Former junior welterweight champion Joshua Franco retrns from a three year layoff on August 29th. Franco, Bam Rodriguez' older brother, has been inactive since a losing effort against Kazuto Ioka in 2023. Franco's final five fights were a trilogy against Jason Moloney followed by two bouts with Ioka. He is in much easier this time going up against 22 year old Santiago Barajas. The fight is on a Mauricio Lara led card being televised by DAZN. The televised portion starts at 5pm PDT.
