Haney Battles Moran At MGM National Harbor May 25th!

A very interesting card will take place on Saturday, May 25th at the MGM National Harbor Casino in Oxon Hill, MD.  For Beltway Boxing fans, there, quite frankly, isn't a whole lot of involvement as there is only scheduled to be one local boxer on the Matchroom Boxing-promoted card, in Baltimore's Lorenzo "Truck" Simpson. 

However, for fans and followers of the sport, this will be a solid card with four scheduled title bouts.  In the main event, undefeated lightweight Devin "The Dream" Haney of Las Vegas, NV will be in a 10-round bout against Antonio "Tono" Moran of Mexico City, Mexico.  The bout will be for Haney's WBC International Lightweight Title. 

Haney (21-0, 13 KO's) is regarded as one of the best up and coming boxers in the sport today, winning four regional titles and ranked in the top 10 by all four major governing bodies. In his last outing, Haney won a 10-round unanimous decision over Xolisani Ndongeni on January 11th in Shreveport, LA.  Haney won the WBO Inter-Continental and WBC International Lightweight titles on this evening.  Haney has also become a promoter and is promoting this bout.

Moran (24-3, 17 KO's) has won two Latino regional championships and is ranked 13th in the world by the WBO.  Moran is coming off a second-round TKO over Victor Alejandro Zuniga on December 7th in Mexico City.  This is Moran's second trip to the United States.  Last time, Moran lost a 10-round unanimous decision to Jose Pedraza in June of 2018 in Las Vegas.

The co-feature is a matchup of two very accomplished female boxers.  WBC Super Lightweight champion Jessica McCaskill of Chicago, IL will battle WBA Super Lightweight titleholder Anahi Esther Sanchez of Buenos Aires, Argentina in a 10-round bout with both titles on the line. 

Despite only having eight pro bouts, McCaskill (6-2, three KO's) is competing for her second world title.  In her last bout, McCaskill won the WBC title with a 10-round unanimous decision over Erica Annabella Farias on October 6th in Chicago.  Sanchez (19-3, 11 KO's) has won world titles at the featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight divisions. Sanchez last fought in April of 2018 and scored a first-round knockout over Diana Ayala in Pergamino, Argentina to win the WBA Super Lightweight title.

In a 10-rounder for the WBA International Heavyweight championship, Michael "The Bounty" Hunter of Las Vegas will defend his title when he takes on Fabio "Caipira De Aco" Maldonado of Sao Paolo, Brazil.  Hunter (16-1, 11 KO's) has scored knockouts in his last three outings.  Hunter makes his second trip to MGM National Harbor Casino. Last time, Hunter suffered his only loss when he tried to win the WBO Cruiserweight title.  Hunter lost a unanimous decision to Oleksandr Usyk in April of 2017.

Maldonado (26-2, 25 KO's) is looking to break a two-bout losing streak.  Maldonado is coming off a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Teslenko on March 29th in Toronto, Canada.

In another 10-round encounter, undefeated Filip Hrgovic of Zagreb, Croatia will battle Gregory "Bad News" Corbin of Dallas, TX for the vacant WBC International Heavyweight title.  Hrgovic (7-0, five KO's) makes his United States debut after winning an eight-round unanimous decision over Kevin Johnson on December 8th in Zagreb.  Corbin (15-1, nine KO's looks to bounce back from his first pro loss on March 16th in Arlington, TX.  Corbin was disqualified in the eighth round of his bout against Charles Martin for repeated low blows.

Other bouts may be added to the card, which is to be streamed on DAZN and shown on Sky Sports and Canal Space television.