Shakur Stevenson, Jared Anderson and Keyshawn Davis visit Newark's Central High School
Stevenson-Shuichiro Yoshino, Anderson-George Arias & Davis-Anthony Yigit will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/ Top Rank
Shakur Stevenson, Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson and Keyshawn Davis visited Central High School ahead of Saturday's ESPN-televised tripleheader at Prudential Center.
It was a special homecoming for Newark native Stevenson, who attended Central High School as a youngster before representing Team USA at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he captured a silver medal.
The three were on hand to share insights from their respective boxing journeys. They also took photos and signed memorabilia for the students in attendance.
In Saturday’s main event, Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) will face Japanese puncher Shuichiro Yoshino (16-0, 12 KOs) in a 12-round WBC lightweight title eliminator.
Heavyweight knockout artist Anderson (13-0, 13 KOs) takes on fellow unbeaten George Arias (18-0, 7 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature.
Davis (7-0, 5 KOs), a U.S. Olympic silver medalist, will meet his stiffest challenge yet in the 10-round lightweight televised opener against former title challenger Anthony Yigit (26-2-1, 10 KOs).
Stevenson-Yoshino, Anderson-Arias & Davis-Yigit will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.Promoted by Top Rank, tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com.
April 8 Running Order
ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+ 10pm ET / 7pm PT
Shakur Stevenson vs. Shuichiro Yoshino
12 rounds, WBC Lightweight Title Eliminator
Jared Anderson vs. George Arias
10 rounds, Heavyweight
Keyshawn Davis vs. Anthony Yigit
10 rounds, Lightweight
ESPN+ 7pm ET / 4pm PT
Damian Knyba vs. Curtis Harper
8 rounds, Heavyweight
Troy Isley vs. Roy Barringer
8 rounds, Middleweight
Bruce Carrington vs. Brandon Chambers
8 rounds, Featherweight
Kelvin Davis vs. Nelson Morales
6 rounds, Junior Welterweight
Antoine Cobb vs. Jaylan Phillips
4 rounds, Welterweight
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