Following the culmination of ESPN's Friday Night Fights series that lasted seventeen years, Premier Boxing Champions is set to make its ESPN debut on July 11th from Tampa, Florida.
Keith Thurman (25-0, 21 KOs) wil be defending his WBA welterweight title against Luis Collazo (36-6, 19 KOs).
On the inagural PBC event this past March, Thurman scored a unanimous decision win against multi-division champ Robert Guerrero. Knockout artist Thurman will go against a tough veteran in Collazo who won a world championship in the division years back has also fought a multitude of stars like Shane Mosley, Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan.
On the undercard of the ESPN card Tony Harrison (21-0, 18 KOs) and Willie Nelson (23-2, 13 KOs) will go head to head in a super welterweight showdown that has an outlook of being a very competitive bout.
The fight will take place in Tampa, Florida as it is nearby Thurman's hometown of Clearwater. The card will take place July 11th at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and preliminary fights will beed through ESPN3. The contract between PBC and ESPN runs through July 2017.