Top Rank can't resist the Lone Star State. Next week they'll be in Sparkle City, Corpus Christi, for the Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Joet Gonzalez world title featherweight fight. They have already made plans to return to the great Republic just four weeks later with another thrilling world title fight. This time the stakes are even higher as WBO middleweight champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly will put his WBO belt on the line when he squares off with IBF title holder Vincenzo Gualtieri on October 14th at the Fort Bend Community Center in Rosenberg. Rosenberg is a town of about 38,000 people located roughly some 30 Miles from Houston.
Also on the card is Giovanni Marquez, the son of Houston legend, Olympian, and junior middleweight world champion Raul Marquez. Marquez will be in a six-round 130-pound fight. The prospect-loaded card will additionally feature three of the brightest prospects in all of boxing. Featherweight and 2021 prospect of the year Duke Regan, 8-0 (1), will return after a nearly one-year layoff and take on Jose Perez, 11-1-2 (5). Regan has not fought since he disposed of Luis Lebron at the Mecca of Boxing last October. Duke Regan took home a silver medal in the 2021 Tokyo Games. Fellow silver medalist Keyshawn Davis, 9-0 (6), is also on the card and will battle Nahir Albright in an intriguing 10-round lightweight affair. Finally, Richard Torrez Jr., 6-0 (6), will take the biggest challenge of his young and promising career as he takes on Don Haynesworth in a six-round heavyweight scrap.