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Ntau! Super Middleweight Contender Lanell Bellows & Super Lightweight Prospect Tra-Kwon Pettis Round Out Action in Separate Undercard Fights
Las Vegas (Tej zaum 19, 2016) – Cruiserweight champion Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Kos)will battle once-beaten Junior Wright (15-1-1, 12 Kos)thiab sab saum toj contender B.J. Paj yuav siv sij hawm nyob Mexico lub Roberto Santos (12-3, 5 Kos) in a pair of boutsthat highlight undercard action on Saturday, Tej zaum 21 los ntawm Lub Chelsea hauv Lub Cosmopolitan ntawm Las Vegas.
The May 21 event features SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING beginning at 9 p.m. THIAB/6 p.m. PT with a tripleheader of 154-pound world title fights. The main event sees a rematch between WBA champion Erislandy Lara thiab U.S. Olympian Vanes Martirosyanplus IBF champion Jermall Charlo battling qub zus 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).
Ib tug neeg uas Shymkent, Kazakhstan sib ntaus sib tua tawm ntawm Las Vegas, Shumenov looks to build on his last fight, uas pom nws khwv tau ib tug cruiserweight yas los defeating BJ. Flores nyob rau hauv Lub Xya hli ntuj. His first title defense was scheduled for December but was cancelled when Shumenov suffered an eye injury. Lub 32-xyoo-laus yeej ib lub ntiaj teb title ntawm lub teeb heavyweight los ntawm defeating Gabriel Campillo nyob rau hauv Las Vegas nyob rau hauv 2010. Lub 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.
Ob zaug ib U.S. Lub teb chaws zus raws li ib tug pib xyaum ua, 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, uas yeej tsis tau tso tseg.
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