ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ (Μάιος 16, 2016) — It will be a battle of the Boxcino champions when former world title challengers, Γουίλι Μονρόε Jr. και John Thompson, square off in a 10-round middleweight bout in the main event of SHOWTIME BOXING επί SHO EXTREME επί Σάββατο, Ιούνιος 11, livμι 7 μ.μ. ET/PT from The Turning Stone Resort Casino σε Βερόνα, Ν.Υ..
In the SHO EXTREME co-feature, Boxcino 2015 πρωταθλητής βαρέων βαρών Andrey Fedosov(28-3, 23 KOs) θα αντιμετωπίσει Mario Heredia (11-1, 9 KOs, 1-2 in WSB) in a 10-round heavyweight bout.
The SHO EXTREME bouts will precede a SHOWTIME ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΠΥΓΜΑΧΙΑΣtripleheader that will feature Ruslan Provodnikov ανάληψη John Molina Jr. in what should be an action-packed junior welterweight bout for as long as it lasts.
Τα εισιτήρια για το live event,
which is promoted by Banner Promotions, Inc., Οι τιμές στο $85, $60, $45 και $35 και είναι στην πώληση τώρα.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the Turning Stone Box Office,
by calling 877.833.SHOW, ή στην ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση Ticketmaster (
www.ticketmaster.com).
Monroe Jr., of nearby Rochester, Ν.Υ., and Thompson, του Νιούαρκ, Ν.Ι., have near identical records. Monroe is 19-2 με έξι knockouts, Thompson’s 17-2 με έξι knockouts.
Ο 29 year-old Monroe won the 2014 Boxcino Middleweight Tournament with victories over Donatas Bondorovas (18-4-1), Vitaly Kopylenko (23-0) και Μπράντον Άνταμς (14-0). He followed Boxcino up with an impressive 10-round unanimous decision over perennial contender Brian Vera τον περασμένο Ιανουάριο.
Monroe’s win streak set up an opportunity on May 16, 2015, to fight middleweight kingpin Gennady Golovkin. Monroe put up a solid effort and gave Golovkin his toughest test to date, but came up short in his title opportunity.
“I am glad to be back, and I look forward to fighting in front of my loyal fans who will come from Rochester to see me fight,” Monroe said.
Ο 27 year-old Thompson won the 2015 Boxcino Junior Middleweight tournament with wins over Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorokhod (9-0) και Brandon Adams (17-1).
Σε συνέχεια της 2015 Τουρνουά Boxcino,
Thompson traveled to Manchester,
England to fight undefeated Liam Σμιθ for the WBO Junior Middleweight title on Oct. 10, 2015.
Thompson was impressive and was ahead on the scorecards before being stopped in the seventh round.
“I have been training hard, and I look forward to fighting another Boxcino champion like Willie Monroe,” Thompson είπε. “It should make for a great fight.”
Since winning the Boxcino tournament, when he stopped Donovan Dennis in the eighth round on May 22, 2015, Fedosov has been out of the ring with lingering injuries. Now he is back training at the famed Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles readying for his ring return.
“
I am glad that I will finally be getting back in the ring,”
Fedosov said. “
I got some time to rest and now I feel better and stronger than ever.
I just want to get in that ring on June 11.
I am looking forward to putting on a great show as I look for a major fight.”
Heredia, της Μέριδα, Μεξικό, will be looking for a signature victory to catapult his career and become a player in the suddenly open heavyweight division.
“Αυτό είναι μια μεγάλη ευκαιρία για μένα,” είπε. “I was scheduled to be in the Boxcino tournament, but I had an injury, and I feel I would have won it. Now to be able to face and beat the champion will prove what I thought all along.”
