Surrey \u2018homecoming\u2019 for boxer at 1,000-seat hall in Newton<\/p>\n
Published 12:37 pm Tuesday, May 19, 2026<\/p>\n
A sell-out crowd of around 1,000 boxing fans is expected when Eric Basran comes home for a night of pro fights in Surrey.<\/p>\n
Hamilton-based Three Lions Promotions (3LP) booked Newton\u2019s Royal King Palace & Convention Centre for a \u201cHomecoming\u201d boxing event Saturday, May 30.<\/p>\n
Surrey-raised Basran will meet Chilean challenger Sebastian \u201cCerberus\u201d Caucaman in the main event, a 10-round fight for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) International Silver Lightweight title.<\/p>\n
The convention centre isn\u2019t far from where Basran lives and went to school, at Frank Hurt Secondary.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever actually fought in Surrey, to be honest,\u201d Basran, 27, told the Now-Leader. \u201cThis will be special, for sure, especially fighting for a belt back home, it\u2019s going to be crazy night. I know that a lot of tickets have been sold and it will be a good turnout.\u201d<\/p>\n
Surrey is also home to other boxers on the card including Buneet Bisla and Harkerat \u201cKeeko\u201d Nijjar, promising a mix of rising Canadian talent and fan\u2011favourite contenders. Ticket prices range from $60 (general admission) to $1,750 (gold table) on threelionspromotions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Eric Basran returning after competing internationally, along with a strong supporting lineup, fans can expect a high-quality night of action,\u201d said Daniel Otter, Three Lions Promotions managing director.<\/p>\n Last spring, Basran, 27, fought in the World Boxing Council Grand Prix in Saudi <\/a>Arabia<\/a>, where he suffered his first loss as a pro in the second round of the tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a phenomenal experience there, such a cool experience,\u201d Basran recalled. \u201cLosing is never fun, obviously, but you just go back to the drawing board.\u201d<\/p>\n There was an \u201cincident in the fight, he continued.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ref didn\u2019t see that I had been head-butt, and he thought it was a punch, and that actually cut me over my eye. So that was kind of unfortunate and played a big role in the fight. But it is what it is. You kind of roll with the punches and keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s fight in Newton will be Basran\u2019s first in close to a year, and he\u2019s training hard at Quinit Boxing gyms to prepare for Caucaman.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve watched a little bit of his footage,\u201d Basran reported. \u201cHe\u2019s crafty, ranked number-one in his country, so he has the national belt there. WBC obviously approved him so he\u2019s pretty good. It\u2019s going to be a tough fight.\u201d<\/p>\n While Basran will be fighting in his first scheduled 10-round bout, Caucaman defeated Felipe Pizarro last October for the Chilean lightweight crown.<\/p>\n Other matches at Royal King Palace will feature JM Bianco (vs. Nijjar), Ukrainian prospect Vadym Klym Meilyn Martinez and Nyousha \u201cSuperfly\u201d Nakhjiri.<\/p>\n \u201cThis card reflects the strength and depth of Canadian boxing right now,\u201d Otter underlined. \u201cWe\u2019re bringing together fighters at different stages of their careers who are looking to take meaningful steps forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey \u2018homecoming\u2019 for boxer at 1,000-seat hall in Newton Published 12:37 pm Tuesday, May 19, 2026 A sell-out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-680389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}