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. E/6 p.m. PT
Presented By Premier Boxing Champions Live At 9 p.m. E/6 p.m. PT
Billetes á venda Xoves, Abril 21 en 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 “Unha Vez” Thurman e ex-campión “Altura De Comezar” Shawn Porter,will come to Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, Xuño 25.
O Showtime Championship Boxing en CBS presentado por Premier Boxeo League (PBC) broadcast will begin with a co-main event featherweight battle between current champion Jesus Cuellar e ex-campión mundial tres divisións Abner Mares.
Os ingresos para o evento en directo, que é promovido pola DiBella Entertainment, comeza ás $25, non incluíndo taxas aplicables, e están á venda Xoves, Abril 21 en 10 a.m. Os billetes pódense mercar en liña, a visitar 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), de Bos Aires, Arxentina, 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 e 126 libras. 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,” dixo Lou DiBella, Presidente da 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,” dixo Brett Yormark, CEO of Brooklyn Sports & Diversión.
Plataforma de programación do Barclays Center BROOKLYN boxeo ™ é presentado pola AARP. PBC is sponsored by Corona, Finest Beer.
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