El Paso boxer Abraham Han on stacked Fox Sports TV card at Don Haskins Center

Abraham Han must think that everything in his world is happening at once.

Han just opened a new business, a martial arts studio in west El Paso. He and his wife Stephanie just welcomed the newest member of their family — baby Anastasia is just weeks old.

And now, on Saturday night, April 28, Han will get a fight with huge implications against former world champion Anthony Dirrell in the Don Haskins Center.

"Anthony Dirrell probably sees me as someone that he can beat while he waits for a title shot," Han said. "But I'm looking to mess up his plans."

Han, 26-3-1 with 16 knockouts, will be facing Dirrell, 31-1-1 with 24 knockouts, in a super middleweight (168-pounds) bout as part of three televised fights on Fox Sports. There will be more fights before and after the televised card and that televised card should be action packed and special.

The main event has everything a fight fan can want — undefeated up-and-comer against veteran, Puerto Rico vs. Mexico in the forever entertaining welterweight class.

Veteran Josesito Lopez, 35-7 with 19 knockouts, will be representing Mexico when he steps center ring on that Saturday night against Puerto Rico's Miguel Cruz, 17-0 with 11 knockouts.

The first fight will be a featherweight duel between Jorge Lara 29-0-1 with 21 big knockouts, and Claudio Marrero, 22-2 with a big 16 knockouts. That should be an action-packed duel between a pair of 126-pound knockout artists.

The Han-Dirrell fight will air second and the main event, Lopez-Cruz, will be the third fight.

Tickets, which start as low as $25, went on sale Wednesday at the UTEP Ticket Center and at Ticketmaster.com.

Promoter Tom Brown, president of TGB Promotions, said, "It will be an exciting night of boxing. Three really great fights are scheduled.."

Brown and Premier Boxing Champions brought a FOX Sports television card to the Haskins Center in February, a big card that had Victor Ortiz and Devon Alexander as the main event and Jennifer Han (Abraham's sister) defending her world title and the Haskins Center had more than 5,000 fans and a wonderful atmosphere.

"Great fight fans in El Paso," Brown said. "Because of them is the reason we are returning so quickly. We want to get that atmosphere flowing through the arena and when you have that you know you have hit that so-called home run."

It is most certainly a home run of sorts for Han. The 33-year-old graduate of Irvin High and UTEP has had trouble finding fights. He is really a 160-pounder but he will take his opportunities wherever they come.

"I weighed 165 this morning," he said. "I'm a little guy. But, for whatever reason, I can't get fights at 160. It's OK. I'm blessed to have this opportunity ... the opportunity to fight on TV, the opportunity to fight in El Paso, the opportunity to fight in the Don Haskins Center."

Normally, fighters weigh more than the limit and come down to weight in training. When they hydrate after weigh-in, they can go far over the limit. Han will not get much over 168 after his weigh-in Dirrell will be weighing quite a bit more.

Breaking into his big smile, Han said, "I know I will have to move. He's a strong guy, a big guy. If I get hit, he'll knock me out. But I''m going to be coming, use timing and I'll try to knock him out. I got lucky. The fight is here. I have the crowd on my side"

Han will leave Saturday for two weeks in Houston. He needs the quality sparring with those who can approximate Dirrell's size (6-foot-2).

This could springboard Han into a title fight if all goes well.

A new business, a new baby, a big fight and now a two-week stay in Houston. It is part of life's whirlwind. And sometimes, just sometimes, it seems everything happens at once.

Bill Knight may be reached at 546-6171; bknight@elpasotimes.com; @BillKnightept on Twitter.