Больш! 2016 Olympian Karlos Balderas, Hugo Centeno, Малодшы. and Ivan Redkach Appear in Separate Matches in Non-Televised Action
WBA Featherweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz Defends Title Against Rafael Rivera in Main Event of Premier Boxing Champions on
FOX & FOX Sports
Лос-Анджэлес (Лютага 5, 2019) – Mexico’s Cesar Juarez battles former champion Ryosuka Iwasa of Japan in a 12-round IBF Super Bantamweight title elimination match and undefeated IBF Junior Flyweight Champion Carlos Licona of Mexico clashes with South Africa’s DeeJay Kriel in non-televised action presented by Premier Boxing Champions on Saturday, Лютага 16 at Microsoft Theater at L.A. Жыць у Лос-Анджэлесе.
Action will also see 2016 U.S. Алімпіец Karlos Balderas (6-0, 5 КО) in a special six-round lightweight attraction, former title challenger Hugo Centeno, Малодшы. (26-2, 14 КО) сустрэча Oscar Cortez (27-3, 14 КО) in an eight-round middleweight bout and Іван Redkach (21-4-1, 16 КО) dueling Tyrone Harris (26-13, 16 КО) in an eight-round welterweight match. The Balderas fight is a swing bout for the FOX and FOX Deportes telecast that will air live if time permits.
Квіткі на шоў, which is promoted by TGB Promotions and Ringstar Sports, ўжо ў продажы, and can be purchased at AXS.com.
Хуарэс (23-6, 17 КО) has worked his way back into title contention since losing to Isaac Dogboe in a super bantamweight championship match last January. The 27-year-old from Mexico City fought three more times in 2018, scoring two stoppage victories and a unanimous decision over Jorge Sanchez most recently in September.
Iwasa (25-3, 16 КО) won the IBF Super Bantamweight title with a TKO victory over Yukinori Oguni in 2017 and successfully defended it with a unanimous decision over Ernesto Saulong last March. The 29-year-old from Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan most recently lost the title by unanimous decision to T.J. Doheny in August.
Mexico’s Licona (14-0, 2 КО) was very busy in 2018, fighting four times and winning the IBF Junior Flyweight title with a split decision over Mark Anthony Barriga on December 1. The 23-year-old from Mexico City, Mexico will be making his first title defense against the 23-year-old Kriel (14-1-1, 6 КО). Fighting out of Johannesburg, ПАР, he will compete for the first time in the U.S. and is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Xolisa Magusha in March.
Non-televised undercard action also features unbeaten prospect Хасэ Гомес (11-0, 4 КО) абліцавальны Jorge Luis Guzman (5-2-1, 2 КО) у шэсць круглых вагавой бой, undefeated super featherweight prospect Jerry Perez (10-0, 7 КО) сустрэча Джон Беніцес (12-2, 4 КО) in a four round match and a six-round super featherweight clash between Neri Ariel Romero (11-0, 7 КО) і Roxberg Patrick Riley (13-1, 7 КО).
Rounding out the card is undefeated super lightweight prospect Julian Rodarte (14-0-1, 6 КО) competing against Мігель Мендоза (23-15-2, 22 КО) ў восем круглых матч, Philippine featherweight and former world champion Marlon Tapales (31-2, 14 КО) stepping in for a 10-round attraction and the pro debut of Shon Mondragon in a four-round super bantamweight fight.
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ABOUT SANTA CRUZ VS. RIVERA
Leo Santa Cruz vs. Rafael Rivera is a Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX
Deportes event that will see featherweight world champion Леў Санта-Крус набываць
У Мексіцы Рафаэль Рывэра in the main event Saturday, Лютага 16 from Microsoft Theater
at L.A. Жыць у Лос-Анджэлесе.
Тэлевізійны ахоп пачынаецца 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT and features unbeaten former champion Амар Фігероа барацьбу бесстаронні Джон Малін-малодшы. and a matchup between unbeaten prospects Sebastien Fundora і Donnie Marshall.
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