INTERIM 122-POUND WORLD CHAMP OSCAR ESCANDON RISKS HIS TITLE AGAINST UNBEATEN MOISES FLORES SATURDAY, APRIL 18 LIVE ON SHOWTIME EXTREME®

Younger Brother of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Will Also Be In Action from StubHub Center in Carson, 加利福尼亞州.

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住在Showtime® AT 10 P.M. AND/7 P.M. PT

Full Undercard Featuring Mix Of Exciting Veterans & Rising Prospects

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CARSON, CALIF. (四月 10, 2015) — Interim WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion 奧斯卡埃斯坎東 (24-1, 16 科斯), of Tolima, 哥倫比亞, will make the first defense of his 122-pound title when he faces undefeated 莫伊塞斯 “El Chucky” 花卉 (22-0, 1 NC, 16 科斯), 瓜達拉哈拉, 墨西哥, in the 12-round main event live on 欣欣拳擊上 SHOWTIME EXTREME (8 P.M. AND/PT) 上 星期六, 四月 18 在StubHub的中心卡森, 加利福尼亞州.

 

Headlining the card, popular Mexican superstar and former middleweight world champion 塞薩爾查韋斯, JR. (48-1-1, 32 科斯) 會讓他 精彩表演拳擊錦標賽debut when he meets dangerous brawler 安傑伊Fonfara (26-3, 15 科斯) 住在 開演時間 (10 P.M. AND/ 7 P.M. PT).

 

In the 10-round co-feature of 精彩表演拳擊錦標賽, 頂 10 ranked junior welterweight contender 阿米爾我 (16-0, 14 科斯) will aim to move one step closer to a world title opportunity when he makes his second start of 2015 against fellow power-puncher 沃爾特·卡斯蒂略(25-2, 18 科斯).

 

Opening the SHOWTIME EXTREME telecast, 奧馬爾 “El Businessman” 查韋斯 (32-3-1, 22 科斯), younger brother of 查韋斯, JR. and son of legendary 塞薩爾查韋斯鍶., 將面臨 Richard Gutierrez (28-15-1, 17 科斯) in an eight-round super welterweight fight. Time permitting, unbeaten Argentine welterweight 法比安 “TNT” Maidana的 (5-0, 4 科斯), brother of former world champion 馬科斯Maidana will also be featured in the featured in the telecast against an opponent to be named.

 

The action continues featuring a clash of middleweight contenders when 費爾南多·格雷羅 (26-3, 19 科斯) 會見 Abraham Han (23-2, 14 科斯) in a 10-round middleweight match. 更多, young undefeated prospects face tough challenges when 韋斯Nofire (16-0, 12 科斯) 發生在 Joell Godfrey (17-13-1, 6 科斯) in six-round heavyweight action, 約旦Shimmell (18-0, 15 科斯) 面孔 Carlos Reyes (7-6-1, 5 科斯) in an eight-round cruiserweight bout and 安東尼·弗洛雷斯 (6-0, 5 科斯) 戰鬥 William Hughes (4-2, 3 科斯) in a six-round welterweight contest.

 

同時展出, 傑西羅馬 (17-2, 9 科斯) 和 2012 Olympic Silver medalist from MongoliaTugstogt Nyambayar (1-0, 1 KO) 在單獨的較量.

 

Tickets for the event co-promoted by Goossen Promotions and Chavez Promotions are priced at $200, $150, $100, $50 和 $25, 加上適用的稅費, 費和服務費, and are on sale online at AXS.com.

 

咄咄逼人的態度, 30-歲 埃斯卡登 captured the crown in his last start via a 12-round split decision over Canadian southpaw Tyson Cave last 十二月. 11. Escandon was making his United States debut and triumphed in a tight fight by the scores of 117-111, 115-113 和 113-115.

 

Escandon was a top amateur -he represented Colombia in the 2004 奧運會- before turning professional in June 2006. Twenty of his initial 21 fights took place in his native Colombia while he’s also fought in Argentina and Panama. His lone defeat came in his first attempt at the interim WBA title on a split 12-round decision to Nehomar Cermenoon Aug. 10, 2013, 巴拿馬. .

 

花卉, 28, 正在他 2015 debut and third start in a row in the United States. 親自八月 2008, 花卉’ 第一 20 fights took place in Mexico. He’s never gone more than seven full rounds although three of his fights have been scheduled for 10.

