Mais! Hard-Hitting Welterweights Yordenis Ugas & Levan Ghvamichava Collide While Ryan Karl & Eddie Ramirez Meet in Battle of Unbeaten Super Lightweights
Bilhetes à venda Quinta-feira, Janeiro 5!
TUNICA, em (Dezembro 22, 2016) – Emocionante contendor welterweight Sammy “O sargento” Vasquez Jr. (21-1, 15 KOs) está definido para lutar contra o ex-campeão mundial Luis Collazo(36-7, 19 KOs) in the 10-round main event of a special three-hour edition of Premier Boxe dos Campeões em FS1 e FOX Deportes Quinta-feira, Fevereiro 2 from Horseshoe Tunica Hotel & Casino in Tunica, Mississipi.
Cobertura televisionada começa em 8 p.m. E/5 p.m. PT and will feature Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas(17-3, 8 KOs) meeting Georgia’s Levam Ghvamichava (17-2-1, 13 KOs) in a 10-round matchup of hard-hitting welterweights plus Houston’s Ryan “Vaqueiro” Karl (13-0, 9 KOs) taking on Chicago’s Eddie Ramirez (15-0, 10 KOs) in a 10-round battle of unbeaten super lightweights
“I’m eager to get back in the ring and give the fans a great fight,” disse Vasquez Jr. “Fighting a tough veteran like Luis Collazo, who has a lot of heart and experience, is the type of fight I’m looking for. The fans are going to see a good fight between two guys who are hungry to get a victory. I can’t wait till the bell rings.”
“Estou totalmente feliz com essa luta contra Sammy Vasquez” Disse Collazo. “He is a talented fighter and I’m excited to test his abilities and the will that he has to win. Esta será uma boa.”
Os ingressos para o evento ao vivo, que é promovido pela Warriors Boxing, custam $150, $75 e $35 e estão à venda Quinta-feira, Janeiro 5. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster atwww.Ticketmaster.com ou pelo telefone 1-800-745-3000.
Vasquez luta profissionalmente desde 2012, depois de cumprir dois turnos de serviço no Iraque como um membro da Guarda Nacional. Ele chegou às semifinais da 2012 U.S. Olimpíadas e ganhou o ouro no 2010 e 2011 Forças Armadas Boxe Campeonato. O lutador de Monessen, Penn., obteve grandes vitórias em 2015 sobre Wale Omotoso em junho e Jose Lopez em setembro. Em ação PBC on FOX em janeiro, Vasquez stopped veteran contender Aron Martinez in the sixth-round in Los Angeles before suffering his first professional defeat to Olympic Gold medalist Felix Diaz in July.
Um dos lutadores mais respeitados do Brooklyn,Collazo looks to make the most of his showdown with Vasquez on February 2. Um campeão mundial em 2005, Collazo enfrentou os melhores lutadores em toda a carreira. Mais notavelmente nos últimos anos, he delivered an electrifying second-round knockout over Victor Ortiz in December 2014. Collazo deu problemas ao campeão mundial Keith Thurman em sua última apresentação, cambaleando-o com um tiro no corpo nas rodadas intermediárias antes de eventualmente perder para o lutador invicto.
Ugas returned from a two-year layoff in August and has looked sensational in defeating undefeated prospects Jamal James by decision and Bryant Perrella by fourth-round stoppage. A sensational Cuban amateur, Ugas picked up a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics and also owns gold medals from the 2005 World Amateur Championships and 2007 Jogos Pan-Americanos. Now fighting out of Miami, the 30-year-old looks to further establish his credentials for a world title shot.
Ghvamichava returns to the ring after an emphatic knockout of Breidis Prescott in July that saw him move up in weight and rebound from a defeat to top unbeaten contender Sergey Lipinets. Trained by Virgil Hunter in California, Ghvamichava is originally from Poti, Georgia. Before the Lipinets bout, he carried a five-fight winning streak that included wins over previously unbeaten fighters Chris Singleton and Jonathan Garcia plus veterans Cosme Rivera and Sergio Reyes.
Um invicto perspectiva representando Houston, Karl teve uma excelente carreira de amador, que terminou com ele ficou em terceiro lugar no país na divisão de 141 libras. The 24-year-old won six times in 2015 including an October domination of Alfonso Olvera at the Dancehall in San Antonio. Now he is primed to reach contender status after dominating tough Mexican Luis Solis in June and stopping previously unbeaten Jose Felix Quezada in September.
Um campeão do Chicago Golden Gloves, Ramirez nocauteou sete de seus primeiros nove adversários profissionais e obteve cinco vitórias em 2015 incluindo uma decisão sobre o ex-campeão mundial Cristóbal Cruz. The 24-year-old most recently picked up his most impressive pro victory when he knocked out previously unbeaten Kevin Watts in September.
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