Stephen Fulton Jr. will defend his 122-pound belts against former unified champion Daniel Roman on Saturday in Minneapolis.
Stephen Fulton Jr. (20-0, 8 KOs) vs. Daniel Roman (29-3-1, 10 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, June 4
- Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: The Armory, Minneapolis
- TV/Stream: Showtime
- Division: Junior featherweight (122 pounds)
- Rounds: 12
- At stake: Fulton’s WBC and WBO titles
- Pound-for-pound ranking: None
- Odds: Fulton 5-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
- Also on the card: David Morrell vs. Kalvin Henderson, super middleweights
- Prediction: Fulton UD
- Background: Fulton is one of the most-talented all-around fighters in the business but he struggled in his last fight, a majority-decision victory over the relentlessly aggressive Brandon Figueroa in a title-unification bout this past November. Some believe Figueroa deserved the victory. In the end, it was the resourceful Fulton who emerged victorious and a unified champion. Roman is a technician, which is more or less the oppositive style to Figueroa. However, he is so skillful that Fulton could again face a serious threat. Roman lost two 122-pound titles by a majority decision to Murodjon Akhmadaliev in January 2020, a fight in which many believe Roman did more than enough to win. The setback ended his winning streak at 19 fights. He got right back to work, easily outpointing Juan Carlos Payano and Ricardo Franco (in May of last year) to earn the chance to become a unified champion again. Fulton is in his prime at 27. Roman is 32.
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