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Cesar Francis vs Jesus Saracho. That’s right! Even if you don’t subscribe to ProBox TV, you can watch free (with ads) on ProBox TV’s YouTube (or Facebook)! The subscription at $1.99 gets you the show with no ads.

Anyway, ProBox kick off their 2023 schedule, which is shifting to Wednesday nights for the time being, and that could be a hoot for the diehard boxing fan who gladly welcomes some regular Wednesday night fights on the schedule.

John Hansen will be our resident “Mr. ProBox” for now on the live coverage, and we’ll be here for these shows. Francis is old (32) for a 12-fight prospect, but he’s a ProBox favorite and has shown some skills, and this looks like decent matchmaking against Saracho, a 21-year-old Mexican who will be upset-minded here.

ProBox TV get their new year kicked off this evening with Cesar Francis facing Jesus Saracho in a 10-round junior welterweight main event, plus more from Plant City, Fla.!

You can watch the fights with a ProBox TV subscription ($1.99!), of course, and also for free with ads on their YouTube or Facebook pages.

If you go to the ProBox TV page, they’re saying it’s a 9 pm ET start, but every other ad they’ve put out this week (like this one) says 8 pm ET for the main card. There are also prelims at 7 pm ET.

Prelims (ProBox TV/YouTube/Facebook, 7:00 pm ET)

4 Round Lightweight Bout
Jorge Carlos (3-0, 3 KOs) vs Anthony Michael Linenfelser (4-17-1, 4 KOs)

4 Round Heavyweight Bout
Lorenzo Medina (4-0, 4 KOs) vs Cleveland Billingsley III (5-8, 5 KOs)

Main Card (ProBox TV/YouTube/Facebook, 8:00 pm ET)

10 Round Super Lightweight Bout
Cesar Francis (12-0, 7 KOs) vs Jesus Saracho (12-1, 11 KOs)

8 Round Super Featherweight Bout
Oscar Alvarez Jr (7-0, 7 KOs) vs Nicolas Polanco (20-3-1, 11 KOs)

8 Round Lightweight Bout
Jose Arellano (10-0, 6 KOs) vs Jonhatan Soares (14-1, 14 KOs)

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Alvarez fight is next then the main event.

Jesus Saracho Shocks Cesar Francis, Oscar Alvarez Wins Decision

Cesar Francis (12-1, 7 KOs) tasted defeat for the first time in his career, when he was shocked by heavy underdog Jesus Saracho (13-1, 11 KOs), who came away with a ten round unanimous decision win in Plant City, Florida.

The judges saw it 96-94, 96-94 and 98-92.

Francis, who was ranked in the top ten by the WBO at 140-pounds, started well, but then he seemed to get outworked as the fight played out. Francis closed well in the tenth round - but it was too late to turn the tide as Saracho was well ahead when the final bell rang.

Francis is coming off the back of a solid year in 2022. He picked up wins over former world champions Mohammed Mimoune, Raymundo Beltran and also produced a big knockout against Francisco Armenta.

He was hoping to land the winner of the upcoming crossroads fight between Jose Pedraza and Arnold Barboza.

The co-featured attraction saw super featherweight prospect Oscar Alvarez (8-0, 7 KOs) continue his unbeaten run with seven round technical decision over Nicolas Polanco (20-4-1, 11 KOs).

There was an accidental clash of heads in the seventh, which led to the fight being stopped when Alvarez sustained a bad cut around his left eye. The scores were 68-65, 68-65 and 70-63.