On Friday night, the first ever WBC Bridgerweight world title fight will take place in Montreal Canada as Oscar Rivas 27-1 (19 KOs) meets undefeated Ryan Rozicki 13-0 (13 KOs) at the Montreal Olympia. The weight limit is set at 224 lbs. The naturally bigger man Rivas has only boxed 3 times since 2018 including his sole points loss to WBC Mandatory DIllian Whyte in London in a fight where he dropped Whyte, and an extremely fortunate last round knockout of Bryant Jennings to retrain his NABF title, after trailing on the scorecards (Jennings was originally pencilled to contest for this title v Rivas on this date but opted out after a dispute over the Covid-19 vaccination.)
Oscars last outing was a stoppage of an 8-5 cruiserweight who hadn’t won a fight in 5 years, Sylvera Louis in Quebec 7 months ago. Rivas has made 28 fight appearances in a 12 year career having turned pro after representing Canada in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China.
Ryan Rozicki is a career Cruiserweight who boxed the aforementioned Sylvera Louis, 4 weeks after Rivas, taking 3 more rounds than Oscar to get rid of him. Rozicki has boxed no notable names but has compiled an impressive flawless record and is making all of the right noises. Ryan overcame near disaster In his 2019 bout with Ohio based Russian Khetag Pliev, when he suffered a fractured orbital bone in the opener. Rozicki maintained his composure and scored a 2nd round stoppage to preserve his impressive 13 fight unbeaten record. Expect Rivas to use his strength and experience to out-hustle Rozicki in an entertaining battle.
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