Xander Zayas vs. Abass Baraou streaming channel announced

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RingMagazine.com |4 hours ago

Xander Zayas vs. Abass Baraou streaming channel announced

The 154-pound unification bout between Xander Zayas and Abass Baraou finally has a streaming home.

Top Rank announced in a press release that the Zayas vs Baraou card on January 31 at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be streamed on the Top Rank Classics FAST channel in the U.S. Top Rank Classics is available on The Roku Channel, Tubi, or Vizio on a smart TV.

The Mikaela Mayer vs. Mary Spencer and Rafael Espinoza vs. Arnold Khegai cards were also streamed on Top Rank Classics.

Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) enters the bout with the WBO title, while Baraou (17-1, 9 KOs) holds the WBA belt. Zayas vs Baraou is the second world title unification bout to take place in Puerto Rico, with the other bout being Giovani Segura's TKO8 win over Ivan Calderon in August 2010.

Zayas, 23, who is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, will be fighting on his home island for just the second time in his career. He won the then-vacant WBO title with a unanimous decision victory over Jorge Garcia on July 26 at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.

Baraou, 31, won the interim WBA title with an upset unanimous decision victory over the previously unbeaten Yoenis Tellez on August 23 at Caribe Royale in Orlando. He was elevated to full titlist when the previous champion, Terence Crawford, vacated the belt on September 13.

The broadcast begins at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 PT, with Zayas vs Baraou scheduled to start at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Ascending welterweight contender from the Dominican Republic, Rohan Polanco (17-0, 10 KOs), will face Christian Gomez (23-6-1, 21 KOs) at 9 p.m. ET.

Here is the rest of the card that will be streamed on Top Rank Classics:

Junior middleweight, 10 rounds: Giovani Santillan (34-1, 18 KOs) vs. Courtney Pennington (17-11-3, 7 KOs)
Middleweight, 10 rounds: Euri Cedeno (13-0-1, 12 KOs) vs. Etoundi Michel William (16-2, 12 KOs)
Flyweight, 4 rounds: Yadriel Caban (2-0, 2 KOs) vs. Jeremis Hernandez-Torres (2-2, 0 KOs)
Junior lightweight, 6 rounds: Carlos De Leon Castro (6-0, 5 KOs) vs. Diuhl Olguin (17-47-7, 10 KOs)
Junior bantamweight, 6 rounds: Juanmita Lopez De Jesus (4-0, 2 KOs) vs. Conner Goade (8-4-2, 7 KOs)

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