By Jake Donovan

Even in an environment where nearly aspect is fluid, it's getting downright ridiculous to find a willing opponent for Jamel Herring's next ring appearance.

The decorated two-tour Iraqi war veteran and 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team captain has struggled to find another boxer to stand opposite corner for his scheduled ring return. Herring will appear on the undercard of the February 10 Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Bounce season-launching installment, live from the Huntington Theater in Toledo, Ohio. The main telecast features his stablemates Robert Easter Jr. and Rau'Shee Warren in separate first defenses of their respective titles.

For now, Herring's opponent is lightweight gatekeeper Art Hovhannisyan, who is at least the fifth different boxer to be listed on that side of the bout sheet. It is undetermined whether or not the lightweight scrap will appear on the televised portion of the show, but all that that the New York-bred, Cincinnati-based boxer cares about is being able to glove up for fight night.

"It's been ridiculous, the number of (boxers) who won't get in the ring with me for this fight," Herring (15-1, 8KOs) told krikya360.com of the daunting task of locking down details for his first fight since suffering a stoppage loss to Denis Shafikov last July. "Can you imagine if I WON my last fight by knockout?"

Hovhannisyan (17-3-3, 9KOs) was already due to appear on the undercard versus Raynell Williams (11-0, 5KOs), who served on the 2008 U.S. Olympic boxing team in Beijing but who failed to qualify for the 2012 squad. Williams - who trains with Herring, Easter and Warren when the team relocates from Ohio to Washington D.C. - will now face TBA on the non-televised undercard of the show, as it was decided that Hovhannisyan was a better fit for Herring.

Providing this selection stands pat, it ends what has been more than a two-month search with offers extended to Miguel Vasquez, Argenis Mendez, Ivan Redkach and Bahodir Mamadjonov among others.

"So far we've adjusted camp to train for taller fighters, shorter fighters, right-hand punchers, left-handed boxers," Herring quipped. "I never care about who I fight. Training for a particular style, though, becomes a challenge when you don't know the opponent.

"I do want to thank Art Hovhannisyan for accepting the fight. As long as it sticks, it helps put my mind at ease knowing that we don't have to keep looking for someone."

In the main event, Easter Jr. (18-0, 14KOs) - born and raised in Toledo - makes the first defense of his lightweight title versus Puerto Rico's Luis Cruz. The bout is his first since claiming the vacant belt in a split decision win over Richard Commey in their 12-round thriller last September. The televised co-feature pits Cincinnati's Warren (14-1. 4KOs) in his maiden bantamweight title defense versus Kazakhstan's Zhanat Zhakiyanov (26-1, 18KOs). Warren won his crown in a 12-round nod over Juan Carlos Payano in their NBC-televised rematch last June.

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