Lester Martinez vs Joeshon James

Martinez is 18-0 (15 KOs). Last June, he dominated Carlos Gongora en route to a unanimous decision.

James is 9-0-2 (5 KOs). He hasn’t fought since February 2024, when he took a unanimous decision over Vaughn Alexander. James has fought mostly at or around middleweight, so while he will be the taller man in the ring, he may be undersized against Martinez.

The undercard will include Vladimir Hernandez vs. Isaias Lucero at junior middleweight, plus Jasmine Artiga facing Regina Chavez for a junior bantamweight world title.

Hernandez is 16-6 (7 KOs), but he has scored several upsets, including a unanimous decision over Alfredo Angulo in 2020, a split decision over Julian Williams in 2021, a majority decision over the 13-0 Lorenzo Simpson in 2023, a sixth-round knockout of the 16-2-2 Guido Schramm last June and a unanimous decision over the 13-1-1 Raul Garcia in September.

Some of Hernandez’s defeats have come against familiar names: Israil Madrimov (TKO6 in 2018), Souleymane Cissokho (UD8 in 2019), Jesus Ramos Jnr (TKO6 in 2022) and Troy Isley (UD8 in 2023).