New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. I/PT From Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Kasyno
NEW YORK (Jan. 9, 2017) – The previously announced matchup between undefeated WBA ranked No 3-ranked super bantamweight Adam Lopez and the WBA’s No. 4-w rankingu Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (regularny) Super Bantamweight belt held by Nehomar Cermeno.
Lopez (16-0-1, 8 KO) and Roman (20-2-1, 7 KO) will square off in the most significant fight of their careers in the main event of a ShoBox: Nowa Generacja quadrupleheader na Piątek, Jan. 20, żyć SHOWTIME (10 p.m. I/PT, opóźnione na Zachodnim Wybrzeżu) z Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. On jest 3-0-1 on the series, having defeated three previous unbeaten boxers. Roman has won 13 in a row dating to March 2014, and none of the fights have been close.
“I am excited that this is an elimination bout and I am one step closer to fighting for a world championship,"Powiedział Lopez. “Very few fighters ever get a chance to fight for a title, and I’m not going to let it slip away. It’s a huge motivator, and the stakes are higher. I am fighting for a chance to fight a guy in Cermeno who is 37 and maybe past his prime. So if I win on Styczeń 20, I feel I will win against Cermeno. He is beatable, and that is the perfect opponent to become a world champion. After I beat Roman, Cermeno will pass the torch to me.”
Said Roman: “This is what we’ve been working toward since day one. A shot at a world title is every boxer’s dream. I can’t speak for Adam, but the stakes have never been higher for me. Beating Adam is the only thing on my mind.”
In a featured bout on the four-fight ShoBox program telewizyjny, niepokonany, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 KO) will face a new opponent, raz pobity Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 KO), w ośmiu okrągłych bardzo lekkiego ataku.
W telewizji otwieracz, niepokonany Stephon Młodych (15-0, 3 KO) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 KO) w ośmiu rundy Super koguciej ataku.
The previously announced opponent for Sims, Wellington Romero, withdrew due to injury, while Young’s opponent, Daniel Rosas, withdrew due to personal reasons.
In the previously announced co-feature, niepokonany super średniej Ronald Ellis (13-0-1, 1 NC, 10 KO) will face off with Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 KO) in an eight-round 168-pound matchup of ShoBox weteranów.
Tickets for the show, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (the main event) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, są $125, $100 $75 & $50 i można je nabyć w www.ticketmaster.com lub dzwoniąc 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins wezwie ShoBox działania z ringu z Steve Farhood i były mistrz świata Raul Marquez służąc jako analityków ekspertów. Producent wykonawczy Gordon Hall z Richard Gaughan produkcji i Rick Phillips kierowniczy.
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O ShoBox: Nowa Generacja
Od momentu powstania w lipcu 2001, Seria krytyków SHOWTIME boks, ShoBox: Nowa Generacja jest opisywany młody talent dopasowane trudne. The ShoBox filozofia jest do transmisji ekscytujące, Tłum miłe i konkurencyjne mecze, zapewniając jednocześnie terenu doświadczalnego dla chętnych perspektyw zdecydowani walczyć o tytuł mistrza świata. Część rosnącej listy 67 Strażacy, którzy pojawili się na ShoBox i awansowała do gromadzenia tytułów mistrzowskich zawiera: Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Gary Russell Jr, Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Omar Figueroa, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paul Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams i więcej.