At the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, Saturday night over Showtime WBC World Heavyweight Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder defends his title for the ninth time against Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale.

Wilder, 40-0-1 (39), of Tuscaloosa, AL, #223 Ľ, coming off a draw with Tyson Fury in December is back defending against his No. 4 contender Breazeale, 20-1 (18), of Eastville, CA, #255 Ľ, whose only loss was to 3-belt champion Anthony “AJ” Joshua back in 2016. He has since recorded three straight knockouts, over opponent with 63-5 combined records.

In the co-feature former WBO World champion and now WBC World Featherweight champion southpaw “Mr.” Gary Russell, Jr., 29-1 (17), of Capitol Heights, MD, 125 ľ, makes his fourth defense since gaining his current WBC title. He will be defending against Kiko “La Sensacion” Martinez, 39-8-2 (28), of Valenciana, SP, #124 1/2, the EBU European champion and No. 3 contender.

Super Lightweight Juan Heraldez, 16-0 (10), of North Las Vegas, NV, #140 1/2, takes on former IBF World Super Featherweight champion Dominican Argenis Mendez, 25-5-2 (12), out of Yonkers, NY, #140 3/4.

Cuban Heavyweight Roberto Alfonso, 18-0 (8), of Orlando, FL, #250, takes on Georgian Iago Kiladze, 26-4 (18), of L.A., CA, #219. In other bouts two of Russell’s brothers Bantamweight southpaw Gary Antonio Russell, 13-0 (11), and Super Lightweight southpaw brother Gary Antuanne Russell, 8-0 (8), of Capitol Heights, MD, #137 Ľ, will appear in 8 round bouts.