Light Flyweight Title Unification Showdown:
Kim Clavel vs. Jessica Nery Plata
Friday, Jan. 13, at 7:00 p.m. ET/ 4:00 p.m. PT
LIVE on ESPN+
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Heavyweight Double Header:
Efe Ajagba vs. Stephan Shaw in Main Event
Guido Vianello vs. Jonnie Rice in Co-Feature
Saturday, Jan. 14, at 10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT
LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+
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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN kicks off the new year with a weekend of exhilarating LIVE boxing matches.
Friday, Jan. 13, from Place Bell in Laval, Canada and LIVE on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT, WBC light flyweight champion Kim Clavel (16-0, 3 KOs) will battle WBA queen Jessica Nery Plata (28-2, 3 KOs). Clavel, who won the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2020 ESPY Awards after putting her boxing career on hold to return to nursing during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, hopes to become the sport’s only Canadian-born unified world champion.
On Saturday, Jan. 14, Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Ajagba vs. Shaw will be live at 10:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+. The event takes place at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, NY.
In the main event, one of the division’s biggest punchers, Efe Ajagba (16-1, 13 KOs), takes on St. Louis native Stephan “Big Shot” Shaw (18-0, 13 KOs).
In the heavyweight co-feature, Guido “The Gladiator” Vianello (10-0-1, 9 KOs), a 2016 Italian Olympian from Rome, faces the formidable Jonnie Rice (15-6-1, 10 KOs).
The undercard (5 p.m. ET) features a junior lightweight tilt between Adam “BluNose” Lopez and Abraham “El Super” Nova. Additionally, featherweight phenom, Bruce Carrington (5-0, 3 KOs), the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials champion, will fight Juan Antonio Lopez (17-12-1, 7 KOs), an 11-year pro from Dallas, Texas, in a six-round showdown.
ESPN’s Joe Tessitore will call the action with Hall of Famer Andre Ward and future Hall of Famer Timothy Bradley as analysts; Mark Kriegel and Bernardo Osuna will serve as reporters.
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All Times ET
| Date | Time | Event | Fights | Network | |
| Fri, Jan 13 | 7 PM | Main | Kim Clavel (C*) vs. Jessica Nery Plata (C**) | ESPN+ | WBA**, WBC* Light Flyweight |
| Undercard | Mazlum Akdeniz vs. Cristian Bielma | ||||
| Undercard | Marie Pier Houle vs. Marisol Moreno | ||||
| Undercard | Eric Basran vs. Juan Carlos Ramirez Garcia | ||||
| Undercard | Caroline Veyre vs. Estefania Gonzalez Franco | ||||
| Sat, Jan 14 | 10 PM | Main | Efe Ajagba vs. Stephen Shaw | ESPN,
ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ |
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| Co-Feature | Guido Vianello vs. Jonnie Rice | ||||
| 5 PM | Feature | Abraham Nova vs. Adam Lopez |
ESPN+ |
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| Undercard | Haven Brady Jr. vs. Ruben Cervera | ||||
| Undercard | Bryce Mills vs. Margarito Hernandez | ||||
| Undercard | Edwin Rodriguez vs. Floyd Diaz | ||||
| Undercard | Brian Norman Jr. vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria | ||||
| Undercard | Bruce Carrington vs. Juan Antonio Lopez | ||||
| Undercard | Emmanueal Austin vs. Dante Benjamin Jr. | ||||
| Undercard | Rohan Polanco vs. Julian Smith |
