Cruiserweight Champion Beibut Shumenov Takes on Chicago’s Junior Wright & Top Contender B.J. Flores Battles Mexico’s Roberto Santos on Saturday, Maí 21 From The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Meira! Super Middleweight Contender Lanell Bellows & Super Lightweight Prospect Tra-Kwon Pettis Round Out Action in Separate Undercard Fights
LAS VEGAS (Maí 19, 2016) – Cruiserweight champion Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Kos)will battle once-beaten Junior Wright (15-1-1, 12 Kos)og efst keppinautur B.J. Blóm tekur á Mexico er Roberto Santos (12-3, 5 Kos) in a pair of boutsthat highlight undercard action on Laugardagur, Maí 21 frá The Chelsea inni The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The May 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 bandarískt. Olympian Spjöldin Martirosyanplus IBF champion Jermall Charlo orrusta fyrrum meistari 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).
Miðar á viðburð í beinni, sem er kynntur með Mayweather Promotions og TGB Tilboð, are on-sale now. Miðaverð byrja á $39, og eru í boði á netinu á www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.með or through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000;www.ticketmaster.com.
A innfæddur maður af Shymkent, Kazakhstan berjast út af Las Vegas, Shumenov looks to build on his last fight, sem sá hann vinna sér cruiserweight kórónu með því að sigra BJ. Flores í júlí. His first title defense was scheduled for December but was cancelled when Shumenov suffered an eye injury. The 32-ára gamall vann heimsmeistaratitilinn í ljós þungavigtar með sigra Gabriel Campillo í Las Vegas í 2010. The 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.
Tvisvar á bandarískt. National Champion sem áhugamaður, 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, sem hefur aldrei verið hætt.
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