Unbeaten Three-Division World Champion Garcia Challenges Unbeaten Junior Welterweight World Champion Lipinets in SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Main Event
San Antonio, TX (Janairu 19, 2018) – The highly anticipated showdown between undefeated three-division world champion Mikey Garcia and IBF 140-pound champion Sergey Lipinets has been rescheduled for Saturday, Maris 10ga watan. The Premier Boxing Champions event was set to take place on 10th Fabrairu, but Garcia’s quest for a fourth world title had to be rescheduled following a training injury to Lipinets’ hannu. The fight will be live on SHOWTIME and will remain in San Antonio but move to the Freeman Coliseum.
Ticket information will be released early next week. Those holding tickets for the original date at the Alamodome will receive priority on seat exchange for the new venue. Tikiti an saka farashi a $250, $150, $75, $50 da kuma $20 and will be available at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 210 556-6390. The event is promoted by Ringstar Sports and TGB Promotions, in association with Leija-Battah Promotions.
The remainder of the card will remain the same including the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING co-feature, which will see two-division world champion Rances Barthélemy shan a kan Kiryl Relikh in a rematch of their thrilling fight last May, this time for the vacant WBA 140-pound world title. The doubleheader of title bouts in the wide-open 140-pound division sets the stage for a potential unification match.
The 29-year-old Garcia (37-0, 30 Kos), emphatically returned to pound-for-pound lists in 2017 by scoring a highlight reel knockout of Dejan Zlaticanin to win the WBC Lightweight World Championship in January and then dominating four-division champion Adrien Broner on his way to a unanimous decision in July. Garcia is a member of a renowned boxing family, and is noted for his sportsmanship and his commanding presence in the ring, honed by his brother and acclaimed trainer Robert Garcia.
Garcia, of Moreno Valley by way of Oxnard, Calif., returned to the ring after a two-and-half-year layoff in July 2016 without missing a beat by stopping former champion Elio Rojas. Garcia, who has held world titles at 126, 130 da kuma 135 fam, has stopped 19 da ya gabata 22 opponents including Roman “M” Martinez, Juan Manuel Lopez and Orlando Salido.
With a win, Garcia would become only the third fighter in modern history to become champion at 126, 130, 135 and 140-pounds, shiga nan gaba Hall of Famers Juan Manuel Marquez da Manny Pacquiao *.
A unbeaten Lipinets (13-0, 10 Kos) kama wani super hur duniya suna a cikin adalci ya 13ga watan pro yaki da fatattakar Akihiro Kondo via tsai da shawara a kan Nuwamba 4 a kan Showtime. Shi ne mai ban mamaki daga Kazakhstan, amma ya koma Rasha sa'ad da yake da shekara shida. Ya halin yanzu na zaune a cikin Beverly Hills, California, Lipinets da aka horar da aboki McGirt.
The 28-shekara koma sama da 140-laba martaba da cin nasarar yaki a kan sa'an nan unbeaten Haskell Rhodes, Levan Ghvamichava and Walter Castillo before knocking out Leonardo Zappavigna in a world title eliminator last December. Lipinets will look to stamp his place as an elite fighter when he takes on the accomplished and dangerous Garcia on March 10.
*Pacquiao won lineal championships at 126 and 140-pounds, although he did not win alphabet titles.
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