Jumamosi, Januari 14 kutoka Kituo cha Barclays katika Brooklyn
Zaidi! Undefeated Rising Middleweight Contenders
Ievgen Khytrov & Immanuwel Aleem Collide in Action
Kuanzia saa 7 p.m. NA/ PT
BROOKLYN (Desemba 2, 2016) – Junior featherweight world champion and Brooklyn-native Amanda "Mpango Real" Serrano (30-1-1, 23 Kos) is set to battle former two-division world champion Yazmin Rivas (35-9-1, 10 Kos) in the first nationally televised women’s world title bout in nearly a decade on Jumamosi, Januari 14, kuishi juu ya Showtime SANA kutoka Kituo cha Barclays katika Brooklyn.
NOTE: The last nationally televised female world title fight was Mary Jo Saunders vs. Valerie Mahfood on March 30, 2007 (ESPN2).
The SHOWTIME EXTREME telecast begins at 7 p.m. NA/PT and features Ievgen Khytrov (14-0, 12 Kos) wakipambana Immanuel Aleem(16-0-1, 9 Kos) in a 10-round matchup of undefeated rising contenders for the WBC Middleweight Silver belt.
The Januari 14 event features a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® doubleheader headlined by the super middleweight world championship unification showdown between Badou Jack na James DeGale. Televised coverage on SHOWTIME® huanza saa 9:30 p.m. NA/6:30 p.m. PT with super featherweight world champion Jose Pedraza taking on undefeated contender Gervonta Davis.
Serrano, the WBO 122-pound titlist, and Rivas, the WBC International champion at super bantamweight, will fight for the WBO title and the prestigious WBC Diamond championship in a bout that promises intense action from start to finish. The addition of Serrano means that the card will feature Puerto Rico’s only two world champions, Serrano and Pedraza.
Tiketi kwa ajili ya tukio kuishi, which is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, kuanza saa $25. Tickets are available now and can be purchased online by visiting www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com au kwa kupiga 1-800-745-3000. Tiketi zinapatikana pia katika American Express Box Ofisi katika Barclays Center. Group punguzo zinapatikana kwa kupiga 844-BKLYN-GP.
Raised in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, Serrano gravitated toward boxing from watching her older sister Cindy, also a professional fighter. She picked the sport up quickly, amassing 9-1 record during a brief amateur career in which she won the New York Golden Gloves title in 2008. The 27-year-old would go on to fight all over the world, seizing her first world title in 2011 when she defeated Kimberly Connor to grab a super featherweight belt. Katika 2014, she went to Argentina and defeated Maria Elena Maderna to become a world champion at lightweight. Her world title climb continued in February when she stopped Olivia Gerula in the first round to capture her featherweight championship. She made her Barclays Center debut in July with a first-round stoppage of Calixta Silgado before earning another victory in the first round when she stopped Alexandra Lazar to pick up a vacant junior featherweight world title.
A 28-year-old out of Torreon, Mexico, Rivas picked up her WBC International title in her last bout, a decision victory over Jessica Gonzalez. Rivas had previously successfully defended her bantamweight world title four times after winning the belt against Alesia Graf in 2014. Her prior run as a bantamweight champion lasted for five defenses after she defeated previously unbeaten Susie Ramadan to win that belt. These extended championship runs came after she became a flyweight world champion in 2005 by defeating Lucia Avalos.
An Olympian who represented his native Ukraine, Khytrov also won an Amateur World Championship before turning pro in 2013. Tangu wakati huo, the 28-year-old has dominated on his way to stopping contenders Josh Luteran and Nick Brinson and previously unbeaten fighters Maurice Louishomme and Aaron Coley. Khytrov, who trains out of Brooklyn, won an entertaining ninth-round knockout over Paul Mendez in his last start this past July. Khytrov has fought three times previously on ShoBox: Generation New.
Alizaliwa mwaka East Meadow, New York and fighting out of Richmond, Virginia, Aleem was introduced to boxing at a young age by his parents. Tangu kugeuka pro katika 2012 akiwa na umri 18, the 23-year-old has wiped out all of the competition in front of him. Katika 2015, he dominated Emmanuel Sanchez, David Toribio, Oscar Riojas and Carlos Galvan before defeating once-beaten Jonathan Cepeda in April. Katika bout yake ya mwisho, he boxed a draw with once-beaten prospect Demond Nicholson. He will look to take advantage of another big opportunity on Januari 14.
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