North American Alonzo Butter (26-0-1, 19 KOs) will try to remain undefeated when fighting Nigerian Friday Ahunanya (23-5-3, 13 KOs). The African, ranked 14th by the WBO, has already faced names like Serguei Lyakhovich, Sultan Ibragimov and Alexander Povetkin, being defeated on all of these occasions. Therefore, Ahunanya represents the biggest test of Butter's career, who is promoted by Arthur Pellulo, Popó's former prosecutor. The fight will be the main attraction of “Friday Night Fights”, and will take place at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas.
In the main preliminary, another fight in the maximum category, with Horace Ray Grant (12-1, 7 KOs) facing Kevin Burnett (12-1-1, 8 KOs). ESPN announces that it will begin its live broadcast at 22 pm.
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