Before Terence Crawford and Amir Khan fight for the WBO welterweight title on pay-per-view on April 20, ESPN will broadcast an undercard on ESPN2.
The undercard, planned to have five fights and scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET, will lead in to the four-fight pay-per-view card taking place at Madison Square Garden. The undercard will be headlined by a junior middleweight bout between Carlos Adames and Frank Galarza for the NABF title.
Adames has won all 16 of his pro bouts and is 3-0 since signing with Top Rank Boxing in 2018. Adames came into the pro ranks in 2015 after fighting close to 300 amateur bouts. The 24-year-old Adames is currently ranked No. 7 by the WBA and WBC and is ranked No. 9 by the IBF and WBO.
Galarza is on a three-fight win streak since suffering his first two career losses to Jarrett Hurd in 2015 and Ishe Smith in 2016. Galarza sports a 20-2-2 pro record and is currently ranked No. 15 by the WBO at junior middleweight.
Below is the full lineup of the April 20 Top Rank Boxing event from Madison Square Garden:
Main Card (9 p.m. ET/ESPN pay-per-view):
- Terence Crawford vs. Amir Khan: WBO Welterweight title
- Teofimo Lopez vs. Edis Tatli
- Felix Verdejo vs. Bryan Vasquez
- Shakur Stevenson vs. Christopher Diaz
Undercard (6 p.m. ET/ESPN2):
- Carlos Adames vs. Frank Galarza
- Vikas Krishan vs. Noah Kidd
- Edgar Berlanga vs. Samir Dos Santos
- Lawrence Newton vs. Jonathan Garza
- Larry Fryers vs. Dakota Polley
Fightful spoke to Crawford and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum about the main event and why it is on pay-per-view, respectively. You can watch videos of Fightful's brief chat with Crawford and Arum in the videos below.
