By Francisco Salazar

Unbeaten light heavyweight Vyacheslav Shabranskyy will fight Derrick Findley on April 15, Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Robert Diaz told Boxingscene.com late Thursday afternoon.

The eight round bout will take place at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. Shabranskyy-Findley will precede the highly-anticipated junior middleweight showdown between Jesus Soto-Karass and Yoshihiro Kamegai.

Shabranskyy (15-0, 12 KOs) defeated Yunieski Gonzalez by majority decision over 10 rounds in his last bout on December 19. The victory snapped a streak of five consecutive knockout wins.

Originally from the Ukraine, Shabranskyy has created and built a following of sorts in the Los Angeles area, where he currently resides.

Findley (23-18-1, 15 KOs) has faced a long list of prospects and contenders over his 10 year career with mixed results.

In his last bout on March 4, Findley knocked out Dezi Ford in the first round. The 31-year-old has faced and lost to the likes of Maciej Sulecki, Zac Dunn, Arif Magomedov, Maxim Vlasov, and Jesse Hart.

Findley did score an upset of sorts in August of 2014, defeating Lamar Russ by decision despite fighting with a huge hematoma over his right eye.

Also on the Golden Boy Promotions card:

East Los Angeles' Jonathan "Thunder" Navarro has lived up to his nickname thus far, as the 19-year-old has ended three of his four wins by knockout. A regular of the LA FIGHT CLUB series who has fought all of his professional fights at The Belasco Theater, Navarro is the nephew of former Olympian Jose Navarro. "Thunder" hopes to keep up the family tradition of knocking out his opponent this April in his scheduled six-round super lightweight division.

20-year-old Genaro "El Conde" Gamez enters the world of professional boxing after an amateur career that saw him ranked as the number one lightweight in the United States. A 2014 USA Boxing National Champion, San Diego's Gamez is currently coached by renowned former world champion Robert Garcia. Everyone in the Southern California boxing scene can't wait to see what this young fighter will bring in the ring to his 4-round super middleweight fight.

Archie Weah of Norcross, Georgia will be back in the action for a televised opening super featherweight bout against professional debut Genaro Gamez. Since turning professional a mere 3 years ago, the Monrovia, Liberia native will be making his second return to the Belasco Theater this year after his brawl with Oscar Duarte in February.

Miami southpaw Niko "Baby Face" Valdes didn't step into a boxing ring for the first time until he was 18, but he quickly made up for lost time by winning the 2014 National championship as an amateur. By the time his amateur career was over, he was one of the top 178-pounders in the world, and he expects to have even more success as a professional with his debut at LA Fight Club.

Jousce Gonzalez is part of a fighting family that includes his brothers, undefeated professional Joet Gonzalez, amateur standout JonJairo, and sister 2016 Olympic hopeful, Jajaira, one of the top amateurs in the country. After a stellar amateur career, Glendora's Gonzalez will enter the professional ring for the first time on April 15 in the four round lightweight opening up the night at LA FIGHT CLUB.

Jesus Soto Karass vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by "Cerveza Tecate, Born Bold" and Carmelita Chorizo. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the first bout begins at 5:30 p.m. The Estrella TV Boxeo Estelar broadcast will air live on Friday, April 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT and will stream live simultaneously on estrellaTV.com and on YouTube via Fenomeno Studios: youtube.com/FenomenoStudios. The Ring TV live stream will begin at approximately 5:30 p.m. PT through 7:00 p.m.

 Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing