Full Capacity Now Permitted for Top Rank’s June Events at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

Full Capacity Now Permitted for Top Rank’s June Events at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

Full Capacity Now Permitted for Top Rank’s June Events at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

Full Capacity Now Permitted for Top Rank’s June Events at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

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Shakur Stevenson-Jeremiah Nakathila (June 12), Naoya Inoue-Michael Dasmarinas (June 19) and Vasiliy Lomachenko-Masayoshi Nakatani (June 26) headline Top Rank on ESPN events

Almost 16 months since Tyson Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder in front of a sold-out Las Vegas crowd, Top Rank, in accordance with Nevada regulations, returns to full capacity with June’s trio of events at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

The three-week run commences Saturday, June 12 with former featherweight world champion Shakur Stevenson (15-0, 8 KOs), who will fight Namibian contender Jeremiah Nakathila (21-1, 17 KOs) for the vacant WBO interim junior lightweight world title. In the 10-round junior welterweight co-feature, former two-weight world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (28-3, 13 KOs) fights the undefeated Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs).

One week later, WBA/IBF bantamweight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue (20-0, 17 KOs) defends his world titles against mandatory challenger Michael “Hot and Spicy” Dasmarinas (30-2-1, 20 KOs), Mikaela Mayer (14-0, 5 KOs) makes the first defense of her WBO female junior lightweight world title against Erica Farias (26-4, 10 KOs), and NABF featherweight champion Adam Lopez (15-2, 6 KOs) takes on former junior featherweight world champion Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe (21-2, 15 KOs) in a 10-rounder.

The action concludes June 26, as former pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) fights hard-charging Japanese contender Masayoshi Nakatani (19-1, 13 KOs) in a 12-round lightweight bout, and former middleweight world champion Rob “Bravo” Brant (26-2, 18 KOs) battles the unbeaten Janibek "Qazaq Style" Alimkhanuly (9-0, 5 KOs) in a 10-round showdown.