Two IBF eliminators July 19 in Oxon Hill, MD

Unbeaten lightweights Teofimo Lopez (13-0, 11 KOs) and Masayoshi Nakatani (18-0, 12 KOs) will lock horns in a 12-round IBF lightweight world title eliminator on Friday, July 19 at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The Lopez-Nakatani winner will be the mandatory challenger for the victor of the June 28 ESPN-televised bout between IBF champion Richard Commey and Ray Beltran.

In the chief support bout — also a battle of unbeatens — Maxim “Mad Max” Dadashev (13-0, 11 KOs) will take on Subriel Matias (13-0, 13 KOs) in a 12-round IBF junior welterweight world title eliminator for the belt currently held by Josh Taylor.

Lopez-Nakatani, Dadashev-Matias, and the undercard, including a 10-round super featherweight contest between Erick De Leon (19-0-1, 11 KOs) and former world champion Jason Sosa (22-3-4, 15 KOs), will stream live and exclusively on ESPN+.

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