Colombia’s biggest streamer, Westcol, faces off tonight against Spain’s top content creator, TheGrefg, in the headline boxing fight of La Velada del Año 5 — an event poised to become the most-watched online sporting spectacle of the year, hosted by Spanish streaming star Ibai Llanos.
The bout will close out the evening at Seville’s historic La Cartuja stadium, where 80,000 tickets sold out more than a week ago, and millions more are expected to tune in via Llanos’s Twitch channel, with the free livestream kicking off at 10 p.m. local time (7 p.m. GMT). Adding to the spectacle, Westcol’s ring entrance will feature a surprise appearance by Puerto Rican reggaeton star Arcangel.
The event began as a small boxing card in a Barcelona nightclub in 2021 and has exploded into a hybrid of sport and concert, combining seven boxing matches pitting social‑media creators and influencers against one another with headline musical performances.
The undercard opens with Pereira7 vs. Rivaldios, followed by Perxitaa vs. Gaspi, Abby vs. Roro, Andoni vs. Carlos Belcast, Alana vs. Ari Geli, Viruzz vs. Tomás Mazza, and finally TheGrefg vs. Westcol will headline the fifth edition of La Velada del Año.
Westcol’s fight against TheGrefg is both a clash between influencers and a rivalry between two regions. Westcol represents Colombia and Latin America, while TheGrefg carries the colors of Spain. The fight between the two streamers was preceded by months of trash talk to build tension and hype around the match. A specific trigger for the tension was a disagreement over wearing headgear during the fight: Westcol insisted on fighting without a helmet, defying the event’s rules, which led TheGrefg to call him “useless” and dismiss his boxing skills. Ahead of the fight, Westcol and TheGrefg also teamed up with fighting stars, including UFC MMA champion Ilia Topuria, who trained the Spanish streamer.
Between bouts, audiences will be treated to live sets by reggaeton star Myke Towers, pop sensation Aitana, Spaniard Melendi, urban newcomer De La Rose, trap artist Eladio Carrion, Los del Río, and regional Mexican outfit Grupo Frontera.
Twitch viewers can expect a broadcast quality rivaling top‑tier sports coverage, with more than 36 cameras and infrastructure comparable to La Liga football matches. Production trucks, some 45 in all, line the stadium concourse, housing audio, video, and graphics crews. Organizers have also taken steps to combat daytime temperatures that reached 38 °C (100 °F) during rehearsals through hydration stations, misting fans, shaded areas, and an early‑entry policy was put in place to protect fans and participants.
Last year’s Velada set a Twitch viewership record, peaking at 3.85 million simultaneous connections. Llanos, who boasts more than 10 million Twitch followers, hopes to top that milestone Saturday. “This event has become a showcase not just for boxing, but for what the streaming community can achieve when we blend sport, music, and high production values,” Llanos said in a recent interview. The entire seven‑hour show will stream free on Twitch at twitch.tv/ibai. In Spain, the action begins at 10 p.m. local time.
