When is Pat McCormack vs Miguel Parra?

Pat McCormack vs Miguel Parra is on Saturday, September 6. The broadcast will begin at 2 p.m. ET (7 p.m. BST). 

Pat McCormack vs Miguel Parra will stream on DAZN.

Where is Pat McCormack vs Miguel Parra?

The fight is taking place at Sunderland Live in England.

Who is Pat McCormack?

McCormack, 7-0 (5 KOs), is a welterweight prospect who competed in the Olympics in 2021, taking home a silver medal after losing to Roniel Iglesias in the finale. He turned pro in March 2022 and has been featured underneath more prominent names, including Josh Kelly, Dillian Whyte, Dalton Smith and Jack Catterall. This will be the first main event for McCormack, a 30-year-old from outside of Sunderland, England, who will be performing for his home crowd at Sunderland Live.

And it is time for McCormack to start stepping it up, not because of the number of fights he has had but because of the number of years he has lived and therefore has left in his presumed prime.

It didn’t help that he spent nearly 16 months away – in part due to an injury – between a July 2023 TKO win over the 14-4 Tony Dixon and an October 2024 shutout of the 16-3 Williams Andres Herrera. McCormack fought again in February, defeating the 24-5 Robbie Davies Jnr with three knockdowns in six rounds.

Davies was a good measuring stick for this early point in McCormack’s career. He was battle-tested but battle-worn, having knocked out Hank Lundy in two rounds in 2021, triumphed via split decision over Javier Molina in 2022 and received a narrow points nod over Javier Fortuna in 2024. But Davies also had been dropped three times and stopped in three rounds by the 21-4-1 Darragh Foley in 2023, and he lost a unanimous decision to Sergey Lipinets in 2024. The defeat to McCormack convinced Davies that it was truly time to hang up his gloves.

This will be only the second fight of 2025 for McCormack.

“I believe people have only seen about 65 per cent of me, and I’m only getting better,” McCormack was quoted as saying in a press release. “In my last fight, I proved I’m better than British level, and a win on September 6 puts me up onto the world stage. Parra is tough, game and he’s been in there with some good people. So I’ve got an opportunity to make a statement.”

Who is Miguel Parra?

Parra, 25-5-1 (17 KOs), is a 32-year-old from Mexico who has fought professionally for almost a dozen years. Among his defeats were a fourth-round knockout in 2021 against Roiman Villa (later a foe for Jaron “Boots” Ennis); a decision loss to then-undefeated prospect Florian Marku in 2022; and a narrow split decision loss to welterweight contender Shakhram Giyasov in July 2024. Parra has won three straight since, most recently putting away the 30-7 Nestor Gonzalez after three rounds in July.

Parra has more professional experience and has been more active than McCormack, and he has been in with some competent opposition. He will be a good measuring stick for where McCormack is in his development.

What other fights are on the undercard of Pat McCormack vs Miguel Parra?

The co-feature has super middleweight Mark Dickinson, 8-1 (2 KOs), against Troy Williamson, 20-4-1 (14 KOs), who ironically was the main event for McCormack’s pro debut.

Also on the undercard, former welterweight titleholder Sandy Ryan, 7-3-1 (3 KOs), will return from her back-to-back losses to Mikaela Mayer. Ryan will face Jade Grierson, 5-0-1 (2 KOs). Plus, there will be appearances by prospects such as heavyweight Leo Atang, 1-0 (1 KO); bantamweight Adam Maca 1-0 (1 KO); and lightweight Cameron Vuong, 8-0 (4 KOs).

The full list of undercard fights can be seen on BoxRec.

David Greisman, who has covered boxing since 2004, is on Twitter @FightingWords2. David’s book, “Fighting Words: The Heart and Heartbreak of Boxing,” is available on Amazon.