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The Hauser Report: The Script for Lamar Odom vs. Aaron Carter

The sweet science is being inundated by a wave of what one might call “trash boxing.” YouTube personalities, social media influencers, and long-past-their-prime ring greats are capitalizing on the confusion created by hundreds of “championship” belts and the void resulting from the failure of the boxing establishment to make entertaining match-ups with the best fighting the best.

There have always been circus-like sideshows in boxing. In the 1800s, John L. Sullivan fought all comers in tours around the country. Muhammad Ali squared off against Antonio Inoki and Lyle Alzado, while Chuck Wepner faced Andre the Giant. Mark Gastineau, Jose Canseco and others tried – or pretended to try – their hand at ring combat. The difference now is that the sideshows are becoming boxing’s main event. Trash boxing is how the sport is being portrayed to the general public with paydays ranging from minimal to millions of dollars.

On June 11, 2021, former NBA basketball player Lamar Odom squared off against rapper Aaron Carter in the main event of an Official Celebrity Boxing card at the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City. The event was available on pay-per-view through FITE for $29.99. Bovada (an online sports betting site) listed Odom as a -400 favorite. The odds on Carter were +250.

The event was marketed to the public as a legitimate fight. Prior to it, Odom told TMZ, “I’m prepared. I don’t know who he’s sparring against, but I know my gym is full of guys that can fight and I’ve been sparring with and I have a really good trainer. He’s been talking sh**, but I’m gonna put him to sleep early. I asked his girlfriend yesterday, ‘Which round do you want to wake him up in.'”

Retired UFC star Chuck Liddell, who served as the referee, told TMZ, “I just wanna see how Odom is gonna fight Aaron. I’ll let them fight to some extent. Obviously, it’s a celebrity fight. I’m not gonna let him get too hurt. I’ll protect either one from either of them no matter who’s getting hurt. We don’t want them to get hurt, but you gotta let them fight. People are paying to watch you fight. You’re getting paid to fight. You wanna make some money, you gotta fight.”

But that was hype. In reality, the fight took place pursuant to a script that was submitted in advance to the New Jersey State Board of Athletic Control. In other words – despite the existence of a betting line and the manner in which the event was marketed to the public – the fight was “fixed.”

Odom-Carter was promoted by Damon Feldman, a former Philadelphia fighter who crafted a 9-and-0 record in a four-year career that ended in 1992. His first eight opponents had a composite ledger of 8 wins against 50 losses. His last opponent had lost 10 of 12 previous fights. Give Feldman credit for knowing what it means to be in a boxing ring.

In 2011, as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer on March 8, 2011, Feldman was sentenced to two years probation after pleading no contest to charges that he had fixed fights and promoted fights without a license in Pennsylvania.

More trouble followed. According to an April 29, 2020, article by Jack McCaffery of 21st-Century Media, Feldman was incarcerated for thirteen months ending in December of 2017 after a plea deal tied to charges of domestic violence that had been lodged against him. As recounted in a May 22, 2018, article in Philadelphia Magazine, the charges stemmed from an incident that occurred at the home of a woman who Feldman had previously been romantically involved with. The woman, who was bleeding profusely, told police that he had punched her several times in the face. Feldman told police that there had been a physical altercation between them and that the woman was injured when he threw her off of his back, causing her to fall down the stairs. The physical evidence was inconsistent with Feldman’s statement.

Feldman promoted his first “celebrity boxing” event in 2008. Over the years, his promotions have featured the likes of Tonya Harding, Paula Jones, and Joey Buttafuoco. “My dream,” he has said, “is to do a fight with Sylvester Stallone. If I could make money promoting regular fights, I would. But I can’t, so I’m doing this.”

That brings us to the June 11 encounter between Lamar Odom and Aaron Carter.

Odom is 6-feet-10-inches tall. He played in the NBA for fourteen seasons, seven of them with the Los Angeles Lakers. From 2009 to 2016, he was married to Khloe Kardashian.

In October 2015, Odom was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel after ingesting a combination of cocaine, alcohol, and other drugs. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, he suffered six heart attacks and twelve strokes. He’s now 41 years old.

