The full lineup is set for the inaugural Zuffa Boxing event, which takes place on January 23 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas and airs live on Paramount+. Headlining the card is an intriguing middleweight main event between undefeated Irish prospect Callum Walsh and seasoned Mexican contender Carlos Ocampo, scheduled for 10 rounds at 160 pounds.
Walsh steps into his first main-event role under the Zuffa Boxing banner, following a narrow unanimous decision win over Fernando Vargas Jr. last September. He faces a major test in Ocampo, whose only three defeats came in world title fights against elite opposition. The bout was originally expected to take place at junior middleweight but has now been confirmed at middleweight.
The co-main event features a high-risk, unbeaten-versus-unbeaten clash at middleweight, as Mexico’s Misael Uziel Rodríguez Olivas returns from a one-year layoff to face Virginia’s Austin Deanda in a 10-round contest. Both fighters bring momentum and knockout potential into what shapes up as a defining bout for each.
Opening the main card is another 10-round fight, this time at super lightweight, with Julian Rodriguez meeting the heavy-handed and unbeaten Cain Sandoval. Rodriguez enters off a dramatic late stoppage of Avious Griffin, while Sandoval looks to prove he belongs at the next level.
The prelims round out an eight-bout card and include Omar Cande Trinidad vs. Max Ornelas at featherweight, Floyd Diaz vs. Guillermo Gutierrez at bantamweight, Emiliano Cardenas vs. Marcus Cortez Harris, Robert Meriwether III vs. Cesar Correa, and Troy Nash vs. Jaycob Ramos. Prelims begin at 6:00 p.m. ET, with the main card following at 9:00 p.m. ET, marking the official launch of Zuffa Boxing on Paramount+.
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