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Verona, NY (Juni 10, 2016)–They were Boxcino champions, and in each of their last bouts,Willie Monroe Jr. und John Thompson fought for world titles. An diesem Samstag Nacht, Juni 11 they will meet in a very important bout at the Turning Stone Resort Casino.
Monroe and Thompson will fight in a middleweight bout scheduled for 10 rounds and will be televised live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® (7 p.m. UND/PT).
Both have been training hard for this important bout, for which the winner will most likely land a big opportunity or another shot at a world title.
John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson (17-2, 6 KO)–Newark, NJ
“Everything is going great in camp. I am ready to get this party rolling,” sagte Thompson, who is coming off a 7th round stoppage defeat to Liam Smith in Manchester, England for the WBO Junior Middleweight world title. “In diesem Kampf, I learned some good and bad stuff. The only things that make you better is fighting better opposition. I know that after this win in June 11, I will be back in a big fight and I look forward to seeing everyone in Verona.”
Am Samstag, Juni 11, Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs), a former WBO Junior Welterweight World Champion, and former world title challenger John Molina Jr.. (28-6, 23 KOs), of West Covina, Calif., will face each other in the 12-round main event. In der Ko-Funktion, undefeated former 154-pound world champion and 2008 U.S.. Olympier Demetrius Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs), der Vorsehung, R.I., konfrontiert sein wird Willie Nelson (25-2-1, 15 KOs) Cleveland, Ohio, in a 12-round WBC Super Welterweight Title Eliminator.
Opening the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® tripleheader is a battle for the vacant WBC Lightweight World Championship between No. 1 Platz Dejan Zlaticanin (17-0, 10 KOs), des südosteuropäischen Landes Montenegro, and WBC No.5-ranked Franklin Mamani (21-2-1, 12 KOs) of Bolivia. In the SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME® opener, Schwergewicht Andrey Fedosov (28-3, 23 KOs) annimmt Mario Heredia(11-1, 9 KOs, 1-2 in WSB) in a 10-round heavyweight bout.
Karten für das Live-Event, which is promoted by Banner Promotions, Inc., sind zum Preis von $85, $60, $45 und $35 und sind jetzt im Verkauf. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Turning Stone Box Office, telefonisch unter 877.833.SHOW, oder online unter Ticketmaster ( www.ticketmaster.com). Turning Stone Resort Casino is no stranger to hosting high caliber nationally televised boxing events. Letztes Jahr, Turning Stone hosted the epic battle between Provodnikov and Matthysee, selected over arenas in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Miami. When Provodnikov returns to Turning Stone on June 11th, it will mark Turning Stone’s 18th nationally-televised boxing event, cementing the resort as a mecca for knockout fights. Das Hotel liegt im Hinterland New York, Turning Stone ist ein preisgekröntes Ziel Resort, Angebot Annehmlichkeiten der Weltklasse, darunter vier Hotels, 21 Restaurants und Restaurants, zwei luxuriöse Spas, fünf schöne Golfplätze, und mehrere Bars, Cocktail-Lounges und Nachtleben.
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