Carter, a 33-year-old rapper whose music career has been in decline in recent years, has struggled publicly with substance abuse and other issues.

Odom-Clark was scheduled for three ninety-second rounds with headgear. Paulie Malignaggi, Ice-T, and Coco provided the pay-per-view commentary. Multiple websites – many of them respected boxing and MMA outlets – reported on the encounter as though it was a real fight.

Sam Quinn of CBS Sports.com wrote, “On Friday night, we saw one of the most anticipated celebrity boxing matches of the year. On paper, the fight looked like a mismatch. The 6-0 Carter is almost a foot shorter than Odom, and the difference in their weight and reach is similar. Odom has physical gifts that the rest of us simply don’t and he showed it in knocking Carter out.”

Mark Lelinwalla of DAZN News reported, “Despite giving up 10 inches in height, 64.5 pounds, and 11 inches in reach to Odom, Carter enjoyed early success with a barrage of lefts and rights that connected to his taller, larger opponent’s head in the opening round. However, Odom got his bearings, went to the outside, and placed a right jab-left hook combination which dropped Carter. The pop star of the 90s didn’t have his legs under him and wisely held on to survive the round. But he wouldn’t make it against Odom much longer. The second round had Odom spinning Carter around and around before delivering several unanswered lefts to drop the singer once again. Special guest referee Chuck Liddell began counting, as Carter indicated that he was no longer fit to continue.”

Nick Selbe of Sports Illustrated recounted, “The stoppage occurred in the second of the fight’s three, 90-second rounds, as Carter failed to put up much defense against Odom’s flurry of punches.”

One might ask, “Where was the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board in all of this?” After all, the NJSACB is charged with regulating combat sports in New Jersey. And as earlier noted, Odom-Carter was marketed to the public as a legitimate boxing match. Odds on the outcome were posted on gambling sites such as Bovada. Normally, this would place the event within the purview of the NJSACB.

The answer is that the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board didn’t have jurisdiction over the event because it wasn’t a “real” fight. It was scripted entertainment.

Celebrity Boxing (Feldman’s promotional company) represented to the NJSACB that Odom-Clark was “scripted,” not a combat sports competition. Thus, it was no more subject to regulation by the NJSACB than professional wrestling.

Further to that point, in advance of the event, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board asked Celebrity Boxing to send it a copy of the script. On May 23, the promotion emailed the script to Deputy Attorney General Nick Lembo (who oversees legal matters for the NJSACB). Once the script was received, NJSACB commissioner Larry Hazzard was advised by the Attorney General’s office that he had no jurisdiction over the event.

In mid-June, this writer learned about the existence of the script. On June 30, pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, I filed a request for documents from the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey. More specifically, I asked for “All documents relating to the June 11, 2021, boxing exhibition at the Showboat Hotel featuring Lamar Odom and Aaron Carter, including but not limited to any script for the main event.”

On July 2, my request for documents was denied in its entirety by the Custodian of Records for the Attorney General’s Office. Three grounds were listed for the denial:

(1) “The event referred to in your request was not subject to the regulatory purview of the State of New Jersey Athletic Control Board.”

However, the fact that the event was not subject to the regulatory purview of the NJSACB had no bearing on the existence of the documents.

(2) “Your request is overly broad and improper.”

I did not believe that to be the case. However, in response, I told the Custodian of Records that, for the time being, I would be satisfied with receiving “any script for the main event” pursuant to my request.

(3) “To the extent that any such script may exist, it would be the confidential and proprietary property of Celebrity Boxing.”

To support this claim, the Custodian of Records stated, “Celebrity Boxing Entertainment LLC (CBE), the organizer of the June 11, 2021, boxing exhibition, repeatedly marked information, documents, and correspondence to the SACB as confidential and proprietary business information [and] stated that the release of the requested information would cause irreparable harm to CBE, its shareholders, investors and participants.”

However, just because someone writes “confidential” and “proprietary” on a document and claims that the document is exempt from production doesn’t make it so. Also, since the scripted June 11 event had already occurred, there was no longer anything confidential about the script.

