By Francisco Salazar

Hard-hitting Skender Halili returns to action tonight, facing late-sub Eduardo Flores in a junior middleweight action.

The eight round bout will take place at The Skylands in Randolph, New Jersey.

Halili (13-1-1, 13 KOs) stopped Romon Barber in his last bout on January 20. He has won his last five bouts since his eight round decision loss to Benjamin Whitaker in April of 2015.

Originally from Kosovo, Halili has fought on a handful of 'CBS Sports Network' telecasts. His come-from-behind second round knockout win over Jason Thompson merited 'Round of the Year' consideration, considering Halili was down twice earlier in the round.

Halili will have an over five-inch height advantage over Flores (25-25-3, 15 KOs), who resides in Quito, Ecuardo.

Flores has faced a number of contenders and prospects in recent years. He has lost seven of his last nine bouts.

Enver Halili (8-0, 2 KOs), Skender's old brother, will face Ariel Vasquez (13-16-2, 9 KOs) in a four round welterweight bout.

Hard-hitting Ian Green (11-1, 9 KOs) faces unbeaten Andy Mejias (15-0, 6 KOs) in a six round middleweight bout.

Middleweight Aidos Yerbossynuly (4-0, 4 KOs) of Kazakhstan battles Riarus Dudley (5-1-1, 2 KOs) in a six round bout.

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 (Calif.) Star newspaper, RingTV.com, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing