Friday night in Houston. The Red Owl Boxing promotions series returns to DAZN, and the card features an intriguing bout, between the son of an H-town legend. Former Olympian and world champion Raul Marquez's son Giovanni Marquez, 9-0 (5), takes perhaps the biggest challenge of his career when he challenges 22-year-old San Antonio Prospect Jason Limon, 8-1-1 (2). Limon is coming off the best win of his career when he put on an absolute boxing clinic in taking apart the unbeaten Christian Foley at Constellation Field in Sugar Land. Limon has won four in a row since his 2022 loss to Yaniel Alvarez. Included in those four wins are two unbeaten prospects. Marquez has caught national headlines and is not just one of the premier prospects in the world. He has gotten plenty of national exposure and television time since turning pro in 2022. He last fought on DAZN in Atlanta in March. He outclassed tugged veteran Jayson Velez over six one-sided rounds.
Top Rank Returns to Texas for Middleweight Unification
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.