TITLE FIGHT SET FOR Sábado, Noviembre 19
En T-Mobile Arena en Las Vegas, NEVADA
Live presentado por HBO Pay-Per-View®
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (Octubre 14, 2016) - Rising Dallas, Texas boxing star and NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (21-0-2, 16 KOs) will defend his NABA junior welterweight title against Darleys Pérez (33-2-1, 21 KOs) in a ten-round bout on the televised undercard of Kovalev-Ward “Pound For Pound” on Sábado, Noviembre. 19 en T-Mobile Arena de Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9:00 p.m. Y/6:00 p.m. PT.
En su última aparición en Agosto 6, Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker captivated the crowd at Oracle Arena as the co-feature of Andre Ward vs. Alexander Brand. Hooker wasted no time outperforming Washington D.C.’s Tyrone Barnett, landing a flurry of punches before scoring a technical knockout at the 2:17 mark of the opening round to retain his NABO junior welterweight title. Hooker looks ahead to his next challenge, former WBA World Lightweight Champion Darleys Perez. Perez is coming off a Mayo 20 knockout victory over fellow Colombian Ubadel Soto, an impressive bounce back following a tough title defense loss to Anthony Crolla, the previous year. The veteran fighter, who resides and trains full-time in the U.S., will step up a weight class to meet Hooker.
“I want to thank my team at Maple Avenue Boxing Gym, Roc Nation Sports and HBO for giving me the opportunity to show the world a ‘Mighty Mo’ performance on the undercard of the ‘Fight of the Year’,”Dijo Hooker. “For my part, I promise to put on a show for the fans in Las Vegas and the Pay-Per-View audience at home. No one punches like me. It’s going to be lights out.”
Hooker added, “I will be dedicating this fight to Aaron Pyror, who passed away, earlier this week. I can’t think of a better way to honor ‘The Hawk’s’ legacy than with a big win. I look to be a world-class junior welterweight champion like him.”
“This is my chance get back into the limelight. I have fought all over the world and facing Maurice Hooker in Las Vegas on Noviembre 19 is perhaps my last chance to show that I have a lot left inside the ring and I plan to take full advantage of it because losing is not an option,” said Perez. “I will move up to the 140-pound division and I will be ready to challenge this young lion who has never fought a guy like me before. There will be fireworks in Las Vegas and I plan to go home a winner.”
“Not only is Kovalev-Ward the most anticipated fight in recent boxing history, with the addition of Hooker-Perez to the televised undercard – Noviembre. 19 is an evening that international sports fans simply cannot afford to miss,”Dijo el presidente de Roc Nation & Jefe de Branding y Estrategia Michael R. Yormark. “From our very first day in boxing, Roc Nation Sports has committed to making great fights and creating scintillating global events, and we are thrilled to work with Main Events to add this incredible matchup to the undercard, as ‘Mighty Mo’ Hooker puts his undefeated record on the line against the very talented Colombian Darleys Perez.”
“HBO is the pinnacle of pugilistic entertainment. We are very proud to have Maurice Hooker make both his Las Vegas and HBO Pay-Per-View debut on Noviembre 19,” said Arnie Verbeek, Hooker’s manager. “We have worked extremely hard to get to this point in his career and are thankful to Roc Nation Sports for believing in Maurice Hooker’s talent.”
Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (21-0-2, 16 KOs) nació y se crió en Oak Cliff, Texas, donde encontró un hogar de boxeo en Maple Avenue gimnasio de boxeo a través de un programa de divulgación para jóvenes en riesgo. Su talento natural pronto se dio cuenta de que resulta en él compitiendo como aficionado, tiempo durante el cual participó en más de 100 peleas, la compilación de un registro de 97 wins and only seven losses, con 67 victorias por la vía del nocaut. Hooker se convirtió en profesional de abril 29, 2011, teniendo en el mucho más experimentado Tyrone Chatman en el Teatro Orpheum de San. Louis. Después de cuatro rondas, los jueces vieron la pelea 40-36, 37-39 y 38-38, calling the fight a split draw. Sin inmutarse, en su próxima pelea de junio 24, 2014, Hooker anotó su primera victoria profesional, knocking out Wilbert Mitchell in the first round. once gana (ocho por nocaut) más tarde, tomó el invicto Abel Ramos de enero 17, 2014 en un combate que fue presentado por ShoBox del centro de convenciones Cook en Memphis. Después de ocho estrecha, reñidas rondas, los jueces vieron la pelea empate. Cuatro victorias por nocaut consecutivas seguirían antes de que asumiera el compañero de invicto prospecto Eduardo Galindo de junio 26, 2015 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas for the vacant NABO junior welterweight title. “Mighty Mo” no ha defraudado a su legión de fanáticos locales que lo vieron capturar el título con una sexta victoria por nocaut técnico. En octubre 17, 2015, Hooker defendió con éxito su título en el Madison Square Garden de Nueva York en contra de su rival más difícil hasta la fecha en Ghislain Maduma. La victoria por decisión en 10 asaltos entró en la cartelera de Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux y se presentó en “TDT” del evento, así como transmitido en línea en todo el mundo. “Mighty Mo” hizo su debut bajo la bandera Roc Nation Sports en la cartelera de Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera, en marzo pasado en el Oracle Arena en Oakland, California, donde aniquilado oponente Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas de Columbia en el primer asalto de un combate de peso welter junior a 10 asaltos por nocaut técnico. Hooker returned to Oracle Arena on Agosto 6 as the co-feature on the Ward-Brand undercard, defeating Tyrone Barnett of Washington, D.C., to remain the NABO Junior Welterweight Champion. Hooker is ready to step up to the challenge on Noviembre 19 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when he faces former WBA World Lightweight Champion Darleys Perez.
Follow Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker on Twitter @mightmohooker, @mauricemightymohooker Instagram y Facebook: www.facebook.com/mauricemightymohooker/.
Darleys Pérez (33-2-1, 21 KOs) is a celebrated Colombian boxer hailing from San Pedro de Uraba. Como amateur, con un registro de 82 victorias y 7 pérdidas, he captured the lightweight boxing gold medal at the 2006 South American games in Buenos Aries, Argentina, and was a contender at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, China. Perez made his professional debut on February 14, 2009, by way of knockout over fellow countryman Edwin Ortiz. 27 consecutive victories followed, earning Perez a shot at the interim WBA World lightweight title against undefeated Yuriorkis Gamboa at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada on June 8, 2013. In a closely-fought contest that went the distance, Gamboa prevailed, handing Perez his first career loss. Un año después, Perez received a second chance at the interim WBA World lightweight title, successfully scoring a unanimous decision over Argenis Lopez at the Sheraton Hotel in Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Perez was promoted to full titleholder status when the WBA stripped Richar Abril of the belt for twice failing to make title defenses. In the first of back-to-back defenses of the WBA World lightweight title on July 18, 2015, Perez topped hometown challenger Anthony Crolla with a majority decision draw at the Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom. In the rematch on November 21, 2015, again at Manchester Arena, Perez was taken down for the count in the fifth round by a single body shot. Undeterred by his second loss, Perez returned to the ring on May 20, 2016, scoring with a big second-round knockout over Ubadel Soto. Perez looks to continue his upward streak as he moves up a weight class to take on Maurice Hooker for the NABO junior welterweight title on Noviembre 19 en T-Mobile Arena de Las Vegas.
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