So don’t expect Herrera (15-3-1, 8 科斯) to be in awe of his opponent, former Ukraine amateur standout and rising star, 塔拉斯Shelestyuk (14-0, 9 科斯) when they meet this 星期五, 十一月. 4, in the 10-round welterweight main event on 的ShoBox: 新一代住在 SHOWTIME® (10:30 P.M. AND/PT, 延遲在西海岸) 在 Omega Products Event Center 在 冠, 加利福尼亞州.
The 5-foot-10, 27-year-old Herrera has won three in a row and is 8-1-1 since dropping a close eight-round decision to 阿德里安·格拉納多斯 二月裡 2012. One of those victories was an upset seventh-round TKO over one-time highly ranked welterweight and world title challenger 話筒 “機槍” Jones on Aug. 23, 2014.
Herrera is promoted by Hitz Boxing and co-managed by Cameron Dunkin and Mike Cericola.
Here are Herrera’s responses to a recent Q&一:
What are your thoughts going into your ShoBox debut?
“我始終保持一個挑戰, so I’m really excited about this opportunity. I’m definitely ready to compete against another undefeated fighter. I’m coming to show my skills to the world and prove I’m a boxer you have to pay attention to.
“At this point of my career, I want to make a move fast while I’m young. I don’t just want to be a guy with a nice record. I truly believe in my skills and that I can reach the highest level.
“I’ve been getting great help with sparring with the best of the best in Chicago. 薩姆·科隆納, George Hernandez and all the Chicago boxing coaches have been great mentors to me and I am very thankful.”
What do you know about Shelestyuk?
“He was a great amateur fighter and he’s a lefty. That’s pretty much all I need to know. The only thing I can give him is that he has experience, so I’ve got to be careful of that. But it’s nothing new – I’ve seen fighters like that.”
What kind of fight do you expect?
“I expect him to be a boxer with movement. I think he’ll try to box me. I’ll be coming forward, being aggressive. 然後, we’ll see what his game plan is.”
What is the key to winning?
“It all depends on the pressure I can apply, throwing the right punches at the right time, the accuracy of my punches. Each punch has to have a purpose. I’m definitely more of a pressure guy. I like Gennady Golovkin’s style, Julio Cesar Chavez is my idol. That is the kind of style I try to fight with.”
On fighting on ShoBox for the first time?
“I’m definitely excited because I know a lot of people will be watching. 我不緊張可言. The cameras, the bright lights, 老老實實, I don’t care about. My focus is totally on this fight. This is the type of fight that can open a lot of doors for me.”
Is this your biggest fight and do you feel pressure?
“是的, 無疑, this is my biggest fight — just for all the doors a win would open for me, all the possibilities. 有對我沒有壓力. He’s the one representing his country with the weight on his shoulders. I’ve lost before, but that doesn’t make me an opponent.”
Are they making a mistake fighting you??
“I feel like they are making a mistake, but I also feel this is going to be a good test for him. I think Taras took the fight more for himself. But if he doesn’t know now about me, he’s going to find out.”
You boxed amateurs for one year and had 25 結束. 他是一個 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist with a boatload of amateur accomplishments. How significant is the experience of fighting amateur?
“親自, 給我, the amateurs are not that important at all. It’s all irrelevant once you go pro. I know some great amateur boxers who made it after turning pro, and some who didn’t. It’s a whole different ballgame. As a pro, I believe I’ve fought better guys than he has. I’ve been tested way more than he has. You can’t take away what he did as an amateur, but fighting with the smaller gloves, with no headgear, is totally different.”
Undefeated cruiserweights Constantin Bejenaru (11-0, 4 科斯, 0-1-1 在世界拳擊系列), of Catskill, 紐約州. by way of Moldova, 和 史蒂夫 “超人” Bujaj (16-0-1, 11 科斯), 紐約, will collide in a 10-rounder for the vacant WBC International WBC Continental Americas titles in the co-feature.
The nephew of popular former two-time lightweight world champion Acelino “屁股” 塔斯, 輕量級不敗 維托·瓊斯·弗雷塔斯 (12-0, 1 ND, 6 科斯), of Salvador, 巴伊亞州, 巴西, will be opposed by local fan favorite Manuel Mendez (12-1-2, 8 科斯), 印第安人的, 加利福尼亞州。, in an eight-round bout in the opening match of the telecast.
Tickets for the event promoted by Banner Promotions, 湯普森拳擊, Hitz Boxing and Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing are priced at $100 (馬戲團), $70 (reserved) 和 $50 (一般取) 並且可以通過調用被購買 (714) 935-0900.
巴里·湯普金斯 will call the ShoBox action from ringside with 史蒂夫Farhood 和前世界冠軍 勞爾·馬爾克斯 作為專業分析師. 執行製片人 戈登·霍爾 同 豐富的高根 producing and Rick Phillips directing.
關於的ShoBox: 新一代
公司自成立以來日 2001, 廣受好評的欣欣拳擊系列, 的ShoBox: 新一代有特色的年輕人才匹配強硬. 該的ShoBox理念是轉播精彩的, 萬人空巷，並同時為願意前景試驗場正式比賽確定為世界冠軍戰鬥. 一些的日益增長的列表的 67 誰出現在ShoBox和先進的戰鬥機，以爭取世界冠軍頭銜包括：: 沃德, Deontay懷爾德, Erislandy拉拉, 肖恩·波特, 加里·拉塞爾小, 拉蒙特彼得森, 吉列爾莫·裡貢多·奧爾蒂斯, 奧馬爾·菲格羅亞, nonito Donaire主場, 德文亞歷山大, 卡爾Froch, 羅伯特·格雷羅, 蒂莫西·布拉德利, 傑西·巴爾加斯, 胡安·曼努埃爾·洛佩斯, 乍得道森, 保利Malignaggi, 哈頓, 凱利帕夫利, 保羅·威廉斯多.
