Más! 2016 Olímpico Karlos Balderas, Hugo Centeno, Jr. 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
ZORRO & FOX Deportes
LOS ANGELES (Febrero 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, Febrero 16 at Microsoft Theater at L.A. Vive en Los Ángeles.
Action will also see 2016 U.S. Olímpico Karlos Balderas (6-0, 5 KOs) in a special six-round lightweight attraction, ex retador Hugo Centeno, Jr. (26-2, 14 KOs) reunión Oscar Cortez (27-3, 14 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight bout and Ivan Redkach (21-4-1, 16 KOs) duelo Tyrone Harris (26-13, 16 KOs) 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.
Las entradas para el espectáculo, promovido por TGB Promotions y Ringstar Sports, están a la venta, y se puede comprar en AXS.com.
Juárez (23-6, 17 KOs) 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 KOs) 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 KOs) 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 KOs). Fighting out of Johannesburg, Sudáfrica, 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 José Gómez (11-0, 4 KOs) frente a Jorge Luis Guzman (5-2-1, 2 KOs) en una de seis asaltos súper pluma pelea, undefeated super featherweight prospect Jerry perez (10-0, 7 KOs) reunión John Benítez (12-2, 4 KOs) in a four round match and a six-round super featherweight clash between Neri Ariel Romero (11-0, 7 KOs) y Roxberg Patrick Riley (13-1, 7 KOs).
Rounding out the card is undefeated super lightweight prospect Julian Rodarte (14-0-1, 6 KOs) competing against Miguel Mendoza (23-15-2, 22 KOs) en un partido de ocho asaltos, Philippine featherweight and former world champion Marlon Tapales (31-2, 14 KOs) stepping in for a 10-round attraction and the pro debut of Shon Mondragón in a four-round super bantamweight fight.
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ACERCA DE 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 Leo Santa Cruz asumir
México de Rafael Rivera en el evento principal el sábado, Febrero 16 from Microsoft Theater
at L.A. Vive en Los Ángeles.
La cobertura televisada comienza en 8 p.m. ET / 5 pm. PT y cuenta con un ex campeón invicto Omar Figueroa lucha contundente John Molina Jr.. y un enfrentamiento entre prospectos invictos Sebastien Fundora y Donnie Marshall.
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