Cumartesi, Ocak 14 Brooklyn Barclays Center
Daha! Undefeated Rising Middleweight Contenders
Ievgen Khytrov & Immanuwel Aleem Collide in Action
Başlayarak 7 um. VE/ PT
BROOKLYN (Aralık 2, 2016) – Junior featherweight world champion and Brooklyn-native Amanda “The Real Deal” 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 Cumartesi, Ocak 14, canlı SHOWTIME EXTREME Brooklyn Barclays Center.
NOT: 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 um. VE/PT ve özellikler Ievgen Khytrov (14-0, 12 KOs) mücadele Immanuel Aleem(16-0-1, 9 KOs) in a 10-round matchup of undefeated rising contenders for the WBC Middleweight Silver belt.
The Ocak 14 event features a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® doubleheader headlined by the super middleweight world championship unification showdown between Badou Jack ve James DeGale. Televised coverage on SHOWTIME® başlar 9:30 um. VE/6:30 um. 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.
Canlı etkinlik için biletler, which is promoted by Mayweather Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, başlamak $25. Tickets are available now and can be purchased online by visiting www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com veya arayarak 1-800-745-3000. Biletler Barclays Center'da American Express Box Office da mevcuttur. Grup indirimleri 844-BKLYN-GP arayarak ulaşabilirsiniz.
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, yığılıyor bir 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. Içinde 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, Meksika, 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. O zamandan beri, 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: Yeni Nesil.
East Meadow doğumlu, New York and fighting out of Richmond, Virjinya, Aleem was introduced to boxing at a young age by his parents. Içinde pro dönüm yana 2012 yaşta 18, the 23-year-old has wiped out all of the competition in front of him. Içinde 2015, he dominated Emmanuel Sanchez, David Toribio, Oscar Riojas and Carlos Galvan before defeating once-beaten Jonathan Cepeda in April. Onun son bout, he boxed a draw with once-beaten prospect Demond Nicholson. He will look to take advantage of another big opportunity on Ocak 14.
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