DAZN used part of its Canelo Alvarez-Rocky Fielding main card Saturday night to announce a few exciting fights for the first quarter of 2019.
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Demetrius Andrade will be back in action Jan. 18 when he defends his WBO middleweight title against Artur Akavov at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN.
🚨 @BooBooAndrade is Back 🚨
— DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) December 16, 2018
This January, he’ll make his first title defense, on #DAZN! #CaneloRocky pic.twitter.com/pIsVsVCVIz
By the sounds of things, Andrade can't wait for the opportunity to fight at MSG, the mecca of boxing.
I will be defending the @WorldBoxingOrg Middlweight title on Jan 18th @TheGarden in New York City against Artur Akavov, 19-2, 8 ko’s! #ATEAM
— Demetrius Andrade (@BooBooAndrade) December 16, 2018
Andrade (26-0, 16 KOs) captured the WBO middleweight strap in October via unanimous decision over Walter Kautondokwa, who was a last-minute replacement for Billy Joe Saunders, who failed a drug test.
DAZN also announced on the Canelo-Rocky live stream a fight between WBO super welterweight champ Jaime Munguia and Takeshi Inoue set for Jan. 26 in Houston.
Save The Date 📅@jaimemunguia15 is coming to #DAZN on January 26th! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/F2JE7KXl0P
— DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) December 16, 2018
After his unanimous decision victory over Francisco Fonseca in the co-main event of Canelo vs. Rocky, Tevin Farmer told DAZN that he'll be back in action in March in his hometown, Philadelphia, but didn't announce his next opponent.
🗣 @TevinFarmer22: "Who do I want to fight? Who wants to fight me? That's the question!"#CaneloRocky pic.twitter.com/Lhr65r65O9
— DAZN USA (@DAZN_USA) December 16, 2018
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Andrade, Munguia and Farmer in action should make for an exciting first quarter of fights on DAZN in 2019.
