"I Will Become a Top Contender in 2023!", Says Puerto Rican Highly Regarded Prospect Xander Zayas.

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By: Jose "Camachito" Rivera.

Xander Zayas (15-0, 10KOs) will have his first fight of 2023 as the junior middleweight phenom will face nine-year veteran Ronald "Diablo" Cruz (18-2-1, 12KOs) of Los Angeles in the eight-round co-feature to the WBO featherweight world title clash between Robeisy Ramirez and Isaac Dogboe on Saturday, April 1st. at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.

After a training session Zayas was quoted as saying, "I am working extremely hard in the gym because I want 2023 to be the year in which I position myself as one of the top contenders in the division" he continued saying that "I Know what I want, and I know what it will cost me to achieve it, but each of the sacrifices I make every day in the gym are paying off and I do it with the intention of looking better every time I get in to the ring".

Ramirez-Dogboe, Zayas-Cruz and undercard bouts will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+.