Two pairs of unbeatens – Alexis De la Cerda and Ervin Fuller III, and Robert Meriwether III and Tony Hirsch Jnr – will square off April 5 in the preliminary card supporting “Zuffa Boxing 05,” promoter Zuffa Boxing announced on Friday.
The entire prelims lineup was revealed for the card, which will feature Andres Cortes, 24-0 (13 KOs), facing Eridson Garcia, 23-1 (14 KOs), in a 10-round lightweight main event at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. All eight scheduled fights on the bill will be streamed live on Paramount+.
De la Cerda, 8-0 (4 KOs), will meet Fuller, 12-0 (6 KOs), in an eight-round featherweight fight, and lightweights Meriwether, 10-0 (4 KOs), will clash with Hirsch, 7-0-2 (4 KOs), in a scheduled eight-rounder atop the prelims.
Other supporting fights will include Jorge Maravillo, 11-0-1 (8 KOs), against Elias Diaz, 15-3 (8 KOs), in a welterweight eight-round bout; Troy Nash, 6-0-1 (1 KO), facing Bryan Rodriguez, 8-1 (1 KO), in an eight-round featherweight fight; and Emiliano Cardenas, 10-0 (4 KOs), taking on Alexis Alvarado, 9-1-1 (5 KOs), in a bantamweight bout scheduled for six rounds.
In the previously announced co-main event, former titleholder Mark Magsayo, 28-2 (18 KOs) will face Feargal McCrory, 17-1 (9 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight test. Rounding out the main card, Azat Hovhannisyan, 22-6 (17 KOs), will meet Eduardo Baez, 25-7-2 (10 KOs) in a featherweight 10-rounder.
