In the co-feature before Davis-Barrios, Rosario and Lubin will engage in a high-stakes fight that’ll help keep the winner in position for another 154-pound title shot.
The Dominican Republic’s Rosario (20-2-1, 14 KOs) lost the IBF and WBA titles to Jermell Charlo in his last fight. Houston’s Charlo (34-1, 18 KOs), also the WBC champion, knocked out Rosario with a body shot in the eighth round of that September 26 bout at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Lubin, a southpaw from Orlando, Florida, has won five straight bouts since Charlo knocked him out with one punch in their fight for Charlo’s WBC super welterweight title in October 2017 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In his most recent action, Lubin (23-1, 16 KOs) defeated Cleveland’s Terrell Gausha (22-2-1, 11 KOs) by unanimous decision in a 12-rounder September 19 at Mohegan Sun Arena.