Yes, Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios are the main event. However, the undercards will feature great battles. Some names will be hard to pronounce, but it will only make it easier to follow these boxers if they become prominent at some point in their career. Check out the boxing schedule with all the undercard bouts and times before Rios and Pacquiao hit the ring.
Starting things off tonight at 9 p.m. ET will be a junior lightweight contest between Puerto Rican, Felix Verdejo against Petschamuthr Duanaaymukdahan from Thailand. Verdejo is 8-0 and Duanaaymukdahan is 8-1 coming to this fight. This bout is scheduled for six short rounds. Verdejo has six knockouts to his name, while his opponent usually goes the distance, however, recording one TKO in his last bout September of this year.
Following this bout, probably right around 9:45, Zou Shiming will fight Juan Toscano. Again, two newbies will be in the ring as Riming and Toscano, combined, bring a 6-0 record to the ring. Shiming is the least experienced boxer, posting a 2-0 record, while Toscano has a 4-0 record with a knickout. This is a a battle between flyweights and is expected to go six rounds.
Things will get more interesting as Andy Ruiz Jr. and Tor Hamer meet in the ring. Both have impressive records and will try to bring some heavyweight action to the table. Hamer, who hales from New York, will bring his 21-2 record to the table. He is fresh off a first-round knockout of Kertson Manswell over the summer. His opponent, Ruiz Jr. will put his perfect 20-0 record on the line. This bout is schedule for 10 rounds, however, both Hamer and Ruiz Jr. have recorded 14 knockouts each in their careers.
Wrapping up the undercard, in what should be a great bout, Billy Dib and Evgeny Gradovich meet once again. In the first bout, it was Gradovich who walked out victorious. Gradovich enters this bout with a perfect 17-0 record. Dib, who has the msot experience of any boxer in the undercard, is 36-2 with 21 knockouts, but Gradovich got the best of him. This bout is scheduled for 12 rounds and it should be the second best fight of the night.
