Xander Zayas’ next fight: Slawa Spomer is in consideration

Xander Zayas could face a fellow unbeaten junior middleweight in his next fight.

That 154lb-opponent is Slawa Spomer, 19-0 (10 KOs), a 32-year-old from Germany.

During a meeting of the WBO ratings committee at the sanctioning body’s convention in Puerto Rico, a member of Team Spomer said that they were in negotiations with the WBO’s first-rated junior middleweight. That would be Zayas.

Top Rank confirmed that Spomer is under consideration.

“He’s in the rankings and we like his style,” Carl Moretti, the vice president of boxing operations for Top Rank, told BoxingScene. 

Spomer is rated 12th by the WBO. He hasn’t fought in more than a year. In October 2023 Spomer scored a 10th-round technical knockout over the 20-0 Milan Prat.

Zayas is also 20-0 – and, in his case, has 12 KOs. The 22-year-old is from Puerto Rico and lives in Florida. He won a wide decision over Patrick Teixeira in June and then shut out Damian Sosa in September.

In addition to the opponent, the date and location for Zayas’ next fight is still to be determined, Moretti said.

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