As expected, heavyweight contenders Frank Sanchez and Richard Torrez Jr will meet in an IBF eliminator on PBC’s March 28th Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman show in Las Vegas.
Olympic silver medalist Torrez (14-0, 12 KO) will have the momentum here after a well-aged decision over Guido Vianello last year. Sanchez (25-1, 18 KO) is by far the more battle-tested of the two, but has yet to score a win of note since his upset stoppage loss to Agit Kabayel.
In other undercard action, middleweight smashing machine Yoenli Hernandez (9-0, 8 KO) faces durable veteran Terrell Gausha (24-5-1, 12 KO). While Gausha is 38 and coming off of back-to-back losses, most had him beating Elijah Garcia last time out and he’s historically given a good account of himself even in defeats. With Hernandez’s fellow standout Cubans like Yoenis Tellez taking unexpected losses of late, he’d be wise not to overlook the former Olympian.
Speaking of Garcia (17-1, 13 KO), he rounds out the broadcast against club fighter Kevin Newman II (18-3-1, 11 KO) in his super middleweight debut. The wheels seemed to be coming off for the 22-year-old after an upset loss to Kyrone Davis and that aforementioned questionable victory over Gausha, so we’ll see if an extra eight pounds can cure what ails him.
