Fights in and fighters from the United Kingdom dominate this week’s fight slate. A domestic super fight between recent former titleholders Anthony Crolla and Ricky Burns takes place on Sky, a former British Olympian gets a title eliminator, and Eubank Jr fights his quarterfinal World Boxing Super Series match in tough against Avni Yildirim.
Friday, October 6th
Christian Gonzalez (17-1, 15 KOs) v TBA, lightweights & Edgar Valerio (11-0, 6 KOs) v TBA, featherweights – California – LA Fight Club – Estrella TV – 10 PM Eastern
Typical LA Fight Club fare here from Golden Boy in that it features regional or in house prospects that they aren’t completely sold on yet. No opponents are listed, but they are never much on this show anyway.
Saturday, October 7th
Anthony Crolla (31-6-3, 13 KOs) v Ricky Burns (41-6-1 14 KOs), lighweights & Sam Eggington (21-3, 13 KOs) vs Mohamed Mimoune (18-2, 2 KOs), welterweights – England – Sky Action – 2 PM Eastern
Anthony Crolla and Ricky Burns, coming off losing their world titles to Jorge Linares and Julius Indongo respectively, face a must win here in one of the best British domestic matchups that can currently be made. Burns is dropping back down to lightweight for the fight. Surprise rising star Sam Eggington defends European strap in the co-feature. Deeper on the card you’ll find the likes of Robbie Barrett, Conor Benn, Scott Cardle, Gavin McDonnell, and more.
Andrew Selby (9-0, 5 KOs) v Maximino Flores (23-3-1, 16 KOs), flyweights – England – Channel 5, 4:30 PM Eastern
Welsh 2012 British Olympian Andrew Selby meets Mexican Maximino Flores in a WBC flyweight title eliminator to headline this Channel 5 card. A British cruiserweight title fight between untested opponents in Robin Dupre (12-0, 1 KO) and Luke Watkins (11-0, 7 KOs) is the co-feature.
Chris Eubank Jr (25-1, 19 KOs) v Avni Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOs), super middleweights & Firat Arslan (40-8-2, 25 KOs) v Mauricio Barragan (16-2, 9 KOs), cruiserweights – Germany – World Boxing Super Series quarterfinal – Audience, ITV PPV (UK) – 5 PM Eastern (main event guess)
This is the second biggest fight of the weekend and maybe its most exciting. Eubank and Yildirim are both offensive minded fighters with real deficiencies on the other end, yet they also have real different approaches on how to do damage. The winner will advance to the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series. Old man of the sport, 47 year old Firat Arslan, does his thing in the co-main event. With the Audience network and its very small, well, audience picking up the rest of these tournaments stateside, there internet stream is probably off the table. If you don’t have a DirecTV or AT&T branded service, you won’t get the channel though. A different kind of internet stream might be forced on you as your only option here.
Cristian Mijares (57-8-2, 26 KOs) v Jesus Arevalo (25-1-1, 15 KOs), featherweights & Joseph Aguirre (17-0, 9 KOs) vs Juan Jose Martinez (26-4, 18 KOs), lightweights – Mexico – Televisa, 10 PM Eastern
Former two time super flyweight titleholder Cristian Mijares continues to compete well on the Mexican domestic scene way up at junior lightweight and featherweight. Mijares hasn’t lost since 2014 against Leo Santa Cruz, but he hasn’t fought above this level since then either.
