Golden Boy has unveiled the full undercard for Vergil Ortiz Jr’s August 10th showdown with Serhii Bohachuk. In addition to Gabriela Fundora’s previous revealed title defense against Daniela Asenjo, the show will see Charles Conwell and Kenneth Sims Jr return to action in separate bouts.
Conwell (19-0, 14 KO), who kicked off his GBP tenure by mauling Nathaniel Gallimore in April, meets New England club fighter Khiary Gray (18-6, 13 KO) at 154. Gray is an experienced B-side with losses to Spike O’Sullivan and Bakhram Murtazaliev under his belt and just one fight since 2021; he’s doomed here, but this is also an extremely quick turnaround by Conwell’s standards, so whatever.
The freshly signed Sims (20-2-1, 7 KO) ends a 16-month layoff against Jesus Perez (25-5, 18 KO) in his first fight since outlasting Batyr Akhmedov to earn the top spot in the WBA’s super lightweight rankings. Champ Isaac Cruz has a pending date with Jose Valenzuela and will presumably then have to face the winner of Ismael Barroso vs Andy Hiraoka, so this is a tolerable rust-shaking fight. Perez has never been stopped even when competing at 147, taking Alexis Rocha and Brian Norman Jr the distance, and is coming off a decision over JoJo Diaz.