From The Marines to Family Tragedy to World Champion, The Jamel Herring Story

To get you ready for his world title fight this Saturday, look back at the story of #JamelHerring. How he overcame it all to become World Champion

Next up for Top Rank Boxing, WBO junior lightweight world champion Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring hopes the wait is finally over.

Herring, a decorated U.S. Marine veteran from Coram, N.Y., will make his second world title defense Saturday, Sept. 5 against Puerto Rican challenger Jonathan Oquendo at the MGM Grand Conference Center. Herring and Oquendo were scheduled to fight July 2, then July 14, but Herring twice tested positive for COVID-19.

In the 10-round super middleweight co-feature, it’s a battle of the Midwest as Omaha’s unbeaten Steven “So Cold” Nelson takes on Toledo’s DeAndre Ware.

#HerringOquendo and Nelson-Ware will stream live on ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET, with undercard action to stream on ESPN+ beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.

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