LAS VEGAS (Май 1, 2017) – The Премиер боксови Champions series will follow a very busy April with an extremely exciting month of May. The slate of shows will run the weight spectrum from featherweight to super middleweight.

“The Premier Boxing Champions series schedule for May has a slate of shows where several boxers get an opportunity to step up to world title matches,” - каза Тим Смит, Vice President of Communications for Haymon Sports. “With so much on the line those kinds of challenges typically lead to action-packed, fan-friendly matches.”

Kicking off the month is a thrilling 10-round lightweight clash between Иван Redkach (20-2-1, 16 Нокаута) и бивш световен шампион Архенис Mendez (23-5-1, 12 Нокаута) на Палеца до петите вторник на FS1 и Боксови Champions on FOX Deportes from the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, Калифорния Май 2. Телевизионно покритие започва в9 p.m. И/6 p.m. PT.

The show will be staged by featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz’s Last Round Promotions, and will include an 8-round junior featherweight match between Brandon Фигероа и Luis Saavedra and a 6-round bantamweight match between Antonio Santa Cruz и Arturo Torres. The show will be a family affair as Brandon Figueroa is the younger brother of Omar Figueroa and Antonio is the cousin of Leo Santa Cruz.

David Benavidez (17-0, 16 Нокаута), an ascending star, ще се срещне с бившия претендент за световната титла Рохелио “тлъст” Медина (37-7, 31 Нокаута) in a super middleweight title elimination match from Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas на Май 20. Benavidez will face the toughest test of his career against Medina, a veteran who has already fought for a world title. The winner will get a shot at the 168-pound world champion.

Телевизионно покритие ще започне в 10 p.m. И/7 p.m. PT with unbeaten 126-pound contender Jorge Lara (28-0-2, 20 Нокаута) taking on hard-hitting brawler Mario Briones (28-5-2, 22 Нокаута) in a 10-round featherweight match.

Unbeaten top welterweight star Ерол Спенс, Jr. (21-0, 19 Нокаута) will travel from his home in Desoto, Texas to take on Кел Brook (36-1, 25 Нокаута) in his hometown at Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, England in a Premier Boxing Championship match on SHOWTIME.

In other non-PBC matches of interest to boxing fans in the month of May, Gervonta Davis (17-0, 18 Нокаута) will defend his 130-pound world title against No. 1 претендент Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 Нокаута) from Copper Box Arena in London, England on SHOWTIME on Май 20.

On the same night Гари Ръсел, Jr. (21-1, 16 Нокаута) will defend his 126-pound world title against Oscar Escandón (25-2, 17 Нокаута) at MGM National Harbor outside Washington D.C. на SHOWTIME. В съвместно функцията Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 Нокаута) ще се срещне Jose Uzcategui(26-1, 22 Нокаута) for the vacant 168-pound championship. Допълнително,Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Нокаута) лица Кирил Relikh (21-1, 19 Нокаута) in a lightweight world title eliminator.