Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia: Official Weigh-In Results & Fight Night Preview

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Puerto Rican boxer Xander Zayas will have his long-awaited first opportunity to become a world champion tonight when he faces Mexican Jorge García Pérez for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super welterweight title (154 pounds), in the main event of the card that promoter Top Rank will present at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.

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Photo: Top Rank Unified World Champion WBC-WBO superwelderweight Sebastian Fundora preferred to defend his crown against Tim Tszyu, rather than making a mandatory defense against the official wannabe WBO, Puerto Rican Xander Zayas. After achieving several intermediate titles of the stage now presided over by Gustavo Olivieri, the World Organization was inflexible with the champion Fundora and left the title vacant tonight at the Madison Square G…

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At the press conference, the 22-year-old boxer received messages of support from sports and music figures such as Tito Trinidad and Eladio Carrión.