Zuffa Boxing 09 Card Finalized

Zuffa Boxing today announced the preliminary card for ZUFFA BOXING 09: BERLANGA VS. BUTLER, which will stream live exclusively on Paramount+ on Sunday, July 26, from the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden. The five-fight undercard will stream live at 5pm ET/2pm PT, ahead of the three-fight main card beginning at 8pm ET/5pm PT, exclusively on Paramount+.

The preliminary card features two heavyweight fights, including the return of Sweden’s Otto Wallin against Ukraine’s Vladyslav Sirenko. Wallin’s only career defeats have come against a trio of British icons: Derek Chisora and former world heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. In a battle of unbeaten heavyweights, Kashaun Davis and Mihai Nistor have combined for 19 wins and 19 knockouts, with both fighters looking to preserve their perfect records. As an amateur, Nistor knocked out Joshua and represented Romania at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Also featured on the undercard, Harlem's Arnold Gonzalez will face Emiliano Moreno in a welterweight clash. Undefeated Zuffa Boxing standouts Troy Nash and Ethan Perez will square off in a featherweight fight, while undefeated Dominique Francis takes on Andres Sosa in a super featherweight bout. The full five-fight preliminary card is as follows: 

• Otto Wallin (28-3, 16 KOs) vs. Vladyslav Sirenko (22-1, 19 KOs) — 10 Rounds, Heavyweight

• Arnold Gonzalez (18-1, 9 KOs) vs. Emiliano Moreno (12-1, 7 KOs) — 8 Rounds, Welterweight

• Kashaun Davis (11-0, 11 KOs) vs. Mihai Nistor (8-0, 8 KOs) — 8 Rounds, Heavyweight

• Troy Nash (7-0-1, 1 KO) vs. Ethan Perez (8-0-1, 3 KOs) — 8 Rounds, Featherweight

• Dominique Francis (16-0, 10 KOs) vs. Andres Sosa (18-4, 9 KOs) — 8 Rounds, Super Featherweight

  
  

As previously announced, ZUFFA BOXING 09 will feature a double main event, with Brooklyn's Edgar Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs) facing Montreal's Steven Butler (38-5-1, 32 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight showdown, while undefeated former super lightweight world champion Richardson Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) moves up to welterweight to meet Ricardo Salas (24-2-2, 18 KOs) in a 12-round contest. Opening the three-fight main card, rising middleweight prospect Jalil Hackett (12-1, 9 KOs) faces three-time world title challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko (16-6, 11 KOs)