WILFREDO Vazquez JR. VS. RAFAEL Rivera
RAU KAUM-OB HLI 5, 2015 AT OSCEOLA CUAB YEEJ CUAB TAM COV TIAJ UA SI
NYOB RAU HAUV KISSIMMEE, IBCE NYOB RAU HBO® Latino
TSHIAB YORK, NY - Roc teb chaws kev ua si thiab Miguel Cotto Promotions yog txaus siab ncha moo lawv cov tom ntej co-qib raws li ib feem ntawm lub HBO Latino Boxing series. Rau Saturday, Dec. 5, yav tas los WBO Junior Featherweight ntiaj teb tau zus Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (24-1-5, 19 Kos) ntawm Bayamon, Puerto Rico yuav noj nyob rau hauv undefeated Rafael Rivera (20-0-2, 14 Kos) ntawm Tijuana, Mexico nyob rau hauv ib tug kaum-round featherweight showdown los ntawm lub Osceola cuab yeej cuab tam chaw ua si muaj Hall nyob rau hauv Kissimmee, Florida uas tawm hauv TV nyob rau HBO Latino pib ntawm 9:45 p.m. THIAB/PT.
Nyob rau hauv lub televised co-feature, Plua plav Hernandez-Harrison (28-0, 15 Kos) yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv Steve Claggett (23-1-3, 16 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug kaum-round welterweight co-featured bout. Qhib lub qhov HBO Latino telecast yuav ua tau ib tug kaum-round lub teeb heavyweight qaij featuring Colombian Slugger Alexander Hom (24-1, 19 Kos) thiab Lavxias teb sab knockout artist Medzhid Bektemir (16-0, 12 Kos) uas yog nyob rau hauv lub koom haum nrog Camponovo kev ua si thiab Gary Shaw Productions.
Daim pib no yog luv nqi ntawm $67 thiab $35. Daim pib mus muag Thursday, Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj 19 ntawm 12:00 PM ET thiab yuav muaj nyob rau ntawm www.ticketmaster.com thiabwww.ohpark.com. Mus rau nqi los ntawm lub xov tooj, hu Ticketmaster ntawm (800) 745-3000.
"Kuv zoo siab heev nrog kuv pab neeg thiab foom koob hmoov Vajtswv kom muaj lub sij hawm los mus ua li cas kuv ua zoo tshaj plaws uas yog sib ntaus,"Hais tias Vazquez Jr. "Kuv pom tau tias Rivera yog ib qho zoo heev fighter tab tom nrhiav kom mus deb nyob rau hauv no ua lag ua luam, tab sis kuv yuav los mus muab nws kuv tag nrho. Kuv yuav tsum tau kov yeej kev sib tw nyob rau hauv no thiaj li yuav tau nce rov qab mus rau ib tug xov tooj ib tug ntsuam xyuas thiab yeej lub ntiaj teb no title siv. Nws yog ib txwm exciting yuav tau ib feem ntawm no kuj zoo kawg ua yeeb ncuab ntawm Puerto Rico vs. Mexico thiab qhov no yog ib tug yuav tsis muaj kev zam. "
"Nws yog ib tug tiag tiag yawm yuav tsum tau mus tua ib tug qub lub ntiaj teb champion thiab yuav ua rau nws rau lub teb chaws TV nrog HBO Latino,"Hais tias Rivera. "Kuv tub ntxhais hluas thiab tshaib plab mus muaj kev vam meej nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv ntawm boxing thiab kuv yuav tsis tos mus pauv kev txhaj tshuaj nrog Papito Vazquez."
"Ib zaug ntxiv, Roc teb chaws kev ua si thiab Miguel Cotto Promotions cog lus rau muab kev sib ntaus kiv cua nrog ib tug nkaus packed hmo ntuj ntawm boxing nyobDec. 5,"Hais tias David Itskowitch, Hais nkwg Boxing, Roc teb chaws kev ua si. "Lub HBO Latino tawm yuav showcase peb exciting fights featuring ib co ntawm cov brightest hluas tej txuj ci nyob rau hauv kev ua si nawv."
"Peb yog zoo siab heev rov qab los rau Orlando, Florida muab tus kiv cua zoo fights,"Hais tias Hector Soto, Vice President ntawm Miguel Cotto Promotions. "Nyob rauDec. 5, Vazquez Jr. muaj lub sij hawm los qhia hais tias nws tseem muaj dab tsi nws yuav siv sij hawm yuav nyob rau hauv lub sab saum toj theem ntawm boxing thaum nws ntsej muag ib tug nyuaj Mexican fighter tias yog tshaib plab thiab kam ua ib tug yawm sib ntaus. Qhov no yuav ua tau ib lub sijhawm zoo tshooj nyob rau hauv lub storied kev ua yeeb ncuab ntawm Puerto Rico vs. Mexico. "
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. tau sawv ntawm lub loj tus duab ntxoov ntxoo ntawm nws txiv, Puerto Rican lus dab neeg Wilfredo Vazquez, yuav ua rau ib lub npe rau nws tus kheej hauv lub squared vajvoog. The 30-year-old former world champion from Bayamon is on a quest to capture a world title belt in the featherweight division. After storming out of the gates with an 18 sib ntaus sib tua unbeaten streak, Vazquez yog tej lub WBO junior featherweight lub ntiaj teb Championship los ntawm defeating ces khub unbeaten Marvin Sonsona ntawm ib tug thib plaub puag ncig knockout rau Lub ob hlis ntuj 27, 2010 nyob rau hauv nws hometown. Two successful title defenses followed before Vazquez lost his title to Three-Time World Champion Jorge Arce in an all-out war that the judges had a draw at the time of the twelfth round stoppage. Lwm lub ntiaj teb title sib tw tuaj tiv thaiv Rau-Lub sij hawm ntiaj teb tau zus ib Nonito Donaire rau Lub ob hlis ntuj 2, 2012, tab sis Vazquez tuaj luv luv, xa me nyuam rov ib tug split kev txiav txim siab rau tus tau zus ib. Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntau sib tw rau Lub rau hli ntuj 6,Vazquez poob ntawm ib tug sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab tiv thaiv Fernando Vargas nyob rau hauv ib yim-round bout ntawm Barclays Center nyob rau hauv Brooklyn rau lub undercard ntawm Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale. Dec. 5 yog ib tug yeej muaj tseeb tshuam sib ntaus rau lub qub lub ntiaj teb champion.
