的ShoBox: THE NEW GENERATIONCELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY WITH FOUR-FIGHT TELECAST ON FRIDAY, JULY 22, 住在SHOWTIME®

World-Ranked Adam Lopez Risks Perfect Record Against
Roman Reynoso In Main Event Live
10 P.M. AND/PT

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纽约 (六月 29, 2016) – The popular, prospect-orientated boxing series, 的ShoBox: 新一代 celebrates its 15th anniversary with a quadrupleheader on 星期五, 七月 22, 住在 开演时间 (10 P.M. AND/PT, 延迟在西海岸) 从 康州快活大赌场Mashantucket, 康涅狄格州.

 

在10轮的主要事件, undefeated top 10-ranked 亚当“黄油”洛佩兹 (15-0, 7 科斯) of Phoenix faces Roman Ruben Reynoso (18-1-1, 7 科斯) of Argentina in a bantamweight bout. Super middleweights 罗纳德·埃利斯 (12-0-1, 10 科斯) of Lynn., 质量。, 和 朱利叶斯·杰克逊 (19-1, 15 科斯) 圣. 托马斯, 英属维尔京群岛, will collide in the eight-round co-feature.

 

两个八圆场将轮出四拼转播. O'Shaquie福斯特 (10-1, 7 科斯), 奥兰治, 得克萨斯州, 会见 罗兰Chinea (12-1-1, 6 科斯), 兰开斯特, 佩恩。, in a featherweight scrap and undefeatedKhiary灰色皮茨 (13-0, 10 科斯), 伍斯特, 质量。, will be opposed by fellow unbeaten Ismael Garcia (10-0, 4 科斯), 葡萄园的, 新泽西州, by way of Pahokee, 佛罗里达州。, in the super welterweight opener.

 

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Since its premiere on July 21, 2001, 67 boxers who’ve appeared on的ShoBox went on to become world champions; the most recent,拉奥肖·沃伦. An additional 75 fighters who appeared on 的ShoBoxhave fought for a world title.

 

Testament to the 的ShoBox mission statement and to the competitiveness of the fights – prospects are matched against their toughest opposition to date – 150 fighters have suffered their first loss on the developmental series.

 

洛佩兹, Ellis and Foster fought on GH3’s 二月. 19 的ShoBox at Atlantic City. Lopez and Foster triumphed; Ellis boxed a draw.

 

Adam Lopez vs. Roman Ruben Reynoso: 10-round bantamweight bout

The steadily improving Lopez, now trained by Houston-based 罗尼盾, will be making his fourth 的ShoBox start since March 2015. In his first three, he defeated previously unbeaten prospects (combined record: 44-0-2) on each occasion.

 

最后 二月. 19, 5英尺7英寸, 25-year-old Lopez captured a career-best, highly competitive 10-round decision over 马里奥·穆尼奥斯 (16-0-1) 墨西哥. Lopez survived a nasty cut over his right eye to win by the scores of 98-92 两次, 97-93. In his other fights on 的ShoBox, Lopez won a (then personal-best) 10-round majority decision over DominicanEliecer阿基诺 (17-0-1) 七月 17, 2015, and by second-round knockout over 巴勃罗·克鲁兹 (11-0) 三月 13, 2015.

 

Regarding his upcoming fight against Reynoso, 洛佩斯说,, “Everything is good. I’m starting to turn up my sparring. I have switched trainers to 罗尼盾 在休斯顿. I see a lot of improvement since my last fight.

 

“Reynoso is a good fighter from Argentina. He is in Canada now, so I am sure he is getting good sparring there. He is kind of wild, but guys like that are hard to fight because you don’t know where the punches are coming from, but we will be prepared for anything.”

 

Born in Phoenix and raised in Los Angeles, Lopez moved to San Antonio at 15. 他去 125-23 in the amateurs and won six national championships before turning pro at 21 in February 2012.

The 25-year-old Reynoso brings a 10-fight winning streak into his United States and 的ShoBox 登场. A five-year pro, the South American lightweight champion fought his initial 18 fights in Buenos Aires before winning his last fight and lone start this year on a decision over Cristian Arrazola 最后 五月 20 在加拿大. Reynoso’s lone defeat came in his fourth fight.

 

“Everything is going well in training camp,’’ Reynoso said. “We know that Lopez is tall for 122 pounds and he has good hand speed. He has a good name and we will try to learn more in the next few weeks.

 

“This is a big opportunity for us and we will do our best. This is a big fight and we know we have to win. 以胜利, we would hope to get a world title opportunity.’’

 

罗纳德·埃利斯VS. 朱利叶斯·杰克逊: Eight-round middleweight bout

Ellis gets an immediate opportunity to regain his winning ways after taking a sizeable jump up in class and boxing an eight-round draw with hard-hitting 杰里奥多姆 在他的 二月. 19 的ShoBox 登场. A spirited, close contest throughout was scored 78-74 对于埃利斯和 76-76 一块. The draw snapped a four-fight-knockout streak for Ellis, who’s won all 10 of his knockouts inside two rounds (八中第一) 自从转入职业 2011.

 

“This is going to be another coming out party for me,’’ the 5-foot-11, 25-year-old Ellis said. “The last fight was a draw. I had some problems with my hand, but I’m back and this is a step for me. Hopefully he comes to fight. I hope he brings it 100 percent because I am bringing 200 百分.

 

“I am glad to be on 的ShoBox 再次. I showed the fans a little bit in my last fight. They can expect the same thing but a little bit more on 七月 22.''

