Stevenson and Inoue to fight in Las Vegas with spectators

Shakur Stevenson
Shakur Stevenson

The recently opened Virgin Hotels complex in Las Vegas will soon be hosting Top Rank limited-attendance nights. Former world featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson (15-0, 8 KOs) will face Jeremy Nakatila (21-1, 17 KOs) here on June 12.

For Stevenson, this will be his last performance before his fight for the world featherweight title. It is possible that Edgar Berlanga (17-0, 16 KOs) will return to the ring during the same evening.

On June 19, the IBF and WBA bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (20-0, 17 KOs) will hold his next fight at Virgin Hotels. It has already been announced that the next opponent of the Japanese will be Michael Dasmarinas (30-2-1, 20 KOs), who is the official contender for the International Boxing Federation title.