Pick it: Efe Ajagba-Charles Martin and Zuffa Boxing 3
When to Watch: Sunday, February 15 at 9pm Eastern Time (2am GMT). A preliminary undercard starts at 6pm ET (11pm GMT).
How to watch: Paramount+
Why to Watch: The main event is a crossroads fight between a fringe heavyweight contender and a former world titleholder.
Ajagba, 20-1-1 (14 KOs), is a 31-year-old from Nigeria who now calls Texas home. He competed in the 2016 Olympics, making it to the quarter-finals of the super-heavyweight tournament before losing a decision to eventual bronze medalist Ivan Dychko.
As a pro, the 6ft6ins Ajagba won his first 15 bouts before losing a unanimous decision to contender Frank Sanchez in October 2021. Ajagba has gone 5-0-1 since then, including a fourth-round TKO of Joey Goodall in 2023 and a split decision over Guido Vianello in 2024. The draw came in his most recent outing, against Martin Bakole in May on the undercard of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-William Scull. Ajagba is rated sixth by the WBC and 14th by the IBF.
Martin, 30-4-1 (27 KOs), is a 39-year-old who stands 6ft 5ins. The Arizona resident is a former heavyweight titleholder whose brief reign with the IBF belt started in early 2016 with a flukey win over Vyacheslav Glazkov – Glazkov hurt his knee and couldn’t continue – and concluded less than three months later with a two-round KO loss to Anthony Joshua.
Martin has gone just 7-3 in the decade since. He was outpointed by Adam Kownacki in 2018; stopped Gerald Washington in 2020; dropped Luis Ortiz twice before losing in the sixth round in 2022; and gave Jared Anderson a bit of a test while losing a wide decision to the prospect in 2023. Martin hasn’t fought since November 2024, and that was just one round for a KO of the 18-8-2 Matthew McKinney.
The undercard includes a 10-round bout between light heavyweight prospect Umar Dzambekov, 13-0 (9 KOs), against the 24-1 (19 KOs) Ahmed Elbiali, whose sole loss came against Jean Pascal via sixth-round TKO in 2017.
Other bouts include lightweight Abel Mejia, 10-0 (7 KOs), vs Jaybrio Pe Benito, 6-0 (4 KOs); middleweight Leonardo Ruiz, 16-1 (8 KOs), vs Casey Streeter, 15-2-2 (6 KOs); and middleweight Antonio Woods, 14-1 (12 KOs), vs Mark Beuke, 12-3 (7 KOs).
More Fights to Watch
Tuesday, February 10: Joshua Pagan-Bryan Jimenez (DAZN)
The broadcast begins at 8pm Eastern Time (1am GMT).
Pagan, 14-0 (5 KOs), is a 26-year-old lightweight from Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is where this show is being held. He fought three times in 2025, winning an eight-round decision over the 14-7 Ronal Ron, outpointing the 13-2-1 James Bernadin over 10 rounds, and taking out the 20-1 Maliek Montgomery via ninth-round TKO. Pagan is ranked 11th by the WBO.
Jimenez, 18-2 (10 KOs), is a 28-year-old from Nicaragua. Both of his defeats came when he took on unbeaten foes: a 10th-round TKO against the 10-0 Santos Reyes in 2022 and a unanimous decision against the 11-0 Shamar Canal this past July. Jimenez returned in November and shut out the 11-7-1 Israel Lopez.
On the undercard is a title fight featuring Caroline Veyre, 10-1 (0 KOs), against former lightweight titleholder Delfine Persoon, 50-3 (20 KOs), for the vacant WBC junior-lightweight belt that previously belonged to Alycia Baumgardner.
Friday, February 13: Andrew Perez-Anthony Andreozzi (Combat Sports Now)
The broadcast begins at 7pm Eastern Time (midnight GMT).
Perez, 5-0 (5 KOs), is a 34-year-old from Methuen, Massachusetts, performing in this show in the Bay State city of Fall River. Perez’s five victories have come against foes with a combined record of 1-30-2. He is fighting for the first time in 14 months.
Andreozzi, then, will be Perez’s first opponent with a winning record. The 35-year-old from Swansea, Massachusetts, is 7-5 (3 KOs). Only two of his wins have come against opponents with records above .500.
