La Batalla TITO ACOSTA vs. CARLOS BUITRAGO WBO World Light Flyweight Championship Zaterdag, Juni 16, 2018 Coliseo de Puerto Rico * Hato Rey, Puerto Rico LEEF OP PPV – 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT

DEZE ZATERDAG “La Batalla” live on PPV from Puerto Rico Tito Acosta (L) defends his WBO light flyweight title vs. 4-time world title challenger Carlos Buitrago

 

 

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Juni 13, 2018) – De laatste “La Batalla” 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 KO) en challenger Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago (30-3-1, 17 KO), airing live on PPV from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico,

 

La Batalla: Acosta vs. Buitrago is presented by Miguel Cotto Promotions, and H2 Entertainment, in association with DIRECTV Puerto Rico.

 

 

 

Integrated Sports Media is distributing the La Batalla: Acosta vs. Buitrago card in the United States on cable, satelliet en digitale pay-per-view via de vraag, Vubiquity, DirecTV, DISH and live-streamed worldwide (excluding Puerto Rico.on the FITE.TV app en website (www.fite.tv), vanaf 9 p.m. EN / 6 p.m. PT, voor een adviesprijs van slechts $34.95.

 

PERSCONFERENTIE QUOTES

 

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 KO), Kampioen, San Juan, Puerto Rico

 

 

vs.

Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago (30-3-1, 17 KO), Uitdager, Managua, Nicaragua

Co-functie – JUNIOR welterweights (8)

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

 

 

vs.

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

Featherweights (8)

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

 

 

vs.

 

 

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

SUPER FEATHERIGHTS (6)

 

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

 

 

vs.

 

 

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

(alle gevechten & strijders onder voorbehoud).

 

 

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

 

 

 

INFORMATIE:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Tjilpen: @CottoPromotions, @Directvpr, @IntegratedPPV, @Marijkegroot

De World Boxing Organization (WBO) announced the officials for this Saturday, Juni 16, clash between WBO Jr. Flyweight Champion, Angel ‘Tito’ Acosta, uit Puerto Rico, and ranked No. 10 by this sanctioning body Carlos ‘Chocorroncito’ Buitrago, uit Nicaragua, in een geplande 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, inclusief 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, van Brazilië, by technical knockout in the sixth round.

 

 

 

Puerto Rican Jerry Martinez of Guaynabo and from the United States, Rocky Young, of Florida, and William Lerch, of 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 KO), 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. Van zijn kant, Buitrago (30-3-1, 17 KO) has held the WBO Youth and Latino Mini Flyweight titles.