Light Flyweight Title Unification Showdown: Kim Clavel vs. Jessica Nery Plata Friday, January 13 at 7:00 p.m. ET/ 4:00 p.m. PT LIVE on ESPN+
Heavyweight Double Header: Efe Ajagba vs. Stephan Shaw in Main Event Guido Vianello vs. Jonnie Rice in Co-Feature Saturday, January 14 at 10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+
Top Rank Boxing on ESPN kicks off the new year with a weekend of exhilarating LIVE boxing matches.
Friday, January 13, from Place Bell in Laval, Canada and LIVE on ESPN+ at 7:00 p.m. ET/ 4:00 p.m. PT, WBC light flyweight champion Kim Clavel (16-0, 3 KOs) will battle WBA queen Jessica Nery Plata (28-2, 3 KOs). Clavel, who won the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2020 ESPY Awards after putting her boxing career on hold to return to nursing during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hopes to become the sport’s only Canadian-born unified world champion.
On Saturday, January 14, Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Ajagba vs. Shaw will be live at 10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+. The event takes place at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY.
In the main event, one of the division’s biggest punchers, Efe Ajagba (16-1, 13 KOs), takes on St. Louis native Stephan “Big Shot” Shaw (18-0, 13 KOs).
In the heavyweight co-feature, Guido “The Gladiator” Vianello (10-0-1, 9 KOs), a 2016 Italian Olympian from Rome, faces the formidable Jonnie Rice (15-6-1, 10 KOs).
The undercard (5:00 p.m. ET) features a junior lightweight tilt between Adam “BluNose” Lopez and Abraham “El Super” Nova. Additionally, featherweight phenom, Bruce Carrington (5-0, 3 KOs), the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials champion, will fight Juan Antonio Lopez (17-12-1, 7 KOs), an 11-year pro from Dallas, Texas, in a six-round showdown.
ESPN’s Joe Tessitore will call the action with Hall of Famer Andre Ward and future Hall of Famer Timothy Bradley as analysts; Mark Kriegel and Bernardo Osuna will serve as reporters.
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Time
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Event
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Fights
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Network
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Fri. Jan 13
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7:00 PM
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Main
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Kim Clavel (C*) vs. Jessica Nery Plata (C**)
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ESPN+
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WBA**, WBC* Light Flyweight
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Undercard
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Mazlum Akdeniz vs. Cristian Bielma
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Undercard
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Marie Pier Houle vs. Marisol Moreno
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Undercard
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Eric Basran vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez Garcia
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Undercard
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Caroline Veyre vs. Estefania Gonzalez Franco
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Sat. Jan 14
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10:00 PM
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Main
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Efe Ajagba vs. Stephen Shaw
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ESPN,
ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ |
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Co-Feature
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Guido Vianello vs. Jonnie Rice
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5:00 PM
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Feature
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Abraham Nova vs. Adam Lopez
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ESPN+ |
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Undercard
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Haven Brady Jr. vs. Ruben Cervera
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Undercard
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Bryce Mills vs. Margarito Hernandez
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Undercard
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Edwin Rodriguez vs. Floyd Diaz
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Undercard
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Brian Norman Jr. vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria
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Undercard
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Bruce Carrington vs. Juan Antonio Lopez
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Undercard
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Emmanueal Austin vs. Dante Benjamin Jr.
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Undercard
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Rohan Polanco vs. Julian Smith
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