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Matchroom Boxing returns to Mexico for the latest installment of their popular fight night series on Saturday March 4 at the Polideportivo Arena in Culiacan, Mexico exclusively live on DAZN – headlined by Angel Fierro facing Eduardo Estela.

Fierro (20-1-2, 16KOs) defends his WBO NABO Lightweight title against Uruguay’s once-beaten Estela (14-1, 9KO’s) in what promises to be an explosive main event. The WBO #5 rated Fierro is closing in on a coveted World title shot in 2023, but he must first get by the very dangerous Estela, who is coming off a career best win in November over previously undefeated Ruben Torres. Estela, who is promoted by former great Marcos Maidana who will be attendance on fight night, has a lone loss as a pro against rising Mexican powerhouse Mauricio Lara back in 2019.

“I am very happy to fight again in Mexico with my people,” said Fierro. “I am going to show them that I am ready for a World title, I am preparing for that, and I am excited to return to the ring on March 4.

“March 4 is my time to shine,” said Estela. “I’m coming off the biggest victory of my life and I’m ready to deliver another spectacular performance. A win over Fierro puts me right in line amongst the top tier of the 135lb division and there is no way he’s going to stop me from achieving that.

“I know that I am coming into hostile territory, but it’s only going to motivate me more. Fierro better be ready because I’m bringing everything I have.”

Eduardo Nunez will provide the co-main event action as he meets Rodolfo Bustamante over ten rounds at Super-Featherweight. KO merchant ‘Sugar’ Nunez (23-1 23 KOs) has won all of his bouts inside the distance, and the 25 year old comes into the bout on the back of a tenth round stoppage win in Culiacan in September, his only fight of 2022. The Los Mochis man will be eager to keep his streak going on March 4, but faces stiff opposition in Bustamante (18-1-1 11 KOs), who will be on home turf for his first action in 2023.

“I’m anxious and we’ll prepared,” said Nunez. “I have been working very hard with my team and I’m just waiting for March 4 to arrive.”

“I am very happy for this opportunity,” said Bustamante. “I’m going to train really hard, I and won’t let my people from Culiacan down – I’m coming with everything I got.”

Rounding out the feature portion of the card will be 2016 Mexican Olympian Misael Rodriguez (12-0, 7KO’s) who will take on Rafael Ortiz over eight rounds at Middleweight and the much anticipated pro debut of US #1-rated amateur, Criztec Balzaldua, taking on Alejandro Castillo over four at Lightweight.

“I feel happy and excited to fight in this great Matchroom card,” said Rodriguez. “It’s great to be fighting in Culiacan, a place I fought twice before and a place where people know boxing and have made me feel right at home.”

“I cannot wait to get back to Mexico for another great night,” said Eddie Hearn. “We had a fantastic year south of the border in 2022; all our fight nights were thrilling, and I expect to pick up where we left off in March. Fierro is knocking on the door for World title action at Lightweight, and if he can deal with Estela in style, he’ll smash through that door and join the big guns.”

Let’s not forget this one.

It’s being hyped as part of the whole DAZN schedule

Fight Week!!

i saw a promo for this and one of these dudes has a pair of lips tattooed on him, i immediately cheer against anyone with those

Least it's something, tbf these Mexican shows are usually decent

Date: Saturday March 4, 2023
Location: C. Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez - Culiacán Rosales, Sin. Mexico
TV/Stream: DAZN

Start Times
Youtube: 6 pm ET | 3 pm PT | 11 pm GMT (Preliminary Card)
DAZN: 8 pm ET | 5 pm PT | 1 am GMT (Main Card)

Promoted by: Matchroom Boxing

Main Card

NABO Lightweight Championship
Angel Fierro vs. Eduardo Estela

10 Round Super Featherweight Bout
Eduardo Nunez vs. Jesus Martin Ceyca

8 Round Middleweight Bout
Misael Rodriguez vs. Aaron Rocha Guerrero

4 Round Lightweight Bout
Criztec Bazaldua vs. Jose Armando Bustamante Islas

6 Round Light Heavyweight Bout
Dilshodbek Ruzmetov vs. Jesus Moroyoqui Palomares

6 Round Super Middleweight Bout
Yair Benjamin Gallardo Lozano vs. Bernardo Jimenez Suarez

Main card has begun

this undercard fight between pina and young is good, young speedy and able to box and move the first half, but pina with the better gas tank and taking it to young the second half. last round could be major

young seems confident he won but looked to me like he let a lot of those second half rounds go, could see pina winning all of those tbh

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ud pina

pina nothing fancy, was clearly the slower and less flashy guy in there, but his gas tank wouldnt quit

i wonder if ed has some clause in place where he's guaranteed a certain amount of camera time, gets tedious seeing all these f@cking interviews with him every dazn show, even down in mexico

where the f@ck do these stats come from? misael rodriguez listed at 6'1, but i doubt he's over 5'10

how he won olympic bronze is beyond me, thoroughly unimpressive

fierro and estella throwing nothing but bombs! fierro the heavier handed of the two and is doing the damage, but is wild and leaves himmself open

estella down twice in the 4 th, once right at the bell, looks finished but makes it out o f the round!

wow! what heart from estella, he comes back in the fifth and lights fierro up with some good shots, you still get the feeling that fierro will end this though

6th round........fierro starts trying to jab and box.....but after landing some right hands goes for the kill again. lands some decent shots but plucky estela rides them out and fires back

and finally, right at the end of the 8th (or was it 7th) fierreo drops estela and stops him with a big flurry

Fun fight if a bit one sided, can't fault Estela's heart and will but he was outgunned in there, Fierro lost a point in the 2nd for use of the head but that was about as close as it got for Estela, Fierro just walked him down and night and worked away to head and body, Estela was hurt more than once before going down in the 4th from a Fierro combination, Estela was hurt but done well to get up and make it out the round but he got dropped right at the bell with a big right uppercut, superb shot

Estela probably had his best spell after both knockdowns in the 4th but Fierro kept the pressure up, it was all action Estela fighting fire with fire but at end of 7th Fierro rocked Estela with a huge left hook which had him sagging when Fierro drilled him with 2 more lefts to drop him and knock him out