Following proper procedure, I asked the Custodian of Records to reconsider my request. Again, the request was denied. This time, the Custodian of Records abandoned her first two objections to production, restated her position that the documents were exempt from production because they contain confidential and proprietary information, and added a new excuse – that the documents “were obtained as part of SACB’s review of the event” and thus are exempt from release because they are “records concerning background investigations or evaluations for public employment, appointment to public office, or licensing, whether open, closed, or inactive.”

That was blatant nonsense. The “investigation” exemption under New Jersey law applies to instances where an individual has submitted an application for public employment, appointment to public office, or licensing by the State of New Jersey and an investigation of the applicant followed. There was no such application in this matter.

On July 21, I took things to the next level and filed a complaint with the New Jersey Government Records Council. In response, the Custodian of Records conceded that the script at issue exists and had been transmitted by email to Deputy Attorney General Nick Lembo on May 23, 2021. But the Custodian continues to claim that the script is exempt from production for the reasons stated above.

The Custodian has also refused to identify or produce relevant documents other than the script, claiming, “as Mr. Hauser failed to identify with specificity the records he sought, aside from requesting a copy of the script, it was not possible to determine the full universe of records that could be responsive.”

This is a ridiculous assertion. It’s impossible for me to “identify with specificity” the records sought because I don’t know with specificity what these records are. I do know that the universe of documents responsive to my request is small and easily reviewable. Indeed, in one of its responses, the Custodian states, “the organizer of the June 11, 2021, boxing exhibition repeatedly marked information, documents, and correspondence to the SACB as confidential and proprietary business information.” So obviously, the Custodian has already reviewed the documents.

That’s where things stand at the moment. My request for documents is still before the Government Records Council. Conceivably, the Custodian of Records will force the matter to full-blown litigation.

There are serious issues involved here. If Odom-Carter was in fact “scripted” (which now appears to be conceded, given the acknowledgment that there was a script), then the NJSACB was correct in not exercising jurisdiction over it. However, if Odom-Carter was scripted, it was marketed in misleading fashion to the public. Pursuant to this marketing, at least some consumers were deluded into paying money for on-site tickets and pay-per-view buys. And more troubling, legal gaming companies posted odds and took bets on a “fixed” match.

On the other hand, if the event was not “scripted,” then the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board should have exercised jurisdiction over it.

The New Jersey Open Public Records Act was enacted to protect the public through the free flow of information. Hiding the truth of this matter through a disingenuous response to a valid Open Public Records Act request is a disservice to the public and also a violation of the act. I’d like to think that the denial of my request was an inadvertent error by a well-intentioned public servant and not an act designed to cover up possible wrongdoing by a well-connected private entity.

Meanwhile, according to TMZ and the Celebrity Boxing website, Odom has signed a contract to fight 54-year-old, former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe in Florida on October 2. The bout is slated to be contested with 23-ounce gloves and will consist of three two-minute rounds. It’s not clear at the present time whether headgear will be worn.

Bowe hit rock bottom on February 25, 1998, when he kidnapped his estranged wife and their five children in a frightening irrational attempt to reunite his family. After lengthy pre-trail maneuvering, he pled guilty to criminal charges and was imprisoned for seventeen months. In conjunction with Bowe’s plea bargain and sentencing, his attorneys submitted evidence to the court stating that Riddick’s conduct resulted from brain damage sustained as a consequence of boxing. More specifically, Dr. Neil Blumberg interviewed Bowe at length, studied the results of an MRI and various cognitive tests, and testified that, as a consequence of multiple blows to the head, Bowe suffered from a brain impairment known as frontal lobe syndrome. Blumberg further testified that this condition was “not curable.”

One has to wonder how many of the other fights that boxing fans have seen in recent months have been scripted? One should also note that boxing is a dangerous game. Eventually, a YouTuber or old-timer will be seriously hurt. What then?

Thomas Hauser’s email address is thomashauserwriter@gmail.com. His next book – Broken Dreams: Another Year Inside Boxing – will be published this autumn University of Arkansas Press. In 2004, the Boxing Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence in boxing journalism. In 2019, he was selected for boxing’s highest honor – induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Thomas Hauser is the author of 52 books. In 2005, he was honored by the Boxing Writers Association of America, which bestowed the Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence in boxing journalism upon him. He was the first Internet writer ever to receive that award. In 2019, Hauser was chosen for boxing's highest honor: induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Lennox Lewis has observed, “A hundred years from now, if people want to learn about boxing in this era, they’ll read Thomas Hauser.”

