Middleweight Ievgen Khytrov (13-0, 11 KOs) will face former Northern California fighter Paul Mendez (19-2-2, 9 KOs) in the co-featured bout on ESPN & ESPN Deportes Thursday, July 21 from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT, two days before Terence Crawford versus Viktor Postol. The bout will be a ten-round affair and is rumored to be for NABO middleweight title, which would move the winner higher up in the world rankings

The main event will feature Sergiy “The Technician” Derevyanchenko (8-0, 6 KOs) against former champion Sam “King” Soliman (44-13, 18 KOs) in an IBF middleweight eliminator which would make them a mandatory for Gennady Golovkin.