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

Ka Moqebelo, October 7, two of Argentina’s top welterweights, National and WBC Latino welterweight champion, Miguel “La JoyaBarrionuevo 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.
A hae ea ho qetela ho hlahella ha June 24, WBO #8-rated Verón (21-1, 13 Kos), from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, 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.

Cosio to Face Barrionuevo in WBC Welterweight Tournament Quarter Final on Saturday, January 30, Mexico

 

The WBC Welterweight Tournament will continue on Saturday, January 30, when Azael “Turbo” Cosio (20-3-2, 17 Kos) of Santa Marta, Panama, faces Cesar MiguelEl ZurdoBarrionuevo (28-3-2, 19 Kos) of Catamarca, Argentina.
The winner of this fight will face Pennsylvania’s Sammy “The Ke mang ea ka Mexico” 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, Mexico, 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,” o ile a re 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.
Hoo e ka bang Sampson Boxing
Ka mor'a hore a atleha haholo li matha e le matchmaker le moeletsi, Sampson Lewkowicz switched ba le isa papatso lehlakoreng la papali ea litebele ka January 2008.
Sampson Boxing e eketsehile ho o mong oa ka ho fetisisa lefatseng ee tumileng papatso difeme, emelang ba bangata ba lefatse molemo ka ho fetisisa bahlabani ho fetisisa le le tsepisa bacha hlolisanang.

Sampson Boxing o na le papatso balekane ba hohle North le Amerika Boroa, Afrika, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, Europe le Amerika Bohareng le Sampson Boxing moodle moodle moodle ba 'nile ba televised tse joalo Premiere marangrang e le HBO, Nako Ea Lipontšo, ESPN, VS. le machaba tse 'maloa marangrang.