Also that evening in a 10-round bout, welterweight prospect Gary Antoine Russell (14-0, 14 KOs) will fight the former WBC super lightweight world champion Viktor Postol (31-3, 12 KOs). Postol will have to act as a definite test for Gary Antoine Russell, a 2016 Olympic competitor with Team USA.
Another big fight of the evening will be the meeting of IBF bantamweight champion Filipino Jervin Ancajas (33-1-2, 22 KOs), who will make a mandatory defense of his champion title against Argentinean Fernando Daniel Martinez (13-0, 8 KOs).
The venue for this evening is expected to be The Chelsea Arena, part of the Cosmopolitan complex in Las Vegas. Showtime has yet to officially announce the venue for the February 26 tournament.