Carrington, of Brooklyn, New York, has been particularly critical of England’s Ball, who is scheduled to defend his title against Australia’s Sam Goodman on Aug. 16 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on DAZN.

"Venado" Lopez said the fight against "Divino" should take place in September. Both fighters are promoted by Top Rank, so signing off on the slugfest should be a cinch if all parties are interested.

The 28-year-old featherweight is in a rare position. For most fighters, they’re forced to go down a particular route depending on where they’re ranked in a sanctioning body. For Carrington, however, he’s highly ranked in all four.

LAS VEGAS – defended his WBO featherweight title Sunday with a brutal beat down of , then later followed him to the T-Mobile Arena tunnel, hugging him as his fallen foe lay flat on his back receiving medical attention. For as fearsome a fighter as he is, Espinoza sure has a soft spot, as evidenced by the recent trend of him grabbing the mic and serenading the masses in Spanish.

LAS VEGAS — leaned on size, speed, swarming combinations, and a concerted body attack to brutally and systematically beat on Sunday night at the T-Mobile Arena.

The ESPN broadcast is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. ET — after Inoue's Japanese countryman and baseball star Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the Atlanta Braves.

For his Cinco De Mayo Weekend showdown against Vazquez (17-2, 4 KOs), Espinoza will be the warm-up act on the ESPN card headlined by Naoya Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight title defense against Ramon Cardenas at the T-Mobile Arena.

On Sunday, Vazquez (17-2, 4 KOs) will get another crack to evolve from snakebitten contender to crown holder when he clashes against WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena in an ESPN co-main event fight on the Naoya Inoue-Ramon Cardenas undercard.

Mexico's Rafael Espinoza plans to steal the spotlight on Cinco de Mayo Weekend. The 31-year-old Espinoza defends his WBO crown against Edward Vazquez on Sunday, May 4, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Featherweight boxing has long been central to Mexico’s pugilistic tradition, and Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza is ready to honor that legacy on Cinco de Mayo Weekend.