WBA Super Featherweight Champion Gervonta Davis Battles Former Champion Hugo Ruiz In SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Main Event Presented By Premier Boxing Champions
Carson, California. (Lub ob hlis ntuj 4, 2019) – Unbeaten Super Featherweight Xavier Martinez will clash with Colombia’s Deivi Bassa and lightweight contender Ladarius Miller is set to battle Daulius Prescott in non-televised undercard action on Saturday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 9 from Dignity Health Sports Park, formerly StubHub Center, nyob rau hauv Carson, California.
The main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader features unbeaten WBA Super Featherweight Champion Gervonta Davis defending his title against former world champion Hugo Ruiz in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
The unbeaten Martinez (12-0, 8 Kos) has stopped his last four opponents, including a technical knockout victory over Oscar Bravo in his last fight in September. The 21-year-old from Sacramento, California. will be looking to do the same when he steps in for a 10-round bout against Bassa (20-7, 12 Kos), a 37-year-old southpaw from Monteira, Colombia. Bassa is looking to rebound from a unanimous decision loss to Jonathan Oquendo in his last fight in December.
Miller (18-1, 5 Kos) has used his boxing ability to make a steady climb up the lightweight ladder with impressive victories over Jamel Herring and Dennis Galarza. The 25-year-old, a southpaw who was born in Memphis and now lives in Las Vegas, is coming off a majority decision victory over Ricardo Garcia in his last fight in December. He is catching Barranquilla, Colombia’s Prescott (32-10, 24 Kos) as he is trying to rebound from a decision loss to Matt Conway in December.
In other non-televised undercard action undefeated featherweight Angelo Leo (15-0, 8 Kos) raws li Alberto Torres (11-1-3, 4 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib yim-round bout, unbeaten Jose Balderas (5-0) competes in a six-round super bantamweight fight against Jerrod Miner(1-3-2, 1 KO), flyweight Ava Knight (17-2-4, 5 Kos) yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv Luna del Mar Torroba(12-9-2, 2 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib yim-round match, Mexican lightweight Francisco Ochoa (13-0, 8 Kos) steps in against Luis May (21-11-1, 8 Kos) for a six-round bout and Maurice Lee(9-1-1, 5 Kos) ntsej muag Lennard Davis (4-1-4, 3 Kos) in a six-round super lightweight bout.
The fights continue with undefeated welterweight Emmanuel Medina (15-0, 9 Kos) tiv thaiv Carlos Velasquez (26-33-2, 16 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib yim-round bout, Lorenzo Simpson(1-0, 1 KO) lub rooj sib tham Jonell Christmas (0-1) in a four-round super middleweight bout and Genisis Libranza (17-1, 10 Kos) kev noj nyob Gilberto Mendoza (11-6-2, 4 Kos) in an eight-round super flyweight match.
Rounding out the night of action is undefeated Israel Luna kev noj nyob Angel Carvajal in a four-round super bantamweight match.
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ABOUT DAVIS VS. RUIZ
Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz pits the WBA Super Featherweight World ChampionDavis against the former world champion Ruiz in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, Lub ob hlis ntuj 9 from Dignity Health Sports Park, formerly StubHub Center, nyob rau hauv Carson, California and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT and features undefeated super lightweight Mario Barrios taking on Mexico’s Richard Zamora and former world champion Javier Fortuna battling lightweight contender Sharif Bogere.
The event is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, TGB Promotions and Sampson Boxing and tickets are sale now and can be purchased at AXS.com.
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