Unbeaten Three-Division World Champion Garcia Challenges Unbeaten Junior Welterweight World Champion Lipinets in SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Main Event
San Antonio, TX (Lub ib hlis ntuj 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, Lub peb hlis ntuj 10th. The Premier Boxing Champions event was set to take place on Lub ob hlis ntuj 10, but Garcia’s quest for a fourth world title had to be rescheduled following a training injury to Lipinets’ tes. 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. Daim pib no yog luv nqi ntawm $250, $150, $75, $50 thiab $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 Barthelemy kev noj nyob 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, California., returned to the ring after a two-and-half-year layoff in July 2016 tsis muaj ploj lawm ib tug khiav nrawm los siv ceev xwmphem qub yeej Elio Rojas. Garcia, uas tau tuav lub ntiaj teb no lub npe nyob rau ntawm lub 126, 130 thiab 135 phaus, tau nres 19 ntawm nws lub xeem 22 tw nrog rau Roman “Rocky” Martinez, Juan Manuel Lopez thiab Orlando Salido.
Nrog ib tug yeej, Garcia yuav ua xwb peb fighter nyob rau hauv niaj hnub yav dhau los ua tau zus ib ntawm 126, 130, 135 thiab 140-phaus, koom yav tom ntej Hall ntawm Famers Juan Manuel Marquez thiab Manny Pacquiao *.
Lub unbeaten Lipinets (13-0, 10 Kos) yuav ib tug super sib ntiaj teb no npe nyob rau hauv cia li nws 13th pro sib ntaus los ntawm defeating Akihiro Kondo ntawm ib tug unanimous kev txiav txim siab nyob rau hauv Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 4 on SHOWTIME. He is originally from Kazakhstan but moved to Russia when he was six years old. He currently lives in Beverly Hills, California, Lipinets and is trained by Buddy McGirt.
The 28-year-old moved up the 140-pound rankings with victories over then 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 thiab 140-phaus, although he did not win alphabet titles.
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