Friday, March 13: Najee Lopez-Manuel Gallegos (ProBox TV)
The broadcast begins at 6pm Eastern Time (10pm GMT).
Lopez, 15-0 (12 KOs), is a 26-year-old from near Atlanta, Georgia. The light-heavyweight prospect fought three times in 2025, all of them early nights. He took out the 25-6-1 Gilbert Castillo Rivera in six rounds; the 22-2 Juan Gerardo Osuna in two rounds; and the 19-2-1 Kalvin Henderson in five. Lopez is ranked sixth at 175lbs by the WBA, 13th by the IBF, 14th by the WBC and 15th by the WBO.
Gallegos, 22-3-1 (19 KOs), is a 28-year-old from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. He was stopped in the fourth round by super middleweight Diego Pacheco in 2023 and then moved up to light heavyweight, upsetting prospect Khalil Coe in November 2024 with a ninth-round stoppage. Coe won their rematch in May 2025, however, sending Gallegos packing in the sixth. Gallegos returned in December and made short work of a 32-15 journeyman in Cesar Chavez.
In the co-feature, junior-lightweight prospect Dominic Valle, 12-0 (7 KOs), will meet Eduardo Ramirez, 29-5-3 (14 KOs).
The event is taking place at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida.
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Saturday, March 14: James “Jazza” Dickens-Anthony Cacace (DAZN)
The broadcast begins at 3pm Eastern Time (7pm GMT).
This is a battle of one titleholder who finally reached this height deep into his career taking on a former titleholder who never lost his belt in the ring. And this collision of James “Jazza” Dickens of Liverpool, England, against Anthony Cacace of Belfast, Northern Ireland, will take place at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
Dickens, 36-5 (15 KOs), is the WBA junior-lightweight beltholder – winning a world title in 2025 after two previous attempts.
Dickens turned pro in 2011 and suffered his first defeat in 2013, losing to junior-featherweight prospect Kid Galahad via 10th-round TKO. In 2016, Dickens was done with a broken jaw after two rounds with WBA 122lbs titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux. After Dickens recovered, he returned and immediately lost again, dropping a technical decision to the 20-0 Thomas Patrick Ward.
But Dickens then won eight straight – including a majority decision over Leigh Wood in 2020 – and landed a rematch with Galahad for the vacant IBF featherweight belt in 2021. Galahad won again. This time, Galahad sent Dickens packing after the 11th. Dickens then won two before losing via 10th-round knockout to the 15-2 Hector Andres Sosa in 2023.
That sent Dickens to junior lightweight, which revitalized his career. He’s won four straight, including a decision over the 31-2 Zelfa Barrett in February 2025 and a huge fourth-round stoppage of Albert Batyrgaziev in July. The win earned him Batyrgaziev’s secondary WBA interim belt. And when primary titleholder Lamont Roach Jnr vacated, Dickens received an upgrade. Now he’s due to make his first defense in a big fight in Ireland.
Can Dickens, a 34-year-old resident of Liverpool, England, extend his moment in the sun? Cacace will have something to say about that.
Cacace, 24-1 (9 KOs), is a former junior-lightweight titleholder who vacated his IBF belt in 2024. He felt the move would allow him to be available for more lucrative opportunities beyond his mandatory contenders. That indeed worked out for Cacace given his two recent victories. And now he is ready to fight for a title once again, likely because “Jazza” Dickens having a belt makes this event even bigger.
Cacace turned pro in 2012 and won his first 15 fights before losing a close decision in 2017 to the 17-0-2 Martin J Ward – not to be confused with the Martin Ward Dickens edged in 2015. After a bounce-back win at the end of the year against a designated opponent, Cacace didn’t fight at all in 2018. He had two wins in 2019 and then was off again in 2020, likely in part because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The journey back resumed in 2021. In 2022, Cacace took a split decision over the undefeated Michael Magnesi. And in May 2024, Cacace shocked Joe Cordina via eighth-round TKO to win the IBF title. He never defended it against mandatory challenger Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez, who would go on to capture the belt after Cacace vacated it.
Those who accused Cacace of ducking Nunez could at least acknowledge that he made the better choice for his bank account. Especially given that Cacace was 35 when he beat Cordina and needs to capitalize on whatever time he has left in the sport.
