Eimantas Stanionis Forced to Withdraw From Previously Scheduled Bout Due to Hand Injury
PBC Prelims on FS2 & FOX Deportes to Feature Puerto Rican Olympian Carlos Negron Battling Daniel Martz in Heavyweight Action, Cruiserweight Showdown Between Unbeaten Efe Apochi & Earl Newman & Welterweight Prospect Amon Rashidi Stepping into the Ring – 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT
BILOXI, SIGNORINA. (Maggio 6, 2019) – Pesi massimi leggeri contendente Ahmed Elbiali si daranno battaglia Marlos Simões in a 10-round showdown as part of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes action Saturday, Maggio 25 from Beau Rivage Resort Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Elbiali will replace the previously scheduled bout featuring Eimantas Stanionis, as Stanionis was forced to withdraw because of a hand injury suffered in training.
PBC su FS1 e FOX Deportes inizia alle 8 p.m. ET / 5 pm. PT ed è intitolato dall'ex campione dei pesi super welter Austin “Senza Dubbio” Trota tornando sul ring per affrontare l'ex sfidante del titolo Terrell Gausha in una battaglia di 10 round super welter.
PBC Prelims on FS2 and FOX Deportes will begin at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT and be headlined by Puerto Rican Olympian Carlos Negron assumendo Daniel Martz in an eight or 10-round heavyweight match and top prospect amon Rashidi competing in a four or six-round welterweight attraction. Prelims will also feature in the opening bout hard hitting cruiserweights as undefeated Efe Apochi steps in against Earl Newman for an eight round matchup.
I biglietti per l'evento, che è promossa da Promozioni TGB, sono in vendita ora e possono essere acquistati al botteghino del Beau Rivage Theatre e tramite Ticketmaster.
The 28-year-old Elbiali (18-1, 15 KO) is coming off an exciting third round knockout victory over Allan Green on Jan. 13 su FS1. Elbiali, un egiziano-americano che vive a Miami, Florida, knocked down Green in all three rounds before scoring the victory. It was his second straight victory by knockout – the other coming against Zoltan Sera last June 10 – since losing the first fight of his career against former world champion Jean Pascal in 2017. Simões (13-1-2, 5 KO) is coming a stoppage victory over Jefferson Luis De Sousa in December. The 30-year-old of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil suffered the only loss of his career against Manuel Ceballos last June.
After representing his native Puerto Rico at the 2008 Olimpiadi, Negron (20-2, 16 KO) was unbeaten in his first 13 lotte pro. Now residing in Miami, the 32-year-old carried a seven-fight winning streak before losing to Dominic Breazeale in December on FOX. He will look to bounce back in his 2019 debutto il Maggio 25. Negron will face Clarksburg, West Virginia’s Martz (18-6-1, 15 KO), who enters this contest the winner of his last two and three of his last four outings. The 28-year-old lost to Luis Ortiz in December 2017 su FS1.
Rashidi (6-0, 4 KO), who was born in Dallas, Texas and now lives in Desoto, is coming off an exciting TKO victory over Gabriel Gutierrez at AT&T Stadium on March 16. The 26-year-old is unbeaten since turning pro in 2015 and has scored knockouts in three of his last four fights.
An accomplished amateur from Nigeria, Apochi (7-0, 7 KO) turned pro in the U.S. in 2017 and has racked up knockouts in each fight since. The 31-year-old trains in Houston and scored more four knockouts in 2018 before making his 2019 debut in February and stopping Raymond Ochieng.
A former New York Golden Gloves Champion, Newman (10-1-1, 7 KO) will look to rebound from a decision loss to Lionell Thompson that came after fighting Paul Parker to a draw on FS1 in 2017. The 27-year-old from Brooklyn was unbeaten in his first 10 pro fights after turning pro in 2014.
In non-televised action Ghanaian super middleweight Habib Ahmed (26-1-1, 18 KO) meets Colombia’s Juan De Angel (21-10-1, 19 KO) in un incontro otto round, Orlando diAntonio Tarver, Jr. (5-0, 4 KO) battles Milwaukee’s Thomas Hill (8-2, 1 KO) in an eight round middleweight match and Burlington, North Carolina welterweight Willie Jones (7-1, 4 KO) takes on Garden Grove, California di Lucas Santa Maria (9-1, 7 KO) in an eight-round attraction.
Also in action are undefeated Atlanta light heavyweight Brandon Glanton (8-0, 7 KO) in a six round match and Chicago’s Shawn Simpson (9-0, 3 KO) looking to keep his unbeaten streak alive in a six or eight round bantamweight bout. A duo of undefeated Dallas, Texas boxers battle in separate bouts as Burley Brooks (2-0, 2 KO) fights in a four-round super middleweight match and Fernando Garcia (12-0, 7 KO) fights in an eight-round featherweight bout.
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