Dib-Franco set for March 1

Lou DiBella of DiBella Entertainment and 50 Cent of SMS Promotions are set to promote an upcoming ESPN Friday Night Fights card on March 1 at MGM Grand at Foxwoods. In the main event, SMS Promotions IBF Featherweight Champion Billy “The Kid” Dib (35-1, 21 KOs) looks to defend his title against Cuban Olympian and IBF #3 rated Luis Franco (11-1, 7 KOs). In the televised co-feature, former amateur standout and now top-ten rated junior middleweight contender Willie Nelson (19-1-1, 11 KOs) squares off against Michael Medina (26-3-2, 19 KOs) in a 10-round showdown for Nelson’s NABF junior middleweight title. The event on March 1st will mark 50′s boxing promotional debut.

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