Their bout is listed as taking place at light heavyweight.
Saturday, February 14: Marco Huck-Vaclav Pejsar (DAZN)
The broadcast begins at 10am Eastern Time (3pm GMT).
Former cruiserweight titleholder Huck will be back in the ring for just the third time in the 2020s. Huck, 43-5-1 (28 KOs), is set to headline in Halle, Germany, in what BoxRec lists as a cruiserweight bout.
Huck had otherwise been competing at heavyweight against lower-level opponents ever since he suffered back-to-back defeats in title fights at 200lbs in 2017. He lost a decision to Mairis Briedis and then was stopped in the 10th round by Oleksandr Usyk.
Pejsar is 26-22 (21 KOs). Like Huck, he is 41 years old.
Saturday, February 14: Labinot Xhoxhaj-Pezhman Seifkhani (DAZN)
The broadcast begins at noon Eastern Time (5pm GMT).
Xhoxhaj, 21-0-1 (16 KOs), is a 32-year-old heavyweight from Kosovo fighting out of Germany. He will headline at this show in the German city of Lahr.
Xhoxhaj had flirted in the past with competing at cruiserweight, which makes sense given his 6ft stature is small for this era. But it looks like he’ll stick around at heavyweight, not only because it’s more prominent and lucrative, but also because Xhoxhaj came in at 252.5lbs in June for a unanimous decision win over the 13-0 Mourad Aliev, who stood taller than 6ft 7ins.
Seifkhani, 17-1 (12 KOs), is a 35-year-old from Sweden listed at 6ft 3ins. His loss came via third-round TKO in 2023 against the 15-5 Awadh Tamim. Seifkhani outpointed Tamim in their rematch three months later. He was last in the ring in April, when taking a unanimous decision over the 17-3 Eduardo Giustini.
Saturday, February 14: Yoali Mejia Mosqueda-Damian Arce (ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes)
The broadcast begins at 10pm Eastern Time (3am GMT).
Mosqueda, 14-0 (11 KOs), is a 27-year-old flyweight from Mexico City, Mexico. He is ranked second by the WBO, eighth by the WBC and 13th by the WBA.
Arce, 9-3 (5 KOs), is a 34-year-old from Cuba who lives in Mexico City.
Arce and Mosqueda fought once before; Mosqueda won a wide decision in November 2023.
Saturday, February 14: Ibrahim Boukedim-Tiago Dylan Gonzalez (Triller TV)
The broadcast begins at 8am Eastern Time (1pm GMT).
Boukedim, 5-0 (0 KOs), is a 24-year-old bantamweight from France. This will be his third fight in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Gonzalez, 6-1 (4 KOs), is a 21-year-old from Argentina.
Saturday, February 14: Steven Navarro-Mario Hernandez (BASH TV)
The broadcast begins at 8pm Eastern Time (1am GMT).
Navarro, 7-1 (5 KOs), is a 21-year-old junior bantamweight from Los Angeles, California. He’ll be headlining this show in nearby Burbank at the Marriott Convention Center. Navarro is coming off a technical decision loss in November against the 6-1-2 Jesse Daniel Mendoza.
Hernandez, 13-7-1 (4 KOs), is a 35-year-old who lives in Santa Ana, California. He’s dropped three of his past four.
Sunday, February 15: Tiago Muxanga-Asinia Byfield (DAZN)
The broadcast begins at noon Eastern Time (5pm GMT).
Muxanga, 2-0 (2 KOs), is a 25-year-old junior middleweight from Mozambique. He competed in the 2024 Olympics and made it to the second round of the tournament, losing a decision to eventual silver medalist Marco Verde.
He’ll be headlining this show at The Brentwood Centre in England against Byfield, a 36-year-old from Reading, England.
Byfield, 18-6-1 (7 KOs), has been a measuring stick opponent for several prospects, with losses to the likes of Ted Cheeseman, Yan Marcos and Wendy Toussaint. Byfield is on a two-fight winning streak, upsetting the 7-0 Billy Jackson in 2024 and outpointing a 2-24-2 foe in June.
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