The venue is set and the undercard is shaping up for the October 14 middleweight unification clash between WBO champion Janibek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly (14-0, 9 KOs) and IBF champion Vincenzo Gualtieri (21-0-1, 7 KOs). The bout will take place at the brand-new, state-of-the-art Fort Bend Epicenter in Rosenberg, Texas, which opened its doors last week.
In the 10-round lightweight co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis (9-0, 6 KOs) goes against Nahir Albright (16-2, 7 KOs).
Other bouts:
- U.S. Olympic Silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. (6-0, 6 KOs) will make his third appearance of 2023 in a six-round heavyweight battle against Don Haynesworth (17-8-1, 15 KOs)
- Junior welterweight Giovanni Marquez (6-0, 4 KOs), son of former world champion Raul Marquez, will put his unbeaten record on the line against TBA in a scheduled six-rounder
- U.S. Olympic silver medalist Duke Ragan (8-0, 1 KO) will make his 2023 debut in an eight-round featherweight fight against Jose Perez (11-1-2, 5 KOs)
- 2016 Italian Olympian Guido Vianello (10-1-1, 9 KOs) will take on Florida veteran Curtis Harper (14-9, 9 KOs) in an eight-round heavyweight tilt,
- Kelvin Davis (9-0, 6 KOs), the eldest of the fighting Davis Brothers from Norfolk, will see action in an eight-round junior welterweight clash.
- Unbeaten lightweight prospect Alan “Kid Kansas” Garcia (9-0, 8 KOs) will face an opponent to be named in a six-rounder.
I’m not the biggest fan of Davis’ just yet, but Albright did just get the win against Balderas and he gave Ortiz a pretty good fight, so he’s due a step-up and here it is.
Torrez, on the other hand, Haynesworth will be 41 by fight night, been out a year and a half and is 1-5 in his last 6… they can do better than that. Torrez probably stops him in the very first round.
Yeah, they aren’t doing him any favors. Torrez that is.