Actually a pretty good card tonight with a 9:30 pm start time. Not to jinx it but College ball is live prior so hopefully we won't see a late start. Beltran has been there-done that over his career and at times took some big hits. Some brought on himself and others during the fights. Good to see him finally defend his long overdue strap and Jose 'Sniper' Pedraza should bring the best out of him for as long as it lasts. Heart says Beltran in spectacular left hook ko, brain says Pedraza takes his pound of flesh cutting up an increasingly easy to hit Beltran who lumps up. Winner has been mentioned in the Loma opponent role but hard to see that just yet. Either way lets hope for some give and take action

Solid support has two time Japanese champ Hidenori Otake 31-2-3 coming to the States for the first time over a long respected career to challenge newly crowned Jr light champ Issac Dogboe 19-0 who is fresh off his entertaining title win in April. It'll be interesting to see if the work rate of Otake as well as knowing it's his last major title opportunity are enough to upend Dogboe who has shown he welcomes inside exchanges. Card looks set to run until midnight.