Xander Zayas outboxes Abass Baraou to become youngest unified titlist
At 23, Xander Zayas is now a unified junior middleweight titleholder – and he was able to pull it off in front of his hometown fans Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Chris Algieri’s School of Thought: Predicting the 154lbs title fights
Junior middleweight is a great division, and in Xander Zayas-Abass Baraou and Bakhram Murtazaliev-Josh Kelly, we’re finally getting movement.
Xander Zayas and Abass Baraou make weight ahead of unification bout
Xander Zayas and Abass Baraou have made weight ahead of their junior middleweight title unification at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Xander Zayas: Abass will go home with new fans … but not the belts
Xander Zayas and Abass Baraou will meet Saturday in a unification clash at the famed Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, as both attempt the first defense of their respective reigns.
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Giovani Santillan has one eye on his Saturday bout, one on main event
Giovani Santillan, who will make his junior middleweight debut Saturday, hopes to fight for a world title by year's end and will be an interested observer of Xander Zayas-Abass Baraou.
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Xander Zayas, feeling no pressure, expects more of the same in homecoming
With so much attention on Xander Zayas at a young age, the expectation might be that he feels the burden of pressure. Apparently, that isn’t the case.
‘Living free’: Free agent Abass Baraou gambling against Xander Zayas
Abass Baraou has played down the size of the risk he has taken by entering Saturday’s unification contest with Xander Zayas as a promotional free agent
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How to Watch: Abass Baraou-Xander Zayas
Abass Baraou vs. Xander Zayas is a junior middleweight unification bout. David Greisman looks at the fighters and everything else you need to know about this show.
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TV Picks for January 30-February 1: Teofimo Lopez-Shakur Stevenson leads a packed weekend
This is a full weekend – especially on Saturday, January 31, with Lopez-Stevenson, plus Bakhram Murtazaliev defending his world title against Josh Kelly; Xander Zayas and Abass Baraou meeting in a unification bout; plus a notable super middleweight bout between Jacob Bank and William Scull.
Xander Zayas-Abass Baraou to air on Top Rank Classics channel
The WBO junior middleweight unification bout between Xander Zayas and Abass Baraou now has a broadcast home.
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