FIGHT ANNOUNCED Golden Boy Nov. 20: Jones faces Pettus; Fundora defends vs. Zapotoczna

Golden Boy has put two unbeaten fighters on the same Coachella Valley card, and the bigger test belongs to the man in the main event. Amari Jones, 24, steps up as a headliner for the first time on this page of his career against DeAundre Pettus, with no belt on the line.

Jones comes in 17-0 with 15 knockouts. His last two fights both ended early: he stopped former world champion Vincenzo Gualtieri in the third round on May 22 in an IBF eliminator, with two knockdowns in the finishing round, and before that Luis Arias did not come out after the third round on the Mario Barrios-Ryan Garcia card in Las Vegas. Now trained by Virgil Hunter, the Oakland boxer turned professional in April 2021.

Pettus is 32 and 14-4 with seven knockouts. Both men are listed as orthodox, though Jones also switches stance. Golden Boy lists Jones at six feet and Pettus at five feet eleven.

The co-main event carries the championship weight. Fundora, a Coachella southpaw, is 18-0 with ten knockouts and holds the WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF titles plus the Ring championship, a run that began with her November 2024 win over Gabriela Alaniz. She stopped Alexas Kubicki in the seventh round at Fantasy Springs, then dropped mandatory challenger Viviana Ruiz Corredor in the fifth before referee Ray Corona stopped it in the sixth in March.

Zapotoczna fights out of Wakefield, Yorkshire, and is 10-1 with no knockout wins, so a stoppage-heavy champion meets a challenger who has gone the distance or won on the cards. Fundora's bout is scheduled for ten rounds.

Golden Boy's undercard announcement named Cayden Griffiths, Manny Flores, Leo Sanchez, Joel Iriarte, Ruslan Abdullaev, Javier Meza, Victor Morales Jr., Sebastian Mitry, DJ Zamora, Cashman Anderson and David Lopez. Opponents have not been announced, so the pairings are the next thing to watch.