Both Xander Zayas and Jorge Garcia successfully successfully on Friday to fight for the free WBO Junior Medium Libra title on Saturday evening at ESPN.
Zayas-Garcia Wagre-in: A feisty fight
Standing next to each other, Zayas (21-0, 13 KO) tried to set his hand in front of Garcia to make him punk. Garxcia (33-4, 26 KO) did not go to it and put his hand before Zayas.
Weighing the results
Xander Zayas 154 vs. Jorge Garcia 153
Bruce Carrington 125 vs Mateus Heita 124.8
“This is a good duel in a style. Both warriors are fighting for their country. You have Xander Zayas. He is very sharp, hard and has a good insult. You have a garcia. He is uneven. He is right and a good blow,” said Chris Algeri to do it Boxing boxingPreview in the fight Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia.
Xander will have to show more power than in his last fight for him to do well on Saturday evening against Garcia. Zayas showed against the little -known Slawa Spomer that many shots must land to get a knockout. He is able to do this against fighters carefully connected from the rejection stack, but he will not be able to do it now when it becomes at the world level.
Garcia: The Bushoted, proven threat
Jorge Garcia is a more proven warrior than Xander, because he defeated Charles Conwell and Kudratillo AbdukakHorova in the last two fights. He was not protected by his promoters as Zayas does. It can be said that it was developed as fighters should be, fighting high -quality opposition.
“I think these two warriors fit well because of their style. It will be a great fight. They may not be the biggest names, but there are many on the line,” said Algeri.
If the highest rank were ready to put Zayas with good opposition years ago, he would be a bigger name. Of course, this would require that he would overcome the highest names and it is doubtful that he did it. The way he was stuck by Patrick Theixeira. Since then, Xander has become more a runner and less willing to commit.
“We watched how it grows in who he is now,” said Algeri about Zayas. “He fights for his first world title in one of the deepest divisions in the world.”
Xander’s quick aging: Career questions
It is surprising how quick Zayas is trying. In one year he moved from youthful 21 to a much older warrior. The 22-year-old Xander could easily go for a 28- or 29-year-old. It looks like it is not 20 years elderly. It is not clear why it ages so quickly, but maybe he did the training burden. It becomes like in dogs instead of people from 2024. He can ultimately have a very low career. If you are the highest rank, you need to start pushing it faster to get the greatest course.
Weigh
Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia – 154 pounds (69.9 kg) vs. 153 pounds (69.4 kg)
Bruce Carrington vs. Mateus Heita – 125 pounds (56.7 kg) vs. 124.8 pounds (56.6 kg)
Emiliano Fernando Vargas vs. Alexander Espinosis – 139.6 pounds (63.3 kg) vs. 139.4 pounds (63.2 kg)
Rohan Polanco vs. Quinton randall – 146.6 pounds (66.5 kg) vs. 146.8 pounds (66.6 kg)
Juanita Lopez de Jesus vs. Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez – 113.8 pounds (51.6 kg) vs. 114.8 pounds (52.1 kg)
Yan Santana vs. Aaron Alameda – 124.8 pounds (56.6 kg) vs. 125.6 pounds (57.0 kg)
Steven Navarro vs. Cristopher Rios – 115 pounds (52.2 kg) vs. 114.4 pounds (51.9 kg)
Julius Ballo vs. Brandan Ayala – 132.6 pounds (60.2 kg) vs. 130.2 pounds (59.1 kg)
Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.
Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.
Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.
Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.
“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.
“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.
“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”
Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.
Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.
The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.
Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.
It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.
Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.
“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.
“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.
“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”
While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.
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