 

Jackson is making his second 的ShoBox 开始. In his debut – and initial go in the U.S. – the older brother of 约翰· and son of former two-division world champion 朱利安“鹰”杰克逊 registered two knockdowns en-route to a ninth-round TKO over Jonathan Nelson (19-2, 10 科斯) 12月. 20, 2014.

 

Much like Ellis, Jackson is also getting a quick-fix chance to redeem himself and get back on the winning track. 但, unlike Ellis, 杰克逊 丢失的他最近的战斗. His perfect record and 19-fight winning streak ended when he lost by second-round TKO to now top-rated super middleweight contender 何塞Uzcategui 最后 十月. 6.

 

“I’m looking to redeem myself and come out with a win,’’ said the 6-foot-2 Jackson, 谁转 29 上 八月. 1. “This is my second 的ShoBox fight and I’m excited to get back to let the world see my talent. I’m getting better, my training has been good. I expect to be in with another really good fighter. It should be a great fight.’’

 

一 2008 Olympian for the Virgin Islands and a pro since January 2009, Jackson is fighting for the third time in a row in the U.S.

 

O’Shaquie Foster vs. 罗兰Chinea: Eight-round featherweight bout

O'Shaquie (pronounced “oh-SHACK-ee”) Foster is making his third appearance on 的ShoBox. 最后 二月. 19, he began to live up to expectations when he rebounded from a sub-standard performance in his 的ShoBox 登场 (an eight-round decision loss to 塞缪尔·佘 十一月 2015) to register a seventh-round TKO over previously undefeated Lavisas威廉姆斯 (8-0-1).

 

培育, 22, dropped southpaw Williams four times – in the second, 第三, 第四和第七轮. 该击倒的三出现从推导致, 但威廉姆斯的手套感动了,他们走进了书籍击倒每次画布. 在第七最终击倒后, 战斗被停止 52 秒到圆.

 

“Everything is going good,“”福斯特说. “I’ve been doing a lot of conditioning. 我正处于一生中最好的状态. Chinea has a good jab and I know he will be in a good shape.

“Ever since I moved to Virginia to train, my conditioning, mentality and confidence has gone way up and that was the difference from my first fight to my last fight on 的ShoBox. 上 七月 22, I will be even that much better.’’

 

A highly decorated amateur standout, 5英尺8.5英寸福斯特晋级 2012 中美. Olympic Trials where he lost to unbeaten pro prospect, 约瑟夫· “乔 - 乔”迪亚兹. 在此之前,, 福斯特是一个 2010 PAL全国冠军, 五时马戏团全国冠军和两次全国少年金手套冠军.

Chinea, a 5-foot-8, 25-岁, 正在他 的ShoBox 登场. After going pro in November 2011, 他去 10-0-1 before losing an eight-round decision to 伊斯梅尔Muwenda 四月 2015. He’s won two straight since, including a six-round decision over previously undefeatedLadarius米勒 (然后 9-0) 在他的最后一战 二月. 16.

“I treat every opponent the same,’’ Chinea. “I give everything I got and I leave it all in the ring. I know Foster was a good amateur. I know he can box and I know he has some pop.

 

“This is the moment I’ve dreamed about since I started boxing at 14. My main goal is to tune out the crowd and win. I want to be a main event fighter on SHOWTIME and this is the first step.’’

Khiary Gray-Pitts vs. Ismael Garcia: Eight-round super welterweight bout

灰皮茨, 23, will be boxing on 的ShoBox 首次. Ambidextrous with quick hands and feet, Gray-Pitts turned pro in June 2014. He fought three times that year, eight times in 2015 (8-0, 8 科斯, seven in the first, one in the second) and this will be his third fight in 2016.

 

我听他谈论瑞恩,’’ Gray-Pitts said. “Now I get to showcase my skillset to the whole world. It’s something I’ve been waiting for. There’s still more that people haven’t seen yet when it comes to me. Now I get to see what I have the ability to do. I’m able to block [人群] out.

 

“The more pressure there is, the more relaxed I am. I don’t know a lot about my opponent, but it doesn’t matter as long as I go in there and get done what I need to get done.”

 

The 5-foot-9 Gray-Pitts is coming off a second-round knockout overQuinton Willis 最后 五月 13. 在他之前的最后一次郊游, the previous 二月. 19, won a 10-round decision over 爱德华多·弗洛雷斯.

 

加西亚, 29, has fought sporadically since turning pro in March 2010, although he’s been more active in the last 14 个月. He fought in May and October in 2015 and won his one start this year on a six-round split decision over Carlos Garcia 最后 三月 18. Garcia’s initial seven fights took place in Atlantic City, the last three in Philadelphia.

“It is my television debut, and everything we have been working on in my first 10 fights we will put together for this fight,’’ Garcia said. “This is SHOWTIME. Being on 的ShoBox is a long time coming for me. It’s what I’ve dreamed about since I started boxing. It’s his TV debut as well so I know he will be on top of his game. We will be preparing 100 percent for that and then some.

 

“I have seen a little of Gray-Pitts on tape. This will be my toughest test, as I will be his toughest test. When you have 13-0 战斗 10-0, it will be a good fight.’’

 

巴里·汤普金斯 将调用 的ShoBox 从马戏团的行动 史蒂夫Farhood 和前世界冠军 劳尔·马尔克斯 will serve as expert analysts. 执行制片人 戈登·霍尔 丰富的高根 生产和 里克·菲利普斯 导演.

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