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Former unified junior middleweight champion Jeison Rosario is eager to bounce back when he faces top contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin in a WBC super welterweight title eliminator.
Their fight has been set down as the Showtime pay-per-view co-feature, with Gervonta “Tank” Davis returning in the main event against WBA “regular” super lightweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios.
The event will take place on Saturday, June 26, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rosario (20-2-1, 14 KOs) is looking to recover from his last outing, when he was knocked out by Jermell Charlo in their three belt unification in September 2020.
Earlier in the year, the 26-year-old captured the WBA and IBF belts when he stopped Julian Williams in a major upset.
The 25-year-old Lubin (23-1, 16 KOs) also suffered a knockout loss to Charlo, in 2017. Since then he’s put together a five-bout winning streak.
He saw action back in September when he won a twelve round unanimous decision over U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha.
The winner of the upcoming outing will find himself in position to get another crack at the WBC belt – and potentially revenge against Charlo.
Rosario, who made changes to his team, is not making any excuses for his last performance.
However, he wants to come away from the upcoming fight with a knockout victory over Lubin.
“I make no excuses for losing the fight to Charlo, but that was then, and this is now,” said Rosario.
“I have turned to a new page in my career with my new trainer Herman Caicedo. I will not lose again, especially in this fight against Lubin. He’s a great contender, and I respect his abilities, but I will knock him out on June 26.”