A highly anticipated world lightweight championship bout between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr was scheduled to headline the night of action live on pay-per-view from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, October 16. Although the matchup has been canceled, Triller moves ahead with the fight card kicking off TrillerVerz III Weekend held through Sunday, October 17 live on FITE TV.
The boxing card on Saturday, October 16 features Daniel Gonzalez (20-2-1, 7 KOs) of Woodhaven, NY going up against Brooklyn’s Petros Ananyan (15-2-2, 7 KOs) in a ten-rounder at junior welterweight. Among other bouts, Brooklyn fan favorite Cletus Seldin (25-1, 21 KOs) defends his NABA super lightweight title in a ten-rounder against William Silva (28-3, 16 KOs) of Brazil.
Also on the card, Will Madera (16-1-3, 9 KOs) of Albany, NY takes on Jamshidbek Najmitdinov (17-1, 14 KOs) of Tashkent, Uzbekistan in an eight-rounder at junior welterweight, and undefeated Jose Roman (11-0, 5 KOS) of Bayamon, Puerto Rico battles it out against Cesar Francis of Brooklyn, NY in an eight-rounder at junior middleweight. In addition, Frederic Julan (12-0, 10 KOs) of Brooklyn, NY meets Jeyson Minda (14-5-1, 8 KOs) of Salem, MA in a six-rounder at heavyweight.
Following the action inside the boxing ring, Saturday night’s VERZUZ concert features reggae star artist SUPER CAT.
Sunday night’s VERZUZ battle on October 17 features Brooklyn’s Big Daddy Kane vs KRS-One.
Fans can watch TrillerVerz III Weekend live stream on FITE. The start time on Saturday, October 16 is 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT. On Sunday, October 18 live performance begins at 8:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm PT.
The Triller Fight Club card set for Saturday, October 16 looks as the following:
- Daniel Gonzalez vs. Petros Ananyan, 10 rounds, junior welterweight
- Cletus Seldin vs. William Silva, 10 rounds, super lightweight
- Will Madera vs. Jamshidbek Najmitdinov, 8 rounds, junior welterweight
- Jose Roman vs. Cesar Francis, 8 rounds, junior middleweight
- Frederic Julan vs. Jeyson Minda, 6 rounds, heavyweight
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