Xander Zayas is moving to middleweight after losing his WBA and WBO junior middleweight titles to Jaron Ennis in June. The move may ease the strain of making 154 pounds, but it places Zayas in a division filled with bigger men who will not fear his power.
Chris Mannix reports that Zayas is targeting a February return against a top-15 opponent before pursuing a world title later in 2027.
That is an ambitious schedule for a 23-year-old coming off a seventh-round stoppage. Ennis dropped Zayas three times and took control once he began applying steady pressure. The additional six pounds will not erase what happened or give Zayas the punching power…
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