Andres Cortes-Eridson Garcia tops Zuffa Boxing 05 tripleheader on Easter Sunday

Zuffa Boxing has confirmed the three-fight lineup for its next offering.

As previously reported by BoxingScene, Zuffa Boxing 05 is set to take place on April 5 – Easter Sunday – live on Paramount+ from the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Recent signee and locally based top-rated contender Andres Cortes will take on the Dominican Republic’s Eridson Garcia in a scheduled 10-round lightweight contest.

The evening’s co-feature will put a former titlist versus a former titleholder as Mark Magsayo, 28-2 (18 KOs) and Feargal McCrory, 17-1 (9 KOs) square off in a lightweight bout also scheduled for 10 rounds. Magsayo previously held the WBC featherweight title, while the lone defeat suffered by McCrory – an Irish southpaw who now fights out of New York City – came in a bid for the WBA 130lbs title.

Both boxers make their full-fledged lightweight debut.

Opening the three-fight livestream, California-based Armenian puncher Azat “Crazy A” Hovhannisyan, 22-6 (17 KOs) faces Mexico’s Eduardo Baez, 25-7-2 (10 KOs) in a promising featherweight clash scheduled for 10-rounds.

Cortes, 24-0 (13 KOs) previously came up under Top Rank before the two sides parted ways in 2025. He rose to the top of the 130lbs rankings with earlier career wins over Abraham Montoya, Xavier Martinez and Abraham Nova. A headlining act comes with his Zuffa debut, along with the 17^th career home appearance for the 28-year-old contender.

Garcia, 23-1 (14 KOs) is riding a six-fight win streak following a 1^st round knockout loss to Jordan White in their August 2023 meeting on the now defunct ShoBox series on Showtime.

The career revival has included a landslide points victory over William Foster III and – in his most recent outing – an upset split decision victory over unbeaten Taiga Imanaga last December 27 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The holiday edition of the Zuffa Boxing series is one of six confirmed dates since its official launch in January.

This event will remain consistent with the previous four, which have all taken place at UFC’s intimate Meta APEX center. Yet to be announced is a show planned for Mother’s Day (May 10), which will make five straight shows on Sunday evenings; the January 23 launch event was the only show to air on any other night (a Friday).

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