In an unusually busy 24-hour span, Golden Boy and Top Rank Promotions busied themselves with several major signings to ensure summer fights for some of their bigger stars.
Golden Boy, which lost Khan-Peterson II and Ortiz-Berto II to positive VADA test results from Lamont Peterson and Andre Berto, rebounded with replacement bouts for their fighters as well as the announcement of two other key contests:
Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KOs) will square off against Josesito Lopez (29-4, 17 KOs) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Ortiz's original date of June 23 with Lucas Matthysse-Humberto Soto still serving as co-feature.
Amir Khan (26-2, 18 KOs) will now be challenging WBC junior welterweight champ Danny Garcia (23-0, 14 KOs) on July 14 with Seth Mitchell (25-0-1, 19 KOs) vs. Johnathan Banks (28-1-1, 18KOs) as chief support.
Also announced, Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KOs) will defend his WBC junior middleweight title on a Sept. 15 pay-per-view against Paul Williams (41-2, 27 KOs).
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CLEVELAND, OH - FEBRUARY 27: Rock Allen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania lands a punch in his light welterweight (141lbs) match against Lamont Peterson of Washington, D.C. during the 2004 Olympic Box-Offs at the Cleveland Convocation Center February 27, 2004 in Cleveland, Ohio. With the victory, Allen qualifies for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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