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Miguel Barrionuevo faces Adrián Verón in Argentinean Welterweight ‘Fight of the Year’

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En Dissabte, Octubre 7, two of Argentina’s top welterweights, National and WBC Latino welterweight champion, Miguel “La Joya” Barrionuevo and WBO Latino welterweight champion, Adrián “Chucky” Verón, will collide in the Argentinean welterweight Fight of the Year.
To be held in Buenos Aires, Barrionuevo vs. Verón will be presented by Mario Margossian’s Argentina Boxing Promotions in association with Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing and televised live by TyC Sports in North, Central and South America, excluding Brazil and Canada.
WBC #11-rated Barrionuevo (32-3-2, 22 KOs), from San Fernando del Valle, Catamarca, will be attempting to defend his national title for the second time since winning it last September.
En la seva última aparició en Juny 24, WBO #8-rated Verón (21-1, 13 KOs), from Río Gallegos, Santa Creu, dominated Victor Hugo Velázquez by wide unanimous decision to defend his WBO Latino belt for the third time.

The venue for this event is currently TBA.
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Cosio to Face Barrionuevo in WBC Welterweight Tournament Quarter Final on Saturday, Gener 30, a Mèxic

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The WBC Welterweight Tournament will continue on Saturday, Gener 30, when Azael “Turbo” Cosio (20-3-2, 17 KOs) of Santa Marta, Panamà, faces Cesar Miguel “El Zurdo” Barrionuevo (28-3-2, 19 KOs) of Catamarca, Argentina.
The winner of this fight will face Pennsylvania’s Sammy “The Who Can mexicana” Vasquez in the semi-final in late Spring.
Promoted by Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing and Reginaldo and Oswaldo Kuchle of Promociones del Pueblo, the 12-round Cosio vs. Barrionuevo showdown will be held at Hotel Ixtapa Azul, in Guerrero, Mèxic, and will be televised live on Mexico’s Televisa and TyC Sports of Argentina.
According to Lewkowicz, in the other leg of the tournament, new WBC Welterweight Champion Danny Garcia has been mandated to face Amir Khan. The winner of that fight will then face the winner of the Cosio/Barrionuevo vs. Vasquez semi-final fight.
“This tournament is a great move by the WBC,” Said Sampson Lewkowicz. “I’m very happy for the great opportunity that the WBC has given all the participants to compete for the prestigious green belt.”
Lewkowicz says he loves the tournament format to unclog the top levels of the welterweight division and is looking forward to their next move, a super welterweight tournament beginning in late Spring.
“What the WBC is doing is good for boxing and gives some talented fighters their chance to fight for a championship they might otherwise be forced to wait years for or be shut out of totally. I commend them for this move.”
Sobre Sampson Boxing
Després d'una reeixida carrera com una casamentera i assessor, Sampson Lewkowicz va canviar a la part de promoció de boxa professional al gener 2008.
Sampson Boxing s'ha convertit en una de les firmes de promoció més prestigioses del món, en representació de molts dels millors peleadores del món i contendents més prometedors joves.

Sampson Boxing té socis promocionals de tot Nord i Sud-amèrica, Àfrica, Àsia, Nova Zelanda, Austràlia, Esdeveniments d'Europa i Amèrica Central i Sampson Boxing han estat televisats en aquestes xarxes estrena com HBO, Temps De La Funció, ESPN, VS. i diverses xarxes internacionals.