No schedule clashes, just non-stop high level boxing across the world this weekend on DAZN.
British fight fans have the opportunity to watch over 12 hours of high level professional boxing across three continents through Saturday into the early hours of Sunday morning all live on DAZN.
This article will preview a night of boxing that includes an undisputed world title fight, a Cinco De Mayo unified cruiserweight title fight between two fighters of Mexican heritage, and an all British old fashioned dust-up destined for fight of the year contention.
Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27ko’s) faces Junto Nakatani (32-0, 24ko’s) for the undisputed super bantamweight titles.
Gilberto Ramirez (46-0, 30ko’s) defends his WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles against David Benavidez (31-0, 25ko’s).
In Wolverhampton, Conah Walker (17-3-1, 8ko’s) has his homecoming against Sam Eggington (36-9, 20ko’s), and that is where we’re going to start in this big week preview.
Conah Walker vs Sam Eggington
A fight with a fitting slogan, ‘Trenches’.
You’ll do well to find a backwards step in this one.
Conah Walker was a major underdog in his last bout, but this is what fuelled ‘the wolf’.
The 30 defied the odds to stop Olympic medallist Pat McCormack (8-1, 6ko’s) in a dramatic 12th round.
A win that has catapulted Walker on to the world scene at welterweight, Matchroom attempted to position him as Lewis Crocker’s first defence of his IBF world title.
However, a mandatory was enforced in Liam Paro (27-1, 16ko’s),
Therefore, manager Sam Jones had to look elsewhere, and a certain Sam Eggington showed his interest on social media.
Another West Midlands tough man, Eggington takes on all comers.
It will be just over a year since his impressive win over rising star Lee Cutler (15-2, 7ko’s).
Walker will need to go to deep waters to overcome this challenge, but with his army of fans behind him, a win will put him on the cusp of world title opportunities in a division stacked with commercial juggernauts.
The undercard also includes Bilal Fawaz vs Ryan Kelly for the British and Commonwealth super-welterweight titles.
Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez vs David Benavidez
Cinco De Mayo is a celebration of the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
What better way to commemorate this with a cruiserweight unification bout in Las Vegas between two boxing greats with Mexican descent.
May 2nd provides David Benavidez with the opportunity of becoming a three weight world champion at 29 years old.
In his way is a man that has only lost to pound for pound great Dmitry Bivol (24-1, 12ko’s).
For so long fight fans wanted Jai Opetaia vs Zurdo Ramirez to see who the number one cruiserweight is.
With the Australian signing with Zuffa, this is undoubtedly the next best fight for the recognised world titles.
It’s southpaw vs orthodox, it’s one of the biggest fights in the U.S boxing schedule, and it’s got an undercard to suffice.
Jose Armando Resendiz vs Jaime Munguia is the co-main, with Oscar Duarte also returning.
Will it be the pressure and volume punching of the challenger Benavidez, or will the established cruiserweight prove all too big at a weight Zurdo has been at for 3 years?
Naoya Inoue vs Junto Nakatani
Saving the highest profile fight until last, an all Japanese clash in Tokyo for the undisputed super-bantamweight world titles.
It may be last on the preview, but this one will actually be taking place first, on Saturday afternoon for British viewers.
A fight that has been talked up for a number of years, both pound for pound stars now operate at super-bantamweight.
Life at super-bantamweight did not start smoothly for Nakatani, but he got the win last December, and now it’s time for the ultimate test.
Someone’s unbeaten record has got to go.
Inoue has been in the top three pound for pound fighters for years now.
A win on Saturday will likely see ‘The Monster’ go to number one with the Ring Magazine.
60,000 are expected in attendance for one of the biggest fights in Asian boxing history.
Inoue goes in as the favourites with the bookies, but could Nakatani do what no one has managed to do and that’s keep Inoue down.
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