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Saucedo, Fredrickson Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Top Rank on ESPN returns tonight for Week 4 inside "The Bubble" at the MGM Grand Conference Center — Grand Ballroom in Las Vegas. In the 10-round main event, Oklahoma City junior welterweight contender Alex Saucedo will clash with the fighting pride of Toledo, Ohio, Sonny Fredrickson.
Sonny Fredrickson considers Alex Saucedo a terrific offensive fighter. Fredrickson feels Saucedo’s defensive flaws still will lead to him pulling off an upset Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Oddsmakers have installed Saucedo as a 9-1 favorite before their 10-round, 141-pound bout, but a confident Fredrickson is looking forward to disproving doubters in the main event of ESPN’s four-bout broadcast from MGM Grand Conference Center.
When Alex Saucedo stepped on the scale just before he began training camp for his world title fight against Maurice Hooker, it read 189 pounds. A then-undefeated Saucedo had nine weeks to lose nearly 50 pounds for that 12-round championship match. Saucedo somehow came in one pound below the junior welterweight limit of 140, but he completely depleted himself while shedding so much weight while training.
Top Rank’s Summer Series has really been the gateway back to boxing during the COVID-19 situation, with many entertaining fights, and upsets becoming the norm viewing on ESPN in recent weeks. With the a world title changing hands already in what was an upset to many, along with names such as Josh Greer Jr losing in another somewhat shocking result, Sonny Frederickson has his chance to upset the apple cart, as he takes on highly touted Alex Saucedo this coming Tuesday night in Las Vegas.
Saucedo, Fredrickson Weights Photos Gallery - Week 4 of the Top Rank on ESPN summer series begins Tuesday, June 30 at the MGM Grand, when top junior welterweight contender Alex Saucedo faces Sonny Fredrickson in a 10-round showdown. (photos by Mikey Williams)
Alex Saucedo and Sonny Fredrickson made weight Monday two months after they initially were supposed to step on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale. Saucedo officially weighed 140½ pounds for a 10-round welterweight fight ESPN will televise Tuesday night from MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Fredrickson came in at 140¾ pounds.
Jose Pedraza and Mikkel LesPierre will give it another shot. The junior welterweights will face off in the 10-round main event Thursday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Conference Center—Grand Ballroom. Pedraza-LesPierre was originally scheduled for June 18, but the bout was postponed after LesPierre’s manager tested positive for COVID-19.
Sonny Fredrickson has been a man of routine throughout his career. Under normal circumstances, he would train at the Glass City Boxing Gym in Toledo with his trainer Lamar Wright, he might spar Robert Easter Jr. in preparation for his bout, and then arrive on fight night with the same crew he’s kept together for years. But that routine, much like it has for other fighters and people around the world, has been disrupted, even though he is one of the fortunate ones to have a fight on the schedule right now.
The Alex Saucedo-Sonny Fredrickson fight has been rescheduled. BoxingScene.com has learned that Saucedo and Fredrickson will square off in a 10-round junior welterweight bout June 30 at an undetermined location in Las Vegas. ESPN is expected to televise the Saucedo-Fredrickson fight as part of a show that’ll air on a Tuesday night.
Junior welterweight Sonny Fredrickson was on the fast track to contender status until he ran into hard-hitting Shohjahon Ergashev. Fredrickson will square off against Samuel Teah tonight at the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C. The 10-round bout will headline a ‘Fight for Children’ charity fight card.