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Mer! Super Middleweight Contender Lanell Bellows & Super Lightweight Prospect Tra-Kwon Pettis Round Out Action in Separate Undercard Fights
LAS VEGAS (Mai 19, 2016) – Cruiserweight champion Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs)will battle once-beaten Junior Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs)og topp kandidat B.J. Blomster tar på Mexicos Roberto Santos (12-3, 5 KOs) in a pair of boutsthat highlight undercard action on Lørdag, Mai 21 fra Den Chelsea inne The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The May 21 event features SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING beginning at 9 pm. OG/6 pm. PT with a tripleheader of 154-pound world title fights. The main event sees a rematch between WBA champion Erislandy Lara og US-. Olympian Skovler Martirosyanplus IBF champion Jermall Charlo kjemper 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) og ubeseiret utsikter 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 opprinnelig fra Shymkent, Kasakhstan kjemper ut av Las Vegas, Shumenov looks to build on his last fight, som så ham tjene en Cruiservekt krone ved å beseire BJ. Flores I juli. His first title defense was scheduled for December but was cancelled when Shumenov suffered an eye injury. Den 32-åringen vant en VM-tittel i lett tungvekt ved å beseire 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 ganger i US-. National Champion som en 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, som aldri er blitt stoppet.
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