Jose Pedraza vs. Mikkel LesPierre has been rescheduled for next Thursday (July 2).
The fight was set to take place on June 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas but it was removed from the card after LesPierre’s manager tested positive for COVID-19, leaving both fighters disappointed.
Pedraza-LesPierre will be the main event on the show, which will be televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
“Mikkel and Jose deserve this opportunity, and I commend both camps for agreeing to reschedule this fight on short notice,” promoter Bob Arum said.
Pedraza (26-3, 13 KOs) is a former two-division titleholder. He outpointed Ray Beltran to win a lightweight title in August 2018 but lost it to Vasiliy Lomachenko by a wide decision in his first defense.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican is coming off a unanimous-decision loss to Jose Zepeda in September.
LesPierre (22-1-1, 10 KOs) lost a one-sided decision to then-junior welterweight champ Maurice Hooker in March of last year, his only title shot. He bounced back to outpoint Roody Pierre Paul in December.
LesPierre is from Trinidad and Tobago but lives in Brooklyn.
Tonight, in the next installment of the summer series, Jason Moloney (20-1, 17 KOs) faces Leonardo Baez (18-2, 9 KOs) in a 10-round bantamweight bout at the MGM Grand.