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Ben Davies

Boxing tonight: TV channels, live streams, start times and fight cards

There will be two huge fights tonight with YouTube stars Deji and Alex Wassabi clashing in London before Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez and Julio Cesar Martinez square off in America.

Deji - the brother of British star KSI - will make his third appearance in the ring as he looks to redeem his previous defeats to Jake Paul and Vinnie Hacker.

He will face American YouTuber Alex Wassabi as the pair look to settle their year-long feud and earn the bragging rights at the OVO Wembley Arena.

Meanwhile across the pond, 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez will look to recover from his recent defeat against Juan Fransisco Estrada in a huge super-flyweight clash against Martinez.

A trilogy between Estrada and Gonzalez was set to take place but he was forced to withdraw, leaving Martinez stepping in on late-notice with the winner set to face Estrada later this year.

Here's all you need to know about tonight's bumper fights...

Deji vs Alex Wassabi

When will the fights start?

The event takes place on Saturday, March 5 at the SSE Arena, Wembley in London.

Action will begin at around 5:45pm with the first fight expected to get underway at around 6pm.

Fights will take place over a short-format with two-minute rounds scheduled for the contests.

How to watch via TV and live stream

The event can be purchased by customers via online pay-per-view stream from the Showstar website, with the entire card costing just £7.

You can order the PPV stream by clicking here.

Limited tickets remain on sale at this link for the event in London, prices start at £36, and if you want to sit ringside it will cost £146.

Full fight card

Deji vs Alex Wassabi

King Kenny vs Faze Temperrr

Vitaly vs Kristen Hanby

Jay Cucciniello vs Anthony Taylor

Armz Korleone vs Minikon

Ryan Taylor vs DK Money

Ashley Cain vs Andreas Eskander

Quotes corner

Alex Wassabi : "Honestly, everything he puts out makes me less and less nervous. "Everybody has nerves before a fight, even Mike Tyson said he cried before fights towards the end of his career.

"I was starting to feel those nerves once the announcement was made like 'oh, it's happening, it's real now,' and then every single time he puts something out I'm like 'why would he put that out?'"

Deji: "My plan is to go to the deep end," he said. "A lot of people say my cardio is bad but what I want is to show what I've been doing and box.

"One punch can change the whole fight so I'm out here and nothing beats experience. Experience is the best teacher and my two fights are going to benefit me because he doesn't know what the ring walk is going to be like."

Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez vs Julio Cesar Martinez

When will the fights start?

The main card gets underway at 1:30 a.m in the UK with the main event ring walks scheduled for 4:15am in San Diego.

These timings could change due to the length of the undercard bouts, with several fighters featuring on the stacked undercard including Mauricio Lara.

How to watch via TV and live stream

The event will be shown live on DAZN, with the main broadcast starting at 7pm.

A subscription to DAZN costs £7.99 a month and you can purchase one here.

You can watch DAZN on multiple devices including laptop, smart TV and through the mobile app.

What fight are you most excited for tonight? Let us know in the c omments section below

Full fight card

Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez vs. Julio Cesar Martinez

Mauricio Lara vs. Emilio Sanchez

Angel Fierro vs. Juan Carlos Burgos

Souleymane Cissokho vs. Roberto Valenzuela Jr

Odds

Gonzalez 4/6

Martinez 6/5

Draw 16/1

Quotes corner

Chocolatito : “The pleasure is mine, when the Estrada fight well through, but today we have a great opponent in Martinez. When they offered me that fight, I accepted it with pleasure, we’re in excellent in condition.

"Thank God for my training team and camp. I’m hoping to God we walk away with our hand raised in victory."

Martinez: “It’s a big challenge, I’m very excited and motivated to be fighting a big legend like Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez.

"I want to thank him for choosing us in this big fight, like I say with everything but fear, anywhere and against anyone."

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