just saw [WBC champ] Carlos Adames defeated Hamzah Sheeraz. He is a good warrior, but I wasn’t blown up by him. Then you have [WBA champion Erislandy] Lara. He is a great warrior, but goes on [41 years old].

“Listen, we want to throw the cube of the world -high -weight world championship with Williams ammunition, but he has to win on Saturday,” said Hearn.