Stephen Fulton, formerly the WBC/WBO junior featherweight titlist and The Ring’s current No. 1 122-pound contender, is planning on a return to the ring on June 15 against Luis Reynoldo Nunez on the Tank Davis-Frank Martin undercard in a Premier Boxing Champions Amazon Prime PPV event The Ring has learned.
Fulton (21-1, 8 knockouts) will return, however, as a featherweight, scheduled to face the New York-based Nunez (19-0, 13 KOs). The plan is for Fulton and Nunez to fight for the vacant WBA featherweight title, which may be vacated by current WBA titlist Ray Ford after his June 1 title defense against Nick Ball (19-0-1, 11 KOs). In his last fight, Ball fought to a split-draw against WBC featherweight titlist Rey Vargas in March.
Fulton-Nunez adds to a star-studded card that will feature Davis defending his “regular” WBA lightweight title against the WBA’s No. 2-rated Martin, and The Ring’s No. 1 super middleweight contender David Benavidez taking on former WBC light heavyweight titlist Oleksandr Gvozdyk for the WBC interim light heavyweight title.
