LIVE FROM BARCLAYS CENTER
PAULIE MALIGNAGGI FORCED TO WITHDRAW
DUE TO INJURY
Brooklyn (Mayo 15, 2015) – An exciting junior lightweight battle between Javier Fortuna at Bryan Vasquez will now open the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) sa Spike telecast on Biyernes, Mayo 29 live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn beginning at9:00 p.m. AT/6:00 p.m. PT.
Fortuna vs. Vasquez, which was originally scheduled to take place Mayo 23, replaces the bout between Paulie Malignaggi and Danny O’Connor as Malignaggi suffered a severe cut above his eye in training camp. The 12-round brawl will lead into the highly anticipated contest between former world champions Amir Khan at Chris Algieri.
An amateur standout who participated in the first Pan American Junior Championships in 2003, 25-taon gulang na Mabuting kapalaran (27-0-1, 20 Kos) owns victories over Abner Cotto, Miguel Zamudio at Patrick Hyland. The undefeated rising star out of La Romana, Dominican Republic holds four knockouts over his last six fights as he looks to put on another great show on Mayo 29.
The 27-year-old Vasquez (35-1, 18 Kos) is quickly becoming known as the preeminent pugilist from the island of Costa Rica. The San Juan-native is the winner of his last five fights, including a stoppage of Sergio Thompson in Dec. 2014. Vasquez does not shy from any competition and will not back down when he faces his toughest test to date in Javier Fortuna on Spike TV.
O’Connor will now fight in his hometown of Boston on Sabado, Mayo 23 on the undercard of the PBC sa NBC event from Boston University’s Agganis Arena.
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