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Ugas, a 37-year-old Cuban with a decorated amateur career, has not fought since his 2022 TKO loss to Errol Spence Jr. at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Barrios defeated Jovanie Santiago by eighth-round TKO in February in his native San Antonio, but lost his previous two fights: a unanimous decision to Keith Thurman and a TKO loss to Gervonta Davis.
Good evening. The night the boxing world has been waiting for has finally arrived, as Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez puts his unified super middleweight titles on the line in Las Vegas against junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo, who jumps two divisions for the chance to face the biggest name in sports.
Canelo (59-2-2) is a -500 favorite, while Charlo is a +360 underdog, according to Draft Kings.
In the first fight of the televised card, Elijah Garcia (16-0) earned a stoppage against Mexico’s Armando Resendiz (14-2) in an impressive performance for the 20-year-old American southpaw. It was Resendiz’s first career defeat.
Yordenis Ugas (27-5) vs. Mario Barrios (27-2) at welterweight