SAN DIEGO — Junior lightweight contender Andres “Savage” Cortes resumes his quest for a world title shot against Spain’s Salvador Jimenez in a pivotal 10-rounder on Saturday, May 10, at Pechanga Arena San Diego. Cortes, a Las Vegas native, is ranked No. 5 in the world by the WBO.

Cortes-Jimenez tops undercard action before a high-octane doubleheader featuring Emanuel Navarrete’s WBO junior lightweight world title defense against Charly Suarez and the interim IBF lightweight title showdown between Raymond Muratalla and Zaur Abdullaev.

Navarrete-Suarez and Muratalla-Abdullaev will be broadcast LIVE on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. 

Cortes-Jimenez, the previously announced welterweight fight between San Diego’s Giovani Santillan and Angel Beltran, and the rest of the undercard will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+. Promoted by Top Rank, tickets are ON SALE NOW via AXS.com.

“I’m back and ready to show everyone why I’m still a force at junior lightweight,” Cortes said. “I’m looking for a title shot this year, and it all starts on May 10 when I put on a great performance against Jimenez.”

Cortes (22-0, 12 KOs) was riding a wave of momentum after knocking out Xavier Martinez and Bryan Chevalier in consecutive fights. Last June, he edged former world champion Abraham Nova by unanimous decision in a verdict that had ringside observers split. Cortes and Suarez were scheduled to fight in an ESPN co-feature last September before Cortes suffered a training injury. He now turns his focus to Jimenez (14-1-1, 6 KOs), a former Spanish and European Union champion who has never been knocked out. Jimenez is coming off a decision defeat to Ryan Garner in March for the European and WBC International titles.