FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION JESUS CUELLAR BATTLES FORMER THREE-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION
ABNER MARES IN CO-MAIN EVENT
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS
Presented By Premier Boxing Champions Live At 9 p.m. I/6 p.m. PT
Presented By Premier Boxing Champions Live At 9 p.m. I/6 p.m. PT
Entrades a la venda Dijous, Abril 21 a 10 a.m.!
BROOKLYN (Abril 16, 2016) – An action-packed primetime doubleheader of world title fights, headlined by the explosive, eagerly-awaited clash between welterweight champion Keith “Una Vegada” Thurman i l'excampió “Temps De La Funció” Shawn Porter,will come to Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, Juny 25.
La SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING a CBS presented by Lliga de Campions de Boxa (PBC) broadcast will begin with a co-main event featherweight battle between current champion Jesús Cuellar i l'ex campió mundial en tres divisions Abner Mars.
Les entrades per a l'esdeveniment en viu, que és promogut per DiBella Entertainment, comença a $25, sense incloure càrrecs aplicables, i estan a la venda Dijous, Abril 21 a 10 a.m. Les entrades es poden adquirir en línia visitant www.ticketmaster.com,
Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs), of Clearwater, Fla., and Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs), of Las Vegas by way of Akron, Ohio, are both coming off superb 2015 campaigns that solidified the fresh faces among the elite of arguably boxing’s most exciting division. With perennial pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather now retired, the 27-year-old Thurman and the 28-year-old Porter are hungry to stake their claim as the future of boxing.
Cuellar (28-1, 21 KOs), of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will make the second defense of his WBA 126-pound title against Mares (29-2-1, 15 KOs), a popular brawler from Southern California who has compiled a staggering resume over the past five years while earning titles at 118, 122 i 126 lliura. Cuellar vs. Mares joins a stacked lineup of featherweight bouts that showcases many of the world’s best 126-pounders aiming to unifying one of boxing’s deepest divisions.
“Keith Thurman against Shawn Porter is one of the best matchups that can be made in the welterweight division right now,” va dir Lou DiBella, El president de DiBella Entertainment. “Fans in attendance at Barclays Center and those watching on CBS will witness a passing of the torch as the hard-punching world titleholder Thurman and the highly skilled former champion Porter vie to prove who will be the next heir to the throne in the post-Mayweather era of the 147-pound division. The explosive co-main event between Jesus Cuellar and Abner Mares will give fans a fight to remember.”
“Barclays Center has featured many memorable welterweight fights and the long-awaited Thurman vs. Porter matchup promises to become the best one yet,” va dir Brett Yormark, CEO of Brooklyn Sports & Entreteniment.
Plataforma de programació del Barclays Center BROOKLYN BOXA ™ és presentat per AARP. PBC is sponsored by Corona, La Cervesa Mas Fina.
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