Young Stars Complement Epic Welterweight Championship Showdown
Between Floyd Mayweather & Мани Pacquiao

LAS VEGAS (Април 27, 2015) – A full lineup of present and future boxing stars is set to entertain the MGM Grand Garden Arena crowd in pay-per-view and non-televised action before the history-making welterweight showdown between Флојд “Пари” Mayweather и Мани “Pacman” Pacquiao на Сабота, Мај 2.

The pay-per-view undercard is topped by a pair of fights featuring two of boxing’s most talented and exciting stars as WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion Лав “Земјотрес” Санта Круз (29-0-1, 17 КО) faces Mexican brawler Jose Cayetano (17-3, 8 КО) and WBO Featherweight World Champion Vasyl Lomachenko (3-1, 1 КО) takes on Puerto Rican contender Gamalier Rodriguez (25-2-3, 17 КО).

The pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View^® and SHOWTIME PPV^® со почеток во9 вечер. И/ 6 вечер. Португалија.

Exciting non-televised bouts round out the action in the arena as top undefeated prospects look to keep their perfect records intact.

The slick and undefeated Крис “Sweet” Пирсон (11-0, 9 КО) ги исполнува Рече Ел Harrak (12-2, 7 КО) in a 10-round middleweight bout and heavy-fisted Џеси Харт (16-0, 13 КО) takes on fellow unbeaten Mike Jimenez (17-0, 11 КО) in a 10-rounder or the NABO, USBA and NABF Super Middleweight titles.

An undefeated knockout artist looking to make it 10-for-10, Ендрју “Ѕверот” Tabiti (9-0, 9 КО) лица Ентони Смит Caputo (15-4, 10 КО) in an eight- rounds cruiserweight match.

Kicking off the night of fights is undefeated contender Бред Соломон (24-0, 9 КО), who’ll be opposed by Adrian Rene Granados (13-3, 9 КО) во 10-круг супер средна рунда.

“Mayweather Promotions is looking forward to bringing some of boxing’s most exciting current and future stars to the fans on the biggest night in our sport’s history,” изјави Леонард Ellerbe, Извршен директор на Mayweather Промоции. “Whether you are watching on pay-per-view or in the arena, you are in store for an electric night of fights.”

“Each undercard match could be a main event on another card,” рече Hall of Fame промотор Боб Arum на Топ ранг. “Fans can watch the exciting action as a warm-up to the most anticipated fight in decades.”

Како што претходно објави, 26-годишниот Санта Круз will be making his second appearance on a Floyd Mayweather pay-per-view undercard. The fan-friendly two-division world champion has defended his super bantamweight title numerous times in impressive fashion on his way to earning a reputation as one of the most exciting fighters in the world. Born in Huetamo, Michoaca de Ocampo, Mexico but fighting out of Los Angeles, Santa Cruz won his first world title in 2012. Во 2013 he won his super bantamweight title.

Fighting out of Tijuana, Баха Калифорнија, Мексико, Cayetano се сврте про 2009 and sprinted to a 10-0 record before dropping a narrow split decision to Ruben Tamayo in 2011. He most recently dropped a decision to Enrique Bernache in February after defeating Dennis Contreras and Eden Marquez in his previous two starts. He hopes to make a grand impression in his U.S. деби наМај 2.

Arguably the greatest amateur boxer of all-time, with two Olympic gold medals and two Amateur National Championships, 27-годишниот Lomachenko has already made a great impact in the professional ranks. He won his world title with a majority decision over Gary Russell Jr. минатата година. Making the second defense of his 126-pound title, the fighter out of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine will be going for his third straight win overall when he battles Rodriguez.

An accomplished veteran from Bayamon, Порторико, Родригез gets an opportunity on boxing’s biggest stage when he battles Lomachenko. The 28-year-old has not lost a fight since 2009 и има 17 consecutive victories since a technical draw in 2010. He won twice in 2014, picking up a unanimous decision victory over Orlando Cruz and a second round TKO over Martin Cardona.

Се борат надвор од Филаделфија, Харт was an accomplished amateur who was a 2012 U.S. Olympic alternate after earning a U.S. National Championship and a National Golden Gloves Championship. The 25-year-old will fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the first time since his professional debut in 2005 when he stopped Manuel Eastman in the first round. Овој пат, he will look to remain undefeated and catapult himself to contender status.

Undefeated and facing the biggest challenge of his career, 27-годишниот Jimenez will make his Las Vegas debut on Мај 2. Having already delivered a second round knockout over Kevin Engel in 2015 the fighter out of Chicago will look to impress on the biggest stage of his career against Hart.

A three-time National Golden Gloves Champion, Solomon fights out of Lafayette, Louisiana and is aiming to maintain his perfect record.. The 31-year-old picked up victories in 2014 over Eduardo Flores, Freddy Hernandez and Arman Ovsepyan. Solomon takes on the 25-year-old Granados out of Cicero, Илиноис.

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Mayweather наспроти. Pacquiao is a 12-round welterweight world championship unification bout promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Top Rank Inc., and is sponsored by Tecate con caracter, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions -Terminator Genisys, in theaters July 1^ул, Paramount Pictures & Skydance Productions present MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, in theaters & IMAX July 31^ул, The Weinstein Company and the new movie Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, in theaters everywhere Јули 24и Мексико, Тоа во живо да го верувам. The pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View^® and SHOWTIME PPV^® со почеток во 9 вечер. И/ 6 вечер. Португалија.

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