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Young Stars Complement Epic Welterweight Championship Showdown
Between Floyd Mayweather & Manny Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS (Kwiecień 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 Floyd “Pieniądze” Mayweather i Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao na Sobota, Maj 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 Lew “Trzęsienie ziemi” Santa Cruz (29-0-1, 17 KO) faces Mexican brawler Jose Cayetano (17-3, 8 KO) and WBO Featherweight World Champion Wasyl Łomaczenko (3-1, 1 KO) takes on Puerto Rican contender Gamalier Rodriguez (25-2-3, 17 KO).
The pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View® and SHOWTIME PPV® począwszy od9 p.m. I/ 6 p.m. PT.
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 Chris “Sweet” Pearson (11-0, 9 KO) spełnia Said El Harrak (12-2, 7 KO) in a 10-round middleweight bout and heavy-fisted Jesse Hart (16-0, 13 KO) takes on fellow unbeaten Mike Jimenez (17-0, 11 KO) in a 10-rounder or the NABO, USBA i NABF super średnia tytuły.
An undefeated knockout artist looking to make it 10-for-10, Andrew “Bestia” Tabiti (9-0, 9 KO) twarze Anthony Caputo Smith (15-4, 10 KO) in an eight- rounds cruiserweight match.
Kicking off the night of fights is undefeated contender Brad Salomon (24-0, 9 KO), kto będzie sprzeciw Adrian Rene Granados (13-3, 9 KO) w 10 rundzie super średnia ataku.
“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,” powiedział Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather Promotions prezes. “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,” powiedział Hall of Fame Bob Arum z promotora Top Rank. “Fans can watch the exciting action as a warm-up to the most anticipated fight in decades.”
Zgodnie z wcześniejszymi zapowiedziami, 26-lat Santa Cruz 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. W 2013 he won his super bantamweight title.
Fighting out of Tijuana, Baja California, Meksyk, Cayetano Kariera zawodowa w 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. debiut naMaj 2.
Arguably the greatest amateur boxer of all-time, with two Olympic gold medals and two Amateur National Championships, 27-lat Lomachenko has already made a great impact in the professional ranks. He won his world title with a majority decision over Gary Russell Jr. w ubiegłym roku. 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, Portoryko, Rodriguez gets an opportunity on boxing’s biggest stage when he battles Lomachenko. The 28-year-old has not lost a fight since 2009 i ma 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.
Walka z Filadelfii, Jeleń was an accomplished amateur who was a 2012 Patenty USA. 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. Tym razem, he will look to remain undefeated and catapult himself to contender status.
Undefeated and facing the biggest challenge of his career, 27-letni Jimenez will make his Las Vegas debut on Maj 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, Salomon 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, Illinois.
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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao jest 12-półśredniej rundy mistrzostw świata zjednoczenie walka Mayweather Promotions promowane przez Top Rank i Inc., i jest sponsorowany przez Tecate con anahi, Paramount Pictures i Skydance Productions -Terminator Genisys, w teatrach lipca 1st, Paramount Pictures & Skydance Productions obecne Mission Impossible: ROGUE NATION, w kinach & IMAX lipca 31st, Weinstein Company i nowy film Southpaw, Jake Gyllenhaal w roli głównej, w kinach na całym świecie Lipiec 24i Meksyk, Żyć w to uwierzyć. The pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View® and SHOWTIME PPV® począwszy od 9 p.m. I/ 6 p.m. PT.
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