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Jorge Garcia is the TSS Fighter of the Month for April

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Jorge Garcia has a lot in common with Mexican countrymen Emanuel Navarrete and Rafael Espinoza. In common with those two, both reigning world title-holders, Garcia is big for his weight class and bubbled out of obscurity with a triumph forged as a heavy underdog in a match contested on American soil.

Garcia had his “coming of age party” on April 19 in the first boxing event at the new Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California (roughly 35 miles north of San Diego), a 7,500-seat facility whose primary tenant is an indoor soccer team. It was a Golden Boy Promotions event and in the opposite corner was a Golden Boy fighter, Charles Conwell.

A former U.S. Olympian, Conwell was undefeated (21-0, 16 KOs) and had won three straight inside the distance since hooking up with Golden Boy whose PR department ballyhooed him as the most avoided fighter in the super welterweight division. At prominent betting sites, Conwell was as high as a 12/1 favorite.

The lanky Garcia was 32-4 (26 KOs) heading in, but it was easy to underestimate him as he had fought extensively in Tijuana where the boxing commission is notoriously docile and in his home state of Sinaloa. This would be only his second fight in the U.S. However, it was noteworthy in hindsight that three of his four losses were by split decision.

Garcia vs. Conwell was a robust affair. He and Conwell were credited with throwing 1451 punches combined. In terms of punches landed, there was little to choose between them but the CompuBox operator saw Garcia landing more power punches in eight of the 12 rounds. At the end, the verdict was split but there was no controversy.

An interested observer was Sebastian Fundora who was there to see his sister Gabriela defend her world flyweight titles. Sebastian owns two pieces of the 154-pound world title where the #1 contender per the WBO is Xander Zayas who keeps winning, but not with the verve of his earlier triumphs.

With his upset of Charles Conwell, Jorge Garcia has been bumped into the WBO’s #2 slot. Regardless of who he fights next, Garcia will earn the biggest payday of his career.

Honorable mention: Aaron McKenna

McKenna was favored to beat veteran campaigner Liam Smith in the co-feature to the Eubank-Benn battle this past Saturday in London, but he was stepping up in class against a former world title-holder who had competed against some of the top dogs in the middleweight division and who had famously stopped Chris Eubank Jr in the first of their two encounters. Moreover, the venue, Tottenham Hotspur, the third-largest soccer stadium in England, favored the 36-year-old Liverpudlian who was accustomed to a big fight atmosphere having fought Canelo Alvarez before 50,000-plus at Arlington Stadium in Texas.

McKenna, from the small town of Monaghan, Ireland, wasn’t overwhelmed by the occasion. With his dad Feargal in his corner and his fighting brother Stephen McKenna cheering him on from ringside, Aaron won a wide decision in his first 12-round fight, punctuating his victory by knocking Smith to his knees with a body punch in the 12th round. In fact, if he hadn’t had a point deducted for using his elbow, the Irishman would have pitched a shutout on one of the scorecards.

“There might not be a more impressive example of a fighter moving up in class,” wrote Tris Dixon of the 25-year-old “Silencer” who improved his ledger to 20-0 (10).

Photo credits: Garcia/Conwell photo compliments of Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy; McKenna-Smith provided by  Mark Robinson/Matchroom

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Chris Eubank Jr Outlasts Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

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Feudal bragging rights belong to Chris Eubank Jr. who out-lasted Conor Benn to
emerge victorious by unanimous decision in a non-title middleweight match held in
London on Saturday.

Fighting for their family heritage Eubank (35-3, 26 KOs) and Benn (23-1, 14 KOs)
continued the battle between families started 35 years ago by their fathers at Tottenham
Hotspur Stadium.

More than 65,000 fans attended.

Though Eubank Jr. had a weight and height advantage and a record of smashing his
way to victory via knockout, he had problems hurting the quicker and more agile Benn.
And though Benn had the advantage of moving up two weight divisions and forcing
Eubank to fight under a catch weight, the move did not weaken him much.