 

Known in Mexico for his show stopping-knockouts, the heavy-handed Flores registered three devastating knockouts in 2013, the biggest of which was a brutal second-round stoppage of longtime Mexican contender Rodolfo Hernandez in February of that year.

Flores recorded a seventh-round TKO in his last start over Mario Macias last 十一月. 21 塔爾薩.

 

奧馬爾·查韋斯(Omar Chavez), 25, the youngest son of Julio Sr. and three years younger than Julio Jr., 將他的中美. 和 2015 登場. All his fights have been in Mexico, where he turned pro at the tender age of 16 十二月 2006. He was victorious in his first 28 bouts before losing a 10-round split decision to Jorge Paez Jr., the son of popular former world champion, 豪爾赫 “MaromeroPaez, 十二月 2011. Paez also outpointed Chavez across 10 rounds in July 2012, this time unanimously.

 

After the rematch with Paez, the 5-foot-8 Chavez won four consecutive times, including a 10-round decision over Daniel Sandoval 在五月 2014 to win the NABO 154-pound crown. But Chavez lost his last fight on a shocking 10-round decision to 拉蒙·阿爾瓦雷斯, brother of 索爾 “CANELO” 阿爾瓦雷斯, 在9月. 27, 2014.

 

這位36歲的 古鐵雷斯 is hoping to bounce back after suffering consecutive defeats. Fighting out of Miami by way of Colombia, Gutierrez has been battle-tested over the years having faced the likes ofJoshua Clottey, 葉片馬爾季羅相路易斯·卡洛斯·Abregu.

 

Maidana的, 22, is nine years younger than Marcos. A pro since June 21, 2014, he has won his last four fights by knockout, all within two rounds.

 

An exciting, come-forward crowd-pleaser (like his big brother), Maidana will be making his third start at StubHub. He won a decision his first time out and by a first-round knockout over Phillip Sorianothe second time around.

 

A terrific amateur, Maidana was the Pan American Youth Championships Bronze Medalist and World Youth Championships Silver Medalist in 2010.

 

A former world title contender, 戰士 is looking to bounce back from losing to David Lemieux in 2014. With victories over Ishe Smith, Gabriel Rosado and Derrick Findley, the 28-year-old from the Dominican Republic but fighting out of Salisbury, 馬里蘭州. is eager to redeem himself and get back into the hunt for another world title opportunity.

 

A 30-year-old former kickboxing champion, Han, of El Paso, 得克薩斯州, 轉為職業球員在 2007 and quickly adapted his skills to the boxing ring. 他贏得了他的第一次 19 pro fights before losing a hard-fought bout with Glen Tapia in 2013. He rebounded to win four straight bouts before suffering a split-decision defeat to Sergio Mora his last time out.

 

An undefeated heavyweight prospect fighting out of Miami by way of Tahlequah, 俄克拉何馬州, Nofiremakes his debut in California when he looks for win number 17. The 28-year-old will battle the 34-year-old 戈弗雷 out of East Saint Louis, 生病.

 

A former amateur standout who became the first heavyweight to win four Michigan Golden Gloves titles, Shimmell will attempt to remain undefeated and entertain the crowd with his seventh straight knockout against 雷耶斯, 37, 鳳凰, 亞利桑那州. 最近, the 26-year-old stopped Phil Williams in the fifth round in Dec. 2014.

 

A young prospect fighting out of Santa Ana, 加利福尼亞州。, 羅馬 will look to bounce back from losses in two of his last three fights after starting his career with 16 連勝. The 23-year-old will be fighting at StubHub for the first time.

 

A hot welterweight prospect, the 24-year-old 花卉 will look to represent his hometown of Los Angeles when he takes on the 37-year-old Hughes out of Tacoma, 洗. Opening the card is the 22-year-old 2012 Olympic Silver medalist out of Mongolia, Nyambayar who battles an opponent to be determined.

 

布萊恩·卡斯特 will call the SHOWTIME EXTREME action from ringside with boxing historian 史蒂夫Farhood serving as expert analyst.

 

查韋斯JR. VS. Fonfara 是12輪的較量,發生在家得寶中心球場卡森, 加利福尼亞州. 並且將空氣在Showtime (10 P.M. AND/7 P.M. PT). 的精彩表演拳擊錦標賽轉播也將在西班牙通過二級音頻節目 (SAP).

 

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