Michael Chaise Nelson is hoping to prove he hasn’t lost a step after breaking both his hands in a sanctioned bareknuckle fight in January.
Nelson, of Mansfield, Ohio, faces Nicaragua’s Alexander Espinoza in an eight-round junior lightweight bout Friday night at Club Hefe in Houston.
Nelson, who is 21-3-1 (8 KOs), as a professional boxer, defeated Nate Williams in his bareknuckle debut in January. The fight came about when Nelson decided to follow the lead of a lifelong friend, Julian Lane, who is a titleholder in bareknuckle.