Instead, British fans and boxing fans across the world saw the two family rivals pummel
each other for all 12 rounds. Neither was able to gain separation.

Eubank looked physically bigger and used a ramming left jab to connect early in the
fight. Benn immediately showed off his speed advantage and surprised many with his
ability to absorb a big blow.Chris Eubank Jr Outlasts Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Benn scrambled around with his quickness and agility and scored often with bigcounters.

It took him a few rounds to stop overextending himself while delivering power shots.

In the third round Benn staggered Eubank with a left hook but was unable to follow up
against the dangerous middleweight who roared back with flurries of blows.

Eubank was methodic in his approach always moving forward, always using his weight
advantage via the shoulder to force Benn backward. The smaller Benn rocketed
overhand rights and was partly successful but not enough to force Eubank to retreat.
In the seventh round a right uppercut snapped Benn’s head violently but he was
undeterred from firing back. Benn’s chin stood firm despite Eubank’s vaunted power and
size advantage.

“I didn’t know he had that in him,” Eubank said.

Benn opened strong in the eighth round with furious blows. And though he connected
he was unable to seriously hurt Eubank. And despite being drained by the weight loss,
the middleweight fighter remained strong all 12 rounds.

There were surprises from both fighters.

Benn was effective targeting the body. Perhaps if he had worked the body earlier he
would have found a better result.

With only two rounds remaining Eubank snapped off a right uppercut again and followed
up with body shots. In the final stanza Eubank pressed forward and exchanged with the
smaller Benn until the final bell. He simply out-landed the fighter and impressed all three
judges who scored it 116-112 for Eubank.

Eubank admitted he expected a knockout win but was satisfied with the victory.
“I under-estimated him,” Eubank said.

Benn was upset by the loss but recognized the reasons.

“He worked harder toward the end,” said Benn.

McKenna Wins

In his first test in the elite level Aaron McKenna (20-0, 10 KOs) showed his ability to fight
inside or out in soundly defeating former world champion Liam Smith (33-5-1, 20 KOs)
by unanimous decision to win a regional WBA middleweight title.

Smith has made a career out of upsetting young upstarts but discovered the Irish fighter
more than capable of mixing it up with the veteran. It was a rough fight throughout the
12 rounds but McKenna showed off his abilities to fight as a southpaw or right-hander
with nary a hiccup.

McKenna had trained in Southern California early in his career and since that time he’s
accrued a variety of ways to fight. He was smooth and relentless in using his longer
arms and agility against Smith on the outside or in close.

In the 12 th round, McKenna landed a perfectly timed left hook to the ribs and down went
Smith. The former champion got up and attempted to knock out the tall
Irish fighter but could not.

All three judges scored in favor of McKenna 119-108, 117-109, 118-108.

Other Bouts
Anthony Yarde (27-3) defeated Lyndon Arthur (24-3) by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. in a light heavyweight match. It was the third time they met. Yarde won the last two fights.

Chris Billam-Smith (21-2) defeated Brandon Glanton (20-3) by decision. It was his first
fight since losing the WBO cruiserweight world title to Gilberto Ramirez last November.

Viddal Riley (13-0) out-worked Cheavon Clarke (10-2) in a 12-round back-and-forth-contest to win a unanimous decision.

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Avila Perspective, Chap. 323: Benn vs Eubank Family Feud and More

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Next generation rivals Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. carry on the family legacy of feudal warring in the prize ring on Saturday.

This is huge in British boxing.

Eubank (34-3, 25 KOs) holds the fringe IBO middleweight title but won’t be defending it against the smaller welterweight Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) on Saturday, April 26, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. DAZN will stream the Matchroom Boxing card.

This is about family pride.

The parents of Eubank and Benn actually began the feud in the 1990s.

Papa Nigel Benn fought Papa Chris Eubank twice. Losing as a middleweight in November 1990 at Birmingham, England, then fighting to a draw as a super middleweight in October 1993 in Manchester. Both were world title fights.