Undefeated featherweight boxer Rafael "Big Bang" Rivera ua nws pro debut rau Aril 27, 2012 tiv thaiv Mario Lemus thiab tuaj tawm nrog ib tug kev knockout yeej nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig. Txij thaum nqus nyob rau hauv ob ntawm nws tom ntej no plaub sib ntaus, Rivera tau reeled tawm 17 yeej nrog 12 ntawm lawv los ntawm txoj kev ntawm knockout. Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntaus, Rivera qhab nia ib yim puag ncig unanimous kev txiav txim siab yeej tiv thaiv Cancun, Mexico haiv neeg Ruben Garcia nyob rau hauv ib yim puag ncig bout ntawm Cache Creek Twv txiaj yuam pov Resort nyob rau hauv Brooks, California. Rau Dec. 5, Rivera yuav los nrhiav kev tuav rau nws undefeated cov ntaub ntawv thaum nws battles Vazquez Jr.
Washington, DC lub plua plav Hernandez-Harrison ua nws kev taw qhia raws li tus yau ntawv tso cai kev fighter nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States nyob rau hli ntuj 11, 2011, tsawg tshaj li ib lub hlis li nram no nws 17th hnub yug. Nees nkaum plaub ncaj yeej yuav ua raws li ua ntej Hernandez-Harrison headlined Roc teb chaws kev ua si 'inaugural zwm txwv boxing tshwm sim nyob rau Lub Tsev ua yeeb yam ntawm Madison Square nyob rau hauv ib tug sib ntaus tawm hauv TV los ntawm kev ua si hma liab 1 rau Lub ib hlis ntuj 9, 2015, capturing tus tsis muaj WBC Continental teb chaws Amelikas no Welterweight Championship nrog ib tug tseem ceeb kaum-round unanimous kev txiav txim siab kov yeej Tommy "Lub rab chais" Rainone. Txij thaum ntawd los, nws hais ntxiv nws yeej txoj kev, xeem peb ntau yeej, xws li ib tug thawj round knockout tshaj James Wayka nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntaus rau Cuaj hlis 26. Nyob rau hauv lub 5th ntawm Kaum Ob Hlis, nws mam li saib kom uas momentum yuav tiv thaiv tsis Steve Claggett.
Claggett (23-3-1), los ntawm Alberta, Canada, tuas cov Canada Kev Boxing Council welterweight title tshaj nws feem ntau tsis ntev los no sib ntaus tshaj Stuart McLennan nyob rau hauv ib tug thib peb puag ncig TKO thiab cov Canada Welterweight Title los ntawm nws yeej los ntawm sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab ua ntej lawm no xyoo tiv thaiv Tebor Brosch. Nws zoo tas nws winning xyoo, and Hernandez-Harrison’s unbeaten streak, rauDec. 5.
Bogota, Colombia haiv neeg Alexander Hom yog caij ib lub xya sib ntaus winning streak sib tam rov qab mus rau Lub Xya hli ntuj 2012. Uas streak los pib raws nws xwb kev yeej uas tuaj nyob rau lub ob txhais tes ntawm tam sim no ntiaj teb tau zus Badou Jack ntawm ib yim-round cais kev txiav txim siab rau lub Tsib Hlis 11, 2012. Txij li thaum uas sib ntaus, Hom twb dhau txhua txhua lub nplhaib xeem uas ya xim, notching xya sib law liag yeej. Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntau sib tw rau Lub yim hli ntuj 9, nws yeej Bernard Donfack los ntawm sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab. Nws ntsej muag lub sternest xeem ntawm nws kev ua hauj lwm rau Dec. 5 Thaum nws ntsej muag Bektemirov.
Yug nyob rau hauv Makhachkala, Russia, Medzhid Bektemirov pib txoj hauj lwm nyob rau hauv 2009 nyob rau hauv Houston Texas, qhov twg nws tam sim no nyob. Lub Undefeated Rustamov tus 16-0 cov ntaub ntawv muaj xws li 12 Kos. Nws tsis ntev los no tiv thaiv nyob rau hnub tim 18, 2015 ntawm lub University of Texas tiv thaiv Michael Gbenga, qhov twg nws yeej ib yim-round bout los ntawm sawv daws pom kev txiav txim siab. Nws zoo rau nyob twj ywm undefeated tiv thaiv Hom rau Dec. 5.
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. vs. Rafael Rivera, ib tug kaum-round featherweight bout, yuav siv sij hawm qhov chaw Saturday, Dec. 5 ntawm Osceola cuab yeej cuab tam chaw ua si muaj Hall nyob rau hauv Kissimmee, Florida thiab yuav tsum tawm hauv TV nyob rau HBO Latino. Lub sib ntaus yog hais los ntawm Roc teb chaws kev ua si thiab Miguel Cotto Promotions.
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