Light Flyweight Title Unification Showdown:
Kim Clavel vs. Jessica Nery Plata
Friday, Jan. 13, at 7:00pm ET/ 4:00pm PT
LIVE on ESPN+
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Heavyweight Double Header:
Efe Ajagba vs. Stephan Shaw in Main Event
Guido Vianello vs. Jonnie Rice in Co-Feature
Saturday, Jan. 14, at 10:00pm ET/ 7:00pm PT
LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Sports, and ESPN+
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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN kicks off the new year with a weekend of exhilarating LIVE boxing matches.
Friday, Jan. 13, from Place Bell in Laval, Canada and LIVE on ESPN+ at 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT, WBC light flyweight champion Kim Clavel (16-0, 3 KOs) will battle WBA queen Jessica Nery Plata (28-2, 3 KOs). Clavel, who won the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2020 ESPY Awards after putting her boxing career on hold to return to nursing during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hopes to become the sport’s only Canadian-born unified world champion.
Hon Saturday, Jan. 14, Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Ajagba vs. Shaw will be live at 10:00pm ET/ 7:00pm PT on ESPN, ESPN Sports, and ESPN+. The event takes place at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY.
In the main event, one of the division’s biggest punchers, Efe Ajagba (16-1, 13 KOs)takes on native St. Louis Stephan “Big Shot” Shaw (18-0, 13 KOs).
In the heavyweight co-feature, Guido “The Gladiator” Vianello (10-0-1, 9 KOs)a 2016 Italian Olympian from Rome, faces the formidable Jonnie Rice (15-6-1, 10 KOs).
The undercard (5 pm ET) features a junior lightweight tilt between Adam “BluNose” Lopez and Abraham “El Super” Nova. Additionally, featherweight phenom, Bruce Carrington (5-0, 3 KOs)the 2020 US Olympic Trials champion, will fight Juan Antonio Lopez (17-12-1, 7 KOs)an 11-year pro from Dallas, Texas, in a six-round showdown.
ESPN’s Joe Tessitore will call the action with Hall of Famer Andre Ward and future Hall of Famer Timothy Bradley as analysts; Mark Kriegel and Bernardo Osuna will serve as reporters.
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All Times ET
At your place | Time | Event | Fights | Network | |
Fri, Jan 13 | 7 PM | Main | Kim Clavel (C*) vs. Jessica Nery Plata (F**) | ESPN+ | WBA**, WBC* Light Flyweight |
Undercards | Mazlum Akdeniz vs. Christian Bielma | ||||
Undercards | Marie Pier Houle vs. Marisol Moreno | ||||
Undercards | Eric Basran vs. Juan Carlos Ramírez Garcia | ||||
Undercards | Caroline Veyre vs. Estefania Gonzalez Franco | ||||
Sat, Jan 14 | 10 PM | Main | Efe Ajagba vs. Stephen Shaw | ESPN,
ESPN Sports, ESPN+ |
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Co-Feature | Guido Vianello vs. Jonnie Rice | ||||
5 PM | Features | Abraham Nova vs. Adam Lopez |
ESPN+ |
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Undercards | Haven Brady Jr. vs. Reuben Cervera | ||||
Undercards | Bryce Mills vs. Margarito Hernandez | ||||
Undercards | Edwin Rodriguez vs. Floyd Diaz | ||||
Undercards | Brian Norman Jr. vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria | ||||
Undercards | Bruce Carrington vs. Juan Antonio Lopez | ||||
Undercards | Emmanuel Austin vs. Dante Benjamin Jr. | ||||
Undercards | Rohan Polanco vs. Julian Smith |