Jason Escalera vs J’Leon Love will fight the weekend of the Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 20 – or the day after that on the Antonio DeMarco vs Rances Barthelemy card at the same venue.
The Broner vs. Porter non-title fight will headline a Premier Boxing Chapions show on NBC on Saturday. The following next day Sunday, Antonio DeMarco vs Rances Barthelemy is taking place on CBS in the afternoon.
Love (19-1, 10 knockouts) of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, confirmed to RingTV that Escalera would be his next opponent and also said that he had been told he’ll fight on the Broner-Porter card. J’Leon is coming off an eight-round decision win agasint Scott Sigmon.
Escalera (15-3-1, 12 KOs) recently lost a 10-round decision to Badou Jack.