Eduardo "Rocky" Hernandez and Rene Tellez Giron top the bill in Canada where unbeaten hometown Heavyweight Alexis Barriere (11-0 9 KOs) returns to action for the first time since landing his ninth KO win in his 11th pro-outing in October 2023, and a fourth inside the opening round. (photos by Melina Pizano)

The 29-year-old southpaw and former Team Canada man was one of Tyson Fury’s sparring partners for his two fights with Oleksandr Usyk in May and December, and now the Sugar Hill Steward-trained Quebec puncher will be looking to get back in the groove and make an impact on the World rankings against Ubaldo Ilagor (13-1 12 KOs) over ten rounds, and Barriere’s fellow unbeaten Canadian Derek Pomerleau also in action over eight rounds at Middleweight against Nathan McIntosh (14-3-1 1 KO), and the action is kicked off on DAZN at 8pm ET by former World champion Jelena Mrdjenovich (42-12-2 19 KOs) meeting Italian Jessica Bellusci (6-3 2 KOs) over eight rounds at Featherweight.