A batalha TITO ACOSTA vs. CARLOS BUITRAGO Campeonato Mundial de Pesos leves da WBO Sábado, Junho 16, 2018 Coliseu de Porto Rico * Hato Rey, Puerto Rico LIVE ON PPV – 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT

ESTE SÁBADO “A batalha” live on PPV from Puerto Rico Tito Acosta (L) defends his WBO light flyweight title vs. 4-time world title challenger Carlos Buitrago

 

 

SÃO JOÃO, Puerto Rico (Junho 13, 2018) – O final “A batalha” press conference was held today in advance of this Saturday’s pay-per-view card, headlined by the 12-round main event between World Boxing Organization (WBO) Light Flyweight World Champion Tito Acosta (17-1, 17 KOs) e challenger Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago (30-3-1, 17 KOs), airing live on PPV from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico,

 

A batalha: Acosta vs. Buitrago é apresentado por Miguel Cotto Promotions, e H2 Entertainment, em associação com a DIRECTV Porto Rico.

 

 

 

Integrated Sports Media is distributing the A batalha: Acosta vs. Buitrago cartão nos Estados Unidos em cabo, por satélite e pay-per-view digitais através na demanda, Vubiquity, DIRECTV, PRATO e transmissão ao vivo em todo o mundo (excluding Puerto Rico.on the FITE.TV aplicativo e site (www.fite.tv), a partir de 9 p.m. E / 6 p.m. PT, por um preço de varejo sugerido de apenas $34.95.

 

CITAÇÕES CONFERÊNCIA DE IMPRENSA

 

Tito Acosta: “I am very excited about this Saturday night’s fight. I’ve been training really hard to get a big win over Buitrago. I only have one thing to tell him about Saturday: he will fail to capture the title and I will remain as a world champion in front of all my fans in Puerto Rico.”

 

Carlos Buitrago: “I feel healthy and strong. I had a very intense camp I came here with my mind clear and focus with my dream of becoming a world champion this victory is for my country of Nicaragua”

 

 

PPV BOUT SHEET

 

MAIN EVENT – WBO JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (12)

Tito Acosta (17-1, 17 KOs), Campeão, San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

 

vs.

Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago (30-3-1, 17 KOs), Desafiador, Managua, Nicarágua

CO-CARACTERÍSTICA – JUNIOR welterweights (8)

Kevin Nieves (12-1-1, 5 KOs), Comerio, Puerto Tico

 

 

vs.

Jean C. “Lobo” Torres (10-0, 7 KOs), Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico

Pesos penas (8)

Bryan Chevalier (9-1-1, 8 KOs), Bayamon, Puerto Rico

 

 

vs.

 

 

Ricardo Rodriguez (10-2-1, 6 KOs), Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

SUPER FEATHERIGHTS (6)

 

Edwin “Chin” Valentin (4-0, 4 KOs), Salinas, Puerto Rico

 

 

vs.

 

 

Pedro Vincente (5-1, 2 KOs), Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

(todas as lutas & lutadores sujeitas a alterações).

 

 

PROMO VIDEO:

 

 

 

ENGLISH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8RaZf6ncdk&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

SPANISH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ksMNm_S7g&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

INFORMAÇÕES:

 

 

 

www.promocionesmiguelcotto, www.integratedsportsnet.com, www.directvpr.com, www.fite.tv

 

 

 

Chilro: @CottoPromotions, @Directvpr, @IntegratedPPV, @FiteTV

A Organização Mundial de Boxe (WBO) announced the officials for this Saturday, Junho 16, clash between WBO Jr. Flyweight Champion, Angel ‘Tito’ Acosta, a partir de Puerto Rico, and ranked No. 10 by this sanctioning body Carlos ‘Chocorroncito’ Buitrago, from Nicaragua, num programada 12 rounds bout.

 

 

 

The world title match will take place at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan as the main event of a boxing evening presented by the Cotto Promotions. The Puerto Rican Luis Pabón will be the referee of the clash. Pabón is a veteran of over 400 professional boxing fights, Incluindo 168 world titles bouts.

 

 

 

The Coliseo de Puerto Rico, was the scene of Miguel Cotto’s first world championship, when the today’s promoter was crowned WBO Jr. Welterwweight Champion on September 11, 2004 after defeating Kelson Pinto, do Brasil, by technical knockout in the sixth round.

 

 

 

Puerto Rican Jerry Martinez of Guaynabo and from the United States, Rocky Young, da flórida, and William Lerch, de Illinois, were appointed judges for the bout. The WBO Supervisor will be WBO President of the Classifications Committee Edgardo López Sasso, Esq.

 

 

 

For Acosta (17-1-1, 17 KOs), it will be his first world title defense of the title he won last December by knocking out Mexican Juan ‘Pinky’ Alejo in the tenth round. Por seu lado, Buitrago (30-3-1, 17 KOs) has held the WBO Youth and Latino Mini Flyweight titles.