Xander Zayas Veg Jorge Garcia Perez for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title this Saturday, July 26 in Madison Square Garden Theater in New York. Saturday’s event will be displayed on ESPN and ESPN+ at 9pm ET/6:00 pm pt.
Xander Zayas title opportunity
Jorge Garcia (33-4, 26 COs) has a real shot to defeat Zayas if he can get to him regularly enough to land his shots. He has the excellent offensive skills, but he will need more than it to come to Zayas. The Puerto Rican -born Zayas have a Shakur-esque style To him.
It is not very nice to look at Zayas at times, but the style worked for him at the low-level opposition to which his promoters on the top rank combined him. They gave Zayas the Edgar Berlanga tomato can be treatmentand him against a strictly defeatable opposition.
Top Rank tried to turn Xander into an East Coast Star in New York without fiting him against someone. It didn’t work nearly as well as with Berlanga, because Zayas has no power and a crowd of pleasant fighting style. He is a pure boxer.
Zayas’ last 5 wins
– Slava Spomer
– Damian Sosa
– Patrick Teixeira
– Jorge Forea
– Roberto Valenzuela jr
The 22-year-old Zayas (21-0, 13 COs) were quickly detected by the top rank for the number 1 place with their maneuvering. Xander hoped to encounter Sebastian Fundora when he still held the title, but he vacated it to take the profitable Rematch with Tim Tszyu. Fundora said last Saturday that he wants to regain his WBO title by the winner of the Zayas vs. Garcia fight fighting.
“I am very excited to fight for my first world title,” said Xander Zayas Fighting type About his collision this Saturday against Jorge Garcia. “He’s a fighter. I think he’s on a winning line of eight battles. He experienced. He gained his place for the world title. ‘
Garcia’s path to title
Garcia, 28, was pushed to the #2 location with the WBO after defeating Charles Conwell with a 12-round decision in April last year in a major dismay. It would be supposed to have been a definite victory for Conwell in battle, but Garcia surprised him with his body that beat and in-vein.
“I think I’m better than him in every aspect of the game,” Zayas said about Garcia. “A better IQ, better defense, better velocity. He goes to the body a lot, good speed, and he fits a lot of pressure. I was perfect, and I did it for 21 battles. I don’t feel the pressure. I’m going to conquer. ‘
Zayas is no better than Garcia in the Department of offensive skills. Unlike Garcia, Zayas has no power and he trusts in his defense to win fights. Xander also does not have a great chin because he was injured in the past. He is the opposite of Puerto Rican stars Miguel Cotto and Felix Trinidad. Zayas is more like a larger version of Shakur Stevenson.
Zayas vs. Fundora Future
“After I overcome on July 26, it’s something that can still make us happen,” Zayas said of a fight between him and Sebastian Fundora. “It can still be a bigger fight, because now we will be both world champions. There are ways to beat him.
Last updated on 07/21/2025
