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Mere! Super Middleweight Contender Lanell Bellows & Super Lightweight Prospect Tra-Kwon Pettis Round Out Action in Separate Undercard Fights
LAS VEGAS (Maj 19, 2016) – Cruiserweight champion Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOS)will battle once-beaten Junior Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOS)og top contender B.J. Blomster tager på Mexicos Roberto Santos (12-3, 5 KOS) in a pair of boutsthat highlight undercard action on Lørdag, Maj 21 fra Den Chelsea inde The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Maj 21 event features SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING beginning at 9 p.m. OG/6 p.m. PT with a tripleheader of 154-pound world title fights. The main event sees a rematch between WBA champion Erislandy Lara og US. Olympian Vanerne Martirosyanplus IBF champion Jermall Charlo kæmper tidligere mester Austin Trout and unbeaten contender Jermell Charlo facing top contender John Jackson for the vacant WBC Super Welterweight world title.
Shumenov will defend his cruiserweight title in a 12-round matchup with Wright while Flores will make his heavyweight debut against and Santos in a six-round tilt.
Rounding out the action is Las Vegas-native Lanell “KO” Bellows (15-1-1, 8 KOS) in an eight-round super middleweight contest against Virginia’s Scott Sigmon (26-8-1, 14 KOS) and unbeaten prospect Tra-Kwon “Superman” Pettis (3-0, 1 KOS) in a six-round super lightweight battle against Mexico’s Carlos Rodriguez (6-2, 2 KOS).
En indfødt i Shymkent, Kasakhstan kæmper ud af Las Vegas, Shumenov looks to build on his last fight, som så ham tjene en cruiserweight krone ved at besejre BJ. Flores i juli. His first title defense was scheduled for December but was cancelled when Shumenov suffered an eye injury. Den 32-årige vandt en verden titel på lys sværvægter ved at besejre Gabriel Campillo i Las Vegas i 2010. Den 2004 Olympian for Kazakhstan went on to defend his title five times and will make his first 200-pound defense against Chicago’s Wright. The 29-year-old has won back-to-back fights since suffering his only loss last May.
To gange om U.S. National Champion som amatør, Flores seeks a run at a world title after coming up just short in a decision loss to Shumenov last July. Born in San Francisco, but fighting out of Chandler, Arizona, Flores had won seven fights in a row before his last bout including victories over veterans Kevin Engel and Anthony Caputo Smith. He will be opposed by the durable Mexican Santos, der aldrig har været stoppet.
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