Tremendous middleweight prospect Darius Fulghum will now face Vaughn Alexander atop the June 27 DAZN present in Indio, California. Picture by Golden Boy Promotions
Darius Fulghum has a brand new opponent for his first primary occasion.
Veteran journeyman Vaughn Alexander was tabbed as a really late alternative for Ronald Ellis to face the unbeaten Fulghum. Golden Boy Promotions confirmed the swap atop its ‘Struggle Evening’ present on DAZN this Thursday from Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino in Indio, California.
Fulghum-Alexander is scheduled for ten rounds at tremendous middleweight.
A cause was not offered for Ellis’ removing from the present.
Alexander (18-11-1, 11 knockouts) accepted the quick discover task for what’s going to already mark his fourth battle of 2024. The 38-year-old dropped a ten-round choice to former title challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko (15-5, 10 KOs) on April 20 in Brooklyn, New York. The loss was his fourth in a row for the Saint Louis native, whose youthful brother Devon Alexander was a two-division titlist. Three of the 4 defeats got here in a nine-week span this yr.
Houston’s Fulghum (11-0, 10 KOs) appeared on that very same card in a fourth-round knockout of Cristian Olivas. The 27-year-old tremendous middleweight prospect went the space for the primary time in his earlier outing. He went the total ten-round distance with Alantez Fox (28-6-1, 13 KOs), whom he outpointed in a horrible types matchup on the Jan. 27 DAZN undercard in Phoenix, Arizona.
Exterior the ring, the charismatic Fulghum holds a nursing diploma from Prairie View A&M College.
The remainder of Thursday’s present stays intact.
Unbeaten middleweight Eric Priest (13-0, 8 KOs) faces Colombia’s Janer Gonzalez (21-6-1, 17 KOs) in an eight-round co-feature.
Tristan Kalkreuth (13-1, 10 KOs) and Minnesota’s Anthony Holloway (7-5-3, 6 KOs) meet in a 10-round cruiserweight battle. The bout is the second for Texas’ Kalkreuth underneath 2023 Coach of the 12 months Brian ‘Bomac’ McIntyre. Kalkrueth relocated to Las Vegas solely for that profession change.
Domestically based mostly Grant Flores (4-0, 3 KOs) and Whittier’s Josias Gonzalez (2-2-1) collide in a scheduled six-round junior middleweight contest. Opening the primary card, Leonardo Sanchez (6-0, 5 KOs) takes on the Philippines’ Jenel Lausa (11-3-1, 7 KOs) in a six-round 130-pound bout.