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Plus! Super Middleweight Contender Lanell Bellows & Super Lightweight Prospect Tra-Kwon Pettis Round Out Action in Separate Undercard Fights
LASa VEGAS (Majo 19, 2016) – Cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs)will battle once-beaten Junior Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs)kaj supro konkuranto B.J. Flores prenas sur Meksiko Roberto Santos (12-3, 5 KOs) in a pair of boutsthat highlight undercard action on Sabato, Majo 21 De La Chelsea inside La Kosmopolita de Las Vegas.
The May 21 event features SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING beginning at 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT with a tripleheader of 154-pound world title fights. The main event sees a rematch between WBA champion Erislandy Lara and U.S. Olympian Vanes Martirosyanplus IBF champion Jermall Charlo batalanta iama ĉampiono 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” Kriegas (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).
Hejmanto de Shymkent, Kazaĥio Elbatalanta de Las Vegas, Shumenov looks to build on his last fight, kiu vidis lin gajni cruiserweight krono venkante BJ. Floroj en julio. His first title defense was scheduled for December but was cancelled when Shumenov suffered an eye injury. La 32-jaraĝa gajnis mondan titolon de lumo superpezula venkante Gabriel Campillo en Las Vegas en 2010. La 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.
Twice a U.S. National Champion as an amateur, 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, Arizono, 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, who has never been stopped.
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