Lizarraga (L) and Sierra made weight. Photograph by Franky Epstein
The middleweight division is vast open. Might unbeaten Raul Lizarraga ultimately turn out to be a legit contender within the 160-pound division?
A press release win over former prospect Ulises Sierra might go a great distance.
Lizarraga and Sierra collide tonight on the Commerce On line casino in Commerce, California. The eight-round bout, contracted at 162 kilos, will headline an eight-bout All Star Boxing card.
At Friday’s weigh-in, Lizarraga weighed in at 160.9 kilos. Sierra got here in at 161.5 kilos.
The 22-year-old Lizarraga (13-0, 13 knockouts), who resides in Murrieta, California, will probably be taking a serious step-up in opposition towards Sierra, who has fought the higher opposition between the 2 fighters.
In his final combat on Might 3, his hardest so far on paper, Lizarraga scored a fifth spherical knockout victory over once-beaten Marcos Osorio-Betancourt. The victory over Osorio-Betancourt happened lower than six months after Lizarraga scored a fifth spherical knockout win over Noe Larios, Jr.
Lizarraga will probably be preventing for the second time this yr after preventing twice in 2023. He fought 4 occasions in 2022.
Since his professional debut in January 2021, Lizarraga has fought on membership exhibits in Tijuana and in Southern California. Saturday will mark the third time he has fought on the Commerce On line casino.
Sierra (17-3-2, 10 KOs), who resides in San Diego, California, final fought in January tremendous middleweight contender Bektemir Melikuziev, dropping by knockout in spherical three. The loss snapped back-to-back wins for Sierra.
In January 2020, on a ShoBox card, Sierra confronted present tremendous middleweight contender Vladimir Shishkin, dropping by unanimous choice. Nearly 11 months later, Sierra misplaced by knockout within the opening spherical to present tremendous middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga.
The 35-year-old has notable wins over Jose Hernandez in 2016 and Fidel Hernandez in 2019.
Within the co-feature, mild heavyweight Guillermo Alvizures (4-0, 4 KOs) of close by Downey will sq. off towards Zlato Ledic (2-5-1, 1 KO) in a four-round bout. Ledic is initially from Bosnia and Herzegovina and now resides within the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks.
Each fighters weighed in at 172.3 kilos.
Middleweight Terrell Adams (9-1, 4 KOs) of Los Angeles will face Jamarcus Warren (3-6-2, 1 KO) of Tyler, Texas in a six-round bout.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He will be reached at [email protected]
