Brandon Adams and Caoimhin Agyarko will meet this week in an elimination bout for the right to challenge for the IBF junior middleweight title, which is currently held by Josh Kelly. Here’s what you need to know about this show:

When is Brandon Adams vs. Caoimhin Agyarko ?

Brandon Adams vs. Caoimhin Agyarko is on Saturday, April 11. The broadcast will begin at 9 p.m. Eastern Time (2 a.m. BST). 

What channel is Brandon Adams vs. Caoimhin Agyarko  on?

Brandon Adams vs. Caoimhin Agyarko is a pay-per-view available for purchase via PPV.com, Triller and BASH TV.

Where is Brandon Adams vs. Caoimhin Agyarko ?

The fight is taking place at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Nevada.

Who is Brandon Adams?

In a weight class where so much attention understandably goes to the titleholders and other big names, Brandon Adams remains a veteran fixture at 154lbs – a longtime fringe contender who is very much deserving of this opportunity.

Adams, 26-4 (16 KOs), has been involved in several boxing tournaments. He lost a unanimous decision to Willie Monroe Jnr in the Boxcino middleweight finale in 2014. And he was surprisingly stopped in two rounds by Apollo Thompson in the Boxcino junior middleweight finale in 2015.

It was another three years before he returned. Again, he entered another tournament. At last, Adams triumphed in the fifth season of “The Contender,” widely outpointing Shane Mosley Jnr to win it all in 2018. That helped Adams land his only title shot to date, challenging Jermall Charlo for the WBC middleweight belt in 2019. Alas, Charlo nearly shut Adams out on the scorecards.

Adams then put together a four-fight winning streak, including an eighth-round TKO of the previously unbeaten Serhii Bohachuk in 2021. But a 37-month layoff followed. In 2024, he once again made it to a tournament finale while competing in Overtime Boxing’s junior middleweight competition. This one concluded with Adams getting the short end of a split decision against Andreas Katzourakis in that November 2024 finale.

But Adams scored a big win this past September, clearly outpointing a resurgent Bohachuk in their rematch. That helped land Adams high up in the rankings – he is No. 1 with the WBO, No. 2 with the WBC and No. 3 with the IBF – and put the 36-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, in position for this title eliminator. 

Who is Caoimhin Agyarko?

Caoimhin Agyarko, 18-0 (7 KOs), is a 29-year-old from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is ranked third by the WBA and fourth by the IBF.

Agyarko turned pro in late 2018. Five years later, he took a split decision over the 20-1-1 Troy Williamson in what at the time was the biggest win of Agyarko’s career. Most recently, he’s added two more decision victories against domestic-level opposition, getting a majority nod over the 19-5-1 Ryan Kelly last April and a razor-thin split decision against the 13-2 Ishmael Davis in September.

Agyarko was a late replacement in that Kelly bout – stepping in for Davis – and he fought more than half the bout with a cut over his left eye. He also had a marked up face against Davis, with swelling around his right eye. Agyarko was down in the 12th round against Davis, though that seemed more the result of being off-balance. Still, it could’ve been a disaster given how close the scorecards wound up being – the two judges who had it for Agyarko scored the bout 114-113.

This will be a step up in level of competition for Agyarko. Will he rise to the occasion?

What other fights are on the undercard of Brandon Adams vs. Caoimhin Agyarko?

A handful of prospects are slated to appear on the undercard in separate bouts, including featherweight Javier Zamarron, 11-0 (5 KOs); middleweight Ebenezer Griffith, 7-0 (2 KOs); and bantamweight Chantel Navarro, 7-0 (3 KOs).

The full list of undercard fights can be seen on BoxRec.

David Greisman, who has covered boxing since 2004, is on Twitter @FightingWords2. David’s book, “Fighting Words: The Heart and Heartbreak of Boxing,” is available on Amazon.