Undefeated Featherweight Contender Brandon Figueroa Takes on Former Title Challenger Oscar Escandon in Main Event of Premier Boxing Champions Action This Sunday, September 30 Live on FS1 & Fox Sports

Stacked Night to Feature 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist Joe Joyce Battling Iago Kiladze from Citizens Business Bank Arena in
Ontario, California
Zambiri! Undefeated Prospects Efe Ajagba, Joey Spencer &
Stephen Fulton Enter the Ring in Separate Attractions
Kuyambira 9 p.m. Opuma / 6 p.m. PT

Ontario, MONGA. (September 26, 2018) – Unbeaten featherweight contender Brandon Figueroa takes on rugged veteran Oscar Escandon mu 10 chonse chachikulu mwambo Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes izi Sunday, September 30 from Citizen’s Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California.

 

 

 

John Molina, Jr., who was scheduled to be in the main event, will be rescheduled to return to the ring soon. And former welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, who was slated to face Molina, will no longer be on the card.

 

 

 

Televised nkhani umayamba 9 p.m. Opuma / 6 p.m. PT and will feature 2016 Olympic siliva medalist Joe Joyce akukumana Iago Kiladze mu 10 chonse heavyweight kukopa.

 

 

 

The exciting night of fights will also see rising unbeaten prospects enter the ring as 2016 Nigeria Olimpiki Efe Ajagba (6-0, 5 Ko) steps in for a six-round heavyweight bout, sensational super welterweight prospect Joey Spencer (4-0, 4 Ko) competes in a four-round match and featherweight prospect Stephen Fulton(13-0, 6 Ko) looks to remain unbeaten in an eight-round match.

 

 

 

Matikiti chochitikacho, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and Ringstar Sports, are on sale now and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com.

 

Figueroa (16-0, 11 Ko), the brother of former lightweight world champion Omar Figueroa, Jr., continues to climb the ladder in the featherweight division with a step up match against the tough former title challenger Escandon. The 21-year-old out of Weslaco, Texas was busy last year as he won all four of his matches and he has logged two knockout victories this year, beating Giovanni Delgado in March and Luis Roy Suarez Cruz in his last fight on August 4, with three of those six wins coming on FS1 and FOX Deportes.

 

 

 

The 34-year-old Escandon (25-4, 17 Ko), who fought in the 2004 Olympian for Colombia, is a hardnosed veteran from Ibague, Colombia looking to rebound from two tough losses to Tugstsogt Nyambayar on May 26 on FS1 and WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell, Jr. mu 2017.

 

 

 

A 6-foot-6 heavyweight, Joyce (5-0, 5 Ko) won the silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as a super heavyweight from Great Britain and now trains in Big Bear, California with Abel Sanchez. The 32-year-old from London turned pro in 2017 and has been on a knockout roll since. Joyce, whose nickname is ‘Juggernaut,’ has ended four of his five fights inside of two rounds. He scored a first-round KO victory over Ivica Bacurin in his last fight on June 15.

 

Kiladze (26-3, 18 Ko) is an experienced veteran who will test Joyce early in his young career. The 32-year-old out of Ukraine who now lives in Los Angeles and will be looking to rebound from back-to-back losses to Michael Hunter and Adam Kownacki. Before those losses he had put together a six-match win streak.

 

 

 

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Fans can live stream the fights on the FOX Sports app, available in English or Spanish through the FS1 or FOX Deportes feeds. The fights are available on desktop at FOXSportsGO.com and through the app store, or connected devices including Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Xbox One and Roku. Kuphatikiza apo, all programs are also available on FOX Sports on SiriusXM channel 83 on satellite radios and on the SiriusXM app.

 

 

 

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