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Another challenger coming off a loss has been lined up to face Ebanie Bridges. BoxingScene has learned that former two-time junior bantamweight titlist Miyo Yoshida has been secured to challenge Australia’s Bridges for her IBF bantamweight belt. The fight was made one day after it was confirmed that Sydney’s Avril Mathie was forced to withdraw from the December 9 clash due to an undisclosed injury.

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BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Mexico’s Jovanni Straffon has accepted an offer to face the Olympic Gold medalist and advanced pro boxing rookie. The bout is not yet finalized, but is trending in the right direction for Cruz to maintain his place on the December 9 Regis Prograis-Devin Haney DAZN Pay-Per-View undercard.

A second sanctioning body has joined the movement to provide boxing with an eighteenth weight division.

Michael Conlan has the benefit of a familiar backdrop for his first fight at a higher weight.The former two-time challenger appeared fighting fit at a career heaviest 129 ½ pounds for his junior lightweight debut. He will face England’s Jordan Gill, who followed Conlan up the scale from featherweight and was also 129 ½ pounds.The two will meet in a scheduled twelve-round contest Saturday evening on DAZN from The SSE Arena in Conlan’s hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Matchroom Boxing will present the eight-fight card in association with Conlan Boxing.

Ryan Garcia is ready to fight in the ring. The junior welterweight contender did his best to soak in the cheers and support as he stepped on the scale ahead of his DAZN-aired main event versus Mexico’s Oscar Duarte. Garcia registered at a career-heaviest but well-proportioned 143 pounds during Friday’s official weigh-in. Duarte was 142.8 pounds—also a career-heaviest—for their twelve-round junior welterweight contest this Saturday from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Darius Fulghum is thrilled to land a hometown showcase to cap a productive and active 2023 campaign.

Oscar Duarte made it clear in two different languages that he is ready to rise to the occasion this weekend.