At the age of 16, the rising star Puerto RICS Xander Zayas He became the youngest signatory to Top Rank. Now, at the age of only 22, he is ready to take over his first world title.

Zayas will take over the nervous Mexican blow Jorge Garcia At the empty WBO Junior World Championships on Saturday, July 26, at the theater in Madison Square Garden.

In the coefficient of a compatriot from Brooklyn Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington and the invincible Namibian Matthew Heita It will collide in the medium title of WBC featherweight.

And in an eight-handed television opener of the Mexican-American perspective Emiliano Fernando Vargas returns against Ecuador Alexander Espinosis In a junior show in welterweight.

Zayas-Garcia, Carrington-Heita and Vargas-Espinosis will be broadcast live to ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 21:00 ET/6 PM

Promoted according to the highest rank, in cooperation with Zanfer Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions, tickets will go on sale on Friday, June 6 at 12:00 ET and can be bought through Ticketmaster.com.

“When we signed Xander at the age of 16, he was a teenager with all the potential in the world. He is now an excellent newborn contender with a huge opportunity to win his first world title,” said Bob Arm, president of Bop Arum. “Jorge Garcia was recently impressive and I expect a full action, the dramatic main event at the Madison Square Garden theater.”

Zayas (21-0, 13 KO) is to become the next world champion of Puerto Rico almost six years after he twisted the professional as a 17-year-old. He became a pretender in August 2022 after the storm of Elias Espadas to win the title ZABO. Zayas made the seven defense of the ZABO belt, including unilateral decisions over Damian Sosa and former world champion of Patrick Teixeira in 2024. He started his campaign 2025 in February with a wild stop of the ninth round above the German Sław Spomer hit. Zayas grew up, admiring Miguel Cotto, another distinguished in Puerto Rican, who changed a professional under the banner of the highest rank. Cotto won his first world title, WBO Junior Wytrewight Pain, in September 2004. Over two decades later Zayas wants to follow the main hero of boxing.

“This is a dream that I have worked challenging all my life. I have a good opponent in Jorge Garcia, Mexican hungry to become the world champion,” said Zayas. “But I am ready to raise the Puerto Rican flag in victory and become a world champion at the age of 22. See you on July 26.”

Garcia (33-4, 26 KO) enters the task against Zayas, who rode in eight fights, which began with a knockout in the seventh round over the then compatriot Hector Andres Reyes in South Africa. In April, Garcia caught “0” of the highly advertised Unbeaten US Olympian Charles Conwell, ensuring a divided decision about “Bad News” in Oceanside, California. The good news of Conwell Triumph was the WBO No. 2 ranking and a shot in the title.

“Many people thought that I would not win my last fight, but I gained stunning nervousness,” said Garcia. “Although I was weaker, I shocked the world. This fight will be no different. He will become the world champion is my dream and I am ready to fulfill this on July 26 with the dominant victory over Xander Zayas. Mexico will have a novel master this summer.”