In September 2024, Cacace widely outpointed one former featherweight titleholder in Josh Warrington. In May 2025, he stopped a second former featherweight titleholder in Leigh Wood. He was supposed to face a third former featherweight titleholder in August – Raymond Ford – but had to pull out with a back injury. This will be the first bout in 10 months for the 37-year-old native of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The undercard includes unbeaten junior welterweight Pierce O’Leary, 18-0 (10 KOs), against late replacement Maxi Hughes, 29-8-2 (6 KOs), junior lightweight Colm Murphy, 16-0 (6 KOs), taking on former title challenger Jono Carroll, 25-3-1 (7 KOs), and and several other prospects.
Saturday, March 14: Kenneth Sims Jnr-Arnold Barboza Jnr (DAZN)
The broadcast begins at 8pm Eastern Time (midnight GMT).
Kenneth Sims Jnr, 22-3-1 (8 KOs), is a fringe contender at junior welterweight and welterweight who is seeking that one major win to move his career forward.
Sims, a 32-year-old from Chicago, Illinois, turned pro in 2014. He won his first 12 fights before taking a narrow majority decision loss to the 14-1-1 Rolando Chinea in 2017. That was followed by a draw with the 11-0 Montana Love in 2018. Two fights later, Sims lost a unanimous decision to the 14-2-1 Samuel Teah.
Sims then embarked on a nine-fight winning streak. He took a majority decision over the previously unbeaten Elvis Rodriguez in 2021 and did the same against 2016 Olympian Batyr Akhmedov, who was 9-2 when they met in 2023.
Sims signed with Golden Boy Promotions in 2024 and picked up the final two wins of his run before meeting Oscar Duarte at 140lbs in August 2025. The fight was close but ended with Sims getting the short end of a majority decision defeat.
He remains ranked by all four of the major sanctioning bodies at junior welterweight: fifth with the WBA, ninth by the IBF, 11th with the WBC and 12th by the WBO. And at welterweight – where this match with Barboza is taking place – the IBF also has Sims at 12. A victory over Barboza would be Sims’ biggest yet and would move him forward in whichever weight class he decides to compete in.
Barboza Jnr, 32-1 (11 KOs), is a 34-year-old from Los Angeles. The long-time junior-welterweight contender has moved up to welterweight after losing in his first title shot.
Barboza turned pro in 2013 at 147lbs before making his way down the scales. He made quick work of once-beaten prospect Mike Reed in 2018 and sent former titleholder Mike Alvarado into retirement in 2019. There were decision wins over once-beaten Alex Saucedo in 2020, the undefeated Danielito Zorrilla in 2022 and former titleholder Jose Pedraza in 2023.
After a controversial split decision over Sean McComb in 2024, Barboza outpointed former titleholder Jose Ramirez later that year and advanced into a fight with Jack Catterall in February 2025 for the interim WBO belt at 140lbs. Barboza traveled to Manchester, England, and won a split decision.
That landed Barboza a shot at the primary titleholder, Teofimo Lopez, who was also the lineal and Ring champion at the time. Lopez won a clear decision, giving Barboza his first pro defeat and sending him out of the weight division, ready to give his body some relief.
It took a long time for Barboza to move into the deeper end at junior welterweight. Things are much shallower at welterweight, and time is much shorter in his career now. The WBC has already ranked him ninth before his first fight in his new weight class. Sims should be a good test for what Barboza may have to offer at 147.
The undercard at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, includes two title matches. In one, unified strawweight champion Oscar Collazo, 13-0 (10 KOs), will defend against Jesus Haro, 13-3 (2 KOs). In the other, undisputed flyweight champion Gabriela Fundora, 17-0 (9 KOs), will face Viviana Ruiz Corredor, 10-2 (5 KOs).
Also on this show: welterweight Alexis Rocha, 25-2-1 (16 KOs), takes on Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jnr, 34-8-1 (15 KOs); and welterweight prospect Joel Iriarte, 9-0 (8 KOs), will continue his development against Rock Myrthil, 17-2-1 (13 KOs), who has not won a fight since February 2020
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