The 23-year-old Zayas (23-0, 13 KO), who is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, just unified the WBO and WBA 154 lb titles with a win over Abass Baraou on January 31 in his hometown. The 21-year-old Vargas ...

Puerto Rican star Xander Zayas will put his WBO junior middleweight world title on the line against WBA champion Abass Baraou on Saturday, January 31, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, in a ...

The Puerto Rican icon shared the spotlight at Levi's Stadium with a brief but impactful cameo of the sport's most promising talents in undefeated prospects Emiliano Vargas and Xander Zayas. This ...

Recent clips circulating online have prompted discussion about the unified junior middleweight champion’s natural size between fights ...

DAVIE, Fla. — Xander Zayas was over the moon when he won his first world title. For a while after defeating Jorge Garcia Perez to win the vacant WBO junior middleweight title this past July at the ...

Zayas, the WBO junior middleweight titleholder, will try to unify against Abass Baraou on Saturday at Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Zayas, 22-0 (13 KOs), won the vacant WBO ...

Xander Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) and Abass Baraou (17-1, 9 KOs) will soon put their respective world titles at stake against each other. Their bout headlines a card promoted by Top Rank – in association ...

Xander Zayas may not stay at junior middleweight much longer if his body keeps growing the way it has over the past year.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Xander Zayas and Emiliano Vargas made an unexpected crossover appearance during Super Bowl LX, stepping onto the gridiron at Levi’s Stadium not for football, but for culture.

Bill Haney says discussions are underway with the teams of Rolando Romero and Xander Zayas as the former undisputed champion ...

On a historic night in San Juan, Xander Zayas delivered the most complete performance of his young career. Fighting in his hometown for the first time as a professional, Zayas outboxed Abass Baraou to ...

Puerto Rico's Xander Zayas had perhaps the best eight-day period any boxer could ask for. After defeating Abass Baraou in ...