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Before Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Chavez Jr., before Joseph Diaz vs. Manuel Avila, before Lucas Matthysse vs. Emmanuel Taylor and David Lemieux and Marcos Reyes, there will be a series of intriguing undercard fights from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Scheduled to start at 7 p.m. ET, three fights will take place before the PPV portion of the night: Ryan Garcia vs. Tyrone Luckey, Marlen Esparza vs. Samantha Salazar, and Raul Curiel vs an opponent to be determined.
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All three fights feature compelling young prospects.
Opening the card, “El Cugar” Curiel will be making his professional debut after qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics but ultimately dropping out due to the stomach flu. He signed with Golden Boy in February.
“For a young Mexican fighter to make his debut on a card like that, he’s very excited. We’re all excited,” said Golden Boy manager Frank Espinoza. “He just turned 21 [in December] and has a lot of things to work on and improve on, but we’ll keep working with him. Time is on his side. I see a future world champion.
Up next will be Marlen Esparza, who captured bronze for the United States at the 2012 Olympics and began her pro career with a unanimous decision win over Rachel Sazoff in March.
Finally, there’s 18-year-old “Kingry” Garcia, a former amateur national champion who already has eight professional wins and seven knockouts under his belt. This, of course, will be the biggest stage he has ever fought on.
“I’ve been on big stages before in the amateurs,” he said. “I know it’s nothing like this but it helped me prepare for a lot of people watching me and all that. Then the day you’re in the ring, you’re fighting the guy next to you and that’s all it is.”