Xander Zayas and Abass Baraou kicked off fight week with a public workout at Distrito T-Mobile in San Juan, Puerto Rico, just three days out from a historic unification showdown. Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs), the WBO junior middleweight world champion, will fight at home for the first time in nearly six years when he meets Baraou (17-1, 9 KOs), the WBA champ, this Saturday, Jan. 31st, at Coliseo de Puerto Rico. Both men earned their crowns last summer and moved directly into a unification showdown, marking only the second time two reigning world champions will meet on the Island. They were joined by Dominican contender Rohan “El Rayo” Polanco (17-0, 10 KOs) and Mexican puncher Christian Gomez (23-6-1, 21 KOs), who will lock horns in the ten-round welterweight co-feature. Also appearing was rising second-generation hopeful Juanmita Lopez De Jesus (4-0, 2 KOs), the 19 year-old son of former world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez, who faces Conner Goade (8-4-2, 7 KOs) in a six-round tilt at junior bantamweight.
Zayas-Baraou, Polanco-Gomez, and the entire undercard will stream for free on the Top Rank Classics Fast channel in the U.S. beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT. Zayas vs. Baraou will begin at approximately 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
To watch on mobile or desktop, visit trboxing.co/TopRankClassics. To watch on your smart TV, check the availability of FAST channel apps and search for Top Rank Classics on The Roku Channel, Tubi, or Vizio.
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The Zayas vs. Baraou event will also be shown worldwide in the following territories:
AMERICAS
First Bell: 5:30 p.m. ET
Main Event: 10 p.m. ET
USA: Top Rank Classics Fast channel. Also, the Spanish-language broadcast will air on WAPA América beginning at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT. WAPA América is available as part of the Latino package of major cable and satellite providers, including Spectrum, Comcast, DirecTV, DishLatino, YouTube TV and Fubo, among others.
PlutoTV — Canada
ESPN2/Disney+ — Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Argentina
ESPN/Disney+ — Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and Uruguay
TV Azteca — Mexico
EUROPE
First Bell: 10:30 p.m. GMT
Main Event: 3 a.m GMT (Sunday)
Top Rank on Facebook — UK, Ireland, and Germany
Arena Sport — Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Slovenia
TVP — Poland
Megogo — Ukraine
Nova — Bulgaria
TV3 — Baltics
ASIA-PACIFIC
First Bell: 9:30 a.m. AET (Sunday)
Main Event: 2 p.m. AET
Top Rank on Facebook — Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Australia
CCTV-5 — China
Fight Sports — South Korea
Freedom Media — Kazakhstan
The full fight card is as follows:
Xander Zayas vs. Abass Baraou, twelve rounds for Zayas' WBO and Baraou's WBA 154-pound world titles;
Rohan Polanco vs. Christian Gomez, ten rounds, welterweights;
Juanmita Lopez De Jesus vs. Conner Goade, six rounds, junior bantamweights;
Carlos De Leon Castro vs. Diuhl Olguin, 6 rounds, junior lightweights;
Yadriel Caban vs. Jeremis Hernandez-Torres, four rounds, super flyweights;
Euri Cedeno vs. Etoundi Michel William, ten rounds, middleweights; and
Giovani Santillan vs. Courtney Pennington, ten rounds, junior middleweights.