Eubank was undefeated and won the WBO middleweight world title in 1990 against Nigel Benn by knockout. He defended it three times before moving up and winning the vacant WBO super middleweight title in September 1991. He defended the super middleweight title 14 times before suffering his first pro defeat in March 1995 against Steve Collins.

Benn won the WBO middleweight title in April 1990 against Doug DeWitt and defended it once before losing to Eubank in November 1990. He moved up in weight and took the WBC super middleweight title from Mauro Galvano in Italy by technical knockout in October 1992. He defended the title nine times until losing in March 1996. His last fight was in November 1996, a loss to Steve Collins.

Animosity between the two families continues this weekend in the boxing ring.

Conor Benn, the son of Nigel, has fought mostly as a welterweight but lately has participated in the super welterweight division. He is several inches shorter in height than Eubank but has power and speed. Kind of a British version of Gervonta “Tank” Davis.

“It’s always personal, every opponent I fight is personal. People want to say it’s strictly business, but it’s never business. If someone is trying to put their hands on me, trying to render me unconscious, it’s never business,” said Benn.

This fight was scheduled twice before and cut short twice due to failed PED tests by Benn. The weight limit agreed upon is 160 pounds.

Eubank, a natural middleweight, has exchanged taunts with Benn for years. He recently avenged a loss to Liam Smith with a knockout victory in September 2023.

“This fight isn’t about size or weight. It’s about skill. It’s about dedication. It’s about expertise and all those areas in which I excel in,” said Eubank. “I have many, many more years of experience over Conor Benn, and that will be the deciding factor of the night.”

Because this fight was postponed twice, the animosity between the two feuding fighters has increased the attention of their fans. Both fighters are anxious to flatten each other.

“He’s another opponent in my way trying to crush my dreams. trying to take food off my plate and trying to render me unconscious. That’s how I look at him,” said Benn.

Eubank smiles.

“Whether it’s boxing, whether it’s a gun fight. Defense, offense, foot movement, speed, power. I am the superior boxer in each of those departments and so many more – which is why I’m so confident,” he said.

Supporting Bout

Former world champion Liam Smith (33-4-1, 20 KOs) tangles with Ireland’s Aaron McKenna (19-0, 10 KOs) in a middleweight fight set for 12 rounds on the Benn-Eubank undercard in London.

“Beefy” Smith has long been known as one of the fighting Smith brothers and recently lost to Eubank a year and a half ago. It was only the second time in 38 bouts he had been stopped. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez did it several years ago.

McKenna is a familiar name in Southern California. The Irish fighter fought numerous times on Golden Boy Promotion cards between 2017 and 2019 before returning to the United Kingdom and his assault on continuing the middleweight division. This is a big step for the tall Irish fighter.

It’s youth versus experience.

“I’ve been calling for big fights like this for the last two or three years, and it’s a fight I’m really excited for. I plan to make the most of it and make a statement win on Saturday night,” said McKenna, one of two fighting brothers.

Monster in L.A.

Japan’s super star Naoya “Monster” Inoue arrived in Los Angeles for last day workouts before his Las Vegas showdown against Ramon Cardenas on Sunday May 4, at T-Mobile Arena. ESPN will televise and stream the Top Rank card.

It’s been four years since the super bantamweight world champion performed in the US and during that time Naoya (29-0, 26 KOs) gathered world titles in different weight divisions. The Japanese slugger has also gained fame as perhaps the best fighter on the planet. Cardenas is 26-1 with 14 KOs.

Pomona Fights

Super featherweights Mathias Radcliffe (9-0-1) and Ezequiel Flores (6-4) lead a boxing card called “DMG Night of Champions” on Saturday April 26, at the historic Fox Theater in downtown Pomona, Calif.

Michaela Bracamontes (11-2-1) and Jesus Torres Beltran (8-4-1) will be fighting for a regional WBC super featherweight title. More than eight bouts are scheduled.

Doors open at 6 p.m. For ticket information go to: www.tix.com/dmgnightofchampions

Fights to Watch

Sat. DAZN 9 a.m. Conor Benn (23-0) vs Chris Eubank Jr. (34-3); Liam Smith (33-4-1) vs Aaron McKenna (19-0).

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