Undefeated Albanian heavyweight Nelson Hysa will face Germany’s Thorsten Fuchs in a 12-round main event Thursday at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania.
The fight card will stream live in the U.S. on ESPN+ starting at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.
The undercard includes junior welterweight prospect Hugo “The Fresh Prince of Monaco” Micallef, who will fight Bogdan Draskovic in a six-round bout.
Hysa (17-0, 15 KOs) began his professional career at 37, debuting with a first-round stoppage over Stefan Cajic in May 2022. Hysa has been active recently, having fought three times already in 2024, with his last two wins coming over the previously undefeated Brayan Santander and Jeison Troncoso.
Fuchs (13-1, 10 KOs), 33, suffered his first professional loss in February in a second-round TKO against Elvir Sendro. He has since won three fights via stoppage.
Micallef (9-0, 2 KOs) signed with Top Rank in 2021 after an international amateur career. The 26-year-old is Monaco’s first professional boxer and has competed in six countries: the United States, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Monaco. He will face the 22-year-old Draskovic (9-14-1, 5 KOs), who recently won a unanimous decision over Miroslav Ivanovic.
Additional fights from Tirana include:
- Mauro Forte (20-0-2, 8 KOs) vs. Cristobal Lorente (18-0-1, 8 KOs), 12 rounds, featherweight
- Alban Bermeta (16-0-1, 12 KOs) vs. Obinna Joseph Mathew (23-0, 23 KOs), 12 rounds, light heavyweight
- Denis Nurja (14-0, 6 KOs) vs. Angel Adrian Barroso (9-4, 8 KOs), 6 rounds, super middleweight
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