The Ring will launch its new series, \u201cThe Underdog,\u201d during Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford fight week next month in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
DAZN<\/a> will stream what will become a monthly series in January. \u201cThe Underdog\u201d will regularly feature rising contenders, prospects and occasionally underexposed champions in designed \u201c50-50 fights.\u201d \u201cThe Underdog is all about giving fans the fights they want \u2013 competitive, unpredictable matchups that highlight the next generation of stars,\u201d Rick Reeno, CEO of The Ring, said. \u201cSeptember\u2019s teaser event is a preview of what\u2019s to come and, starting in January next year, fans can expect must-watch action every month.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to staging at least one show per month in 2026, creative innovations for \u201cThe Underdog,\u201d aimed at reimagining the sport and enhancing the fan experience, will be unveiled soon.<\/p>\n Keith Idec is a senior writer and columnist for The Ring. He can be reached on X @idecboxing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ring will launch its new series, \u201cThe Underdog,\u201d during Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford fight week next month in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":["post-97497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-boxing-results","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The inaugural main event of the series will match WBO flyweight champion Anthony Olascuaga<\/a> (9-1, 6 KOs) against number one contender Juan Carlos Camacho<\/a> (19-1, 8 KOs) the night of September 11 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas\u2019 BleauLive Theater. Tickets to this event, which start at $50, went on sale today and can be bought via Ticketmaster.com by clicking this link<\/a>.
The undercard will feature a bout between junior lightweight prospects Justin Viloria<\/a> (9-0, 7 KOs) and Joshafat Ortiz<\/a> (13-1, 6 KOs). Junior middleweights Jalil Hackett (9-1, 7 KOs) and Elijah Vines (8-0, 7 KOs), junior featherweights Emiliano Alvarado (8-0, 5 KOs) and Juan Garcia (7-0, 2 KOs) and cruiserweights Jamar Talley (3-0, 3 KOs) and Isaiah Thompson (11-4-2, 10 KOs) will square off on the undercard as well.<\/p>\n