Undefeated Cruiserweights Constantin Bejenaru & Stivens Bujaj Meet In Co-feature; Nephew of Former World Champion Popo Freitas, Vitor Jones Freitas Faces Manuel Mendez

Live på SHOWTIME på 10:30 p.m. OCH/PT

From Omega Products International Event Center in Corona, Calif.

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Philadelphia, PA./Corona CA. (Oktober. 25, 2016) – World ranked lightweight contender Xolisani Ndongeni and highly regarded featherweight prospect Ruben Villa will headline a terrific undercard on Friday night, November 4th at the Omega Products International Events Center in Corona, Kalifornien.

Ndongeni of East Cape, South Africa has a record of 21-0 med 11 knockouts and is ranked number-2 by the WBA.

Den 26 year-old will be making his American debut against Juan Garcia Mendez (19-1-1, 12 KO: s) över Mexicali, Mexico in a bout scheduled for ten-rounds.

Ndongeni turned professional in 2010 and is the IBO Lightweight champion and former South African Super Featherweight & Lätt mästare. Among his 21 wins is a win over former world champion Mzonke Fana. I sin sista match, Ndongeni scored a 1st round stoppage over Emilio Norfat on April 22nd in East London, South Africa.

Ndongeni is promoted is Rodney Berman’s Golden Gloves Promotions.

Mendez, 24 år gammal, är en 7 år professionell, and is on a five-fight winning streak. I sin sista match, Mendez stopped Roman Mendez in 1 runda på maj 29, 2015 in Mexicali, Mexiko.

Villa of Salinas, Kalifornien har ett register över 2-0 med 2 1st-round knockouts.

Den 19 year-old was a two-time National Golden Glove Champion, 2-time Jr. Olympics Champion, och 2015 Olympic Trials runner-up, and he holds two victories over 2016 Olympic silver medal winner Shakur Stevenson.

He turned professional on July 29th with a 1st round stoppage over Gerardo Molina. Villa followed that up with a first round stoppage over Jose Mora on September 23rd i Ontario, Kalifornien.

Villa’s opponent in the scheduled four-round bout will be announced shortly.

In a 4-round super flyweight bout, Danny Andujo (2-0, 1 KO) of Temcula, California will battle Joel Cano (0-3) of Ciudad, Mexiko.

Jonathan Esquivel of Anaheim, California will make his pro debut against an opponent to be named in a middleweight bout.

Tickets for the event promoted by Banner Promotions & Thompson, är prissatta på $100 (ringsiden), $70 (reserverad) och $50 (allmän antagning) och kan köpas genom att ringa (714) 935-0900.

Undefeated 2012 Olympic bronsmedaljör Terrass “Real Deal” Shelestyuk (14-0, 9 Kos) will face upset-minded Jaime Herrera in the 10-round welterweight main event of a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader on, leva på SHOWTIME på 10:30 p.m. OCH/PT (fördröjd på västkusten).

I co-funktionen, undefeated cruiserweights Constantin Bejenaru (11-0, 4 Kos, 0-1-1 i World Series of Boxing), of Catskill, NY by way of Moldova, och Stivens “Superman” Bujaj(16-0-1, 11 Kos), New York, will collide in a 10-rounder for the vacant WBC International and WBC Continental Americas titles.

I öppnings anfall av telecast, obesegrad lätta Vitor Jones Freitas (12-0, 1 ND, 6 Kos), of Salvador, Bahia, Brasilien, will be opposed by local fan favorite Manuel Mendez (12-1-2, 8 Kos), Indio, SÅSOM, in an 8-round bout. The 23-year-old Freitas is the nephew of popular former four-time world champion Acelino “Butt” Freitas.

Barry Tompkins will call the ShoBox action from ringside with Steve Farhood och tidigare världsmästare Raul Marquez portion som expertanalytiker. Den exekutiva producenten är Gordon Hall med Rich Gaughan producera och Rick Phillips riktande.