Also
in Action! Unbeaten Super Welterweight Contender Chordale Booker Clashes with
Rugged Veteran Wale Omotoso & Sensational Prospect Eimantas Stanionis
Fights in Welterweight Attraction – (8 p.m. ET / 5 h, heure. PT)
Tickets
on Sale Monday, Avril 15!
BILOXI, MLLE. (Avril 11, 2019) – Ancien champion des super poids welters Austin “Sans Doute” Truite returns to the ring to take on former title challenger Terrell Gausha in a 10-round super welterweight bout that headlines Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes on Saturday, Mai 25 from Beau Rivage Resort Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Dans la co-métrage, unbeaten super welterweight contenderChordale
Booker battles rugged veteranWale Omotoso in a
10-round bout, while sensational unbeaten welterweight prospectEimantas
Stanionis will open the broadcast at 8 p.m. ET / 5 h, heure. PT in an eight
or 10-round welterweight fight.
Les billets pour l'événement, qui est promu par Promotions TGB, go on
sale Monday, Avril 15 and can be purchased at the Beau Rivage Theatre box office and through
Ticketmaster.
“Austin Trout has one of the best resumes at super
welterweight in the sport today,” a déclaré Tom Brown, President of TGB
Promotions. “He’s been in the ring with some of the best boxers at
154-pounds of this generation and I’ve never seen him in a bad fight. Terrell
Gausha doesn’t back down from anyone and that will make for an exciting match
against Trout. Chordale Booker will be putting his unbeaten record on the line
against Wale Omotoso in what will be one of his toughest tests to date. It’s a
show that has something for everyone that attends at Beau Rivage or tunes in to
FS1 and FOX Deportes.”
Truite (31-5, 17 KOs) has tangled with some of the top super
welterweights of this generation, including Saul Alvarez, Erislandy Lara,
Miguel Cotto, Jermell and Jermall Charlo and Jarrett Hurd. The 33-year-old from
Las Cruces, Mexique, will look to rebound from a majority decision defeat to
Jermell Charlo last June. His knockout victory over Joey Hernandez in 2015 headlined
the first PBC show on FS1.
“I’m excited to be back in the ring,”
dit Trout. “I’m ready to take another chop at the world title and this is
my way back. I’m really motivated to get that championship belt again. Gausha
is a strong, technical fighter with an Olympic pedigree. I’ve got to get in
there and take care of him and look good doing it. A good win over him will get
me right back in the mix.”
The 31-year-old Gausha (21-1, 10 KOs), a member of the 2012 U.S..
Olympic boxing team from Cleveland, Ohio, will look to put himself back into
title contention with a victory over Trout. He came up short in his first title
fight against Erislandy Lara, losing a unanimous decision in 2017, before
rebounding with a knockout victory over Joey Hernandez in his last fight in
December.
“I feel good about this fight and I think it’s the perfect
fight for me,” said Gausha. “With Austin Trout being a former
champion and having experience fighting all the top guys in the division, it
gives me a chance to show where I’m at. It’s not only about winning, but it’s
the way I’ll win that will put people on notice.”
Booker (14-0, 7 KOs) is coming off a unanimous decision victory
over Juan De Angel in January on FS1. The 27-year-old southpaw from Stamford,
Connecticut, was busy in 2018, aller 5-0 avec trois KO. Booker is very active
in his Stamford community as well, running his charity for at-risk youth and
training amateurs for the Golden Gloves.
“My expectations for myself are to put on the best
performance I’ve had in boxing period – amateur or pro,” dit Booker.
“I’m looking to showcase every ability that I have, not just brute
strength. I want to show people that I’m championship caliber. What I see from
him is that he’s a game fighter and comes to fight. Il aime se manifester.
He’s going to try to take it to me. But I can do a lot of things, box going
forward, backwards, sideways, or anything it will take to get this win.”
The 33-year-old Omotoso (27-3, 21 KOs) is a hard-nosed veteran who
will present Booker with his toughest test to date. Born in Lagos, Nigeria,
Omotoso learned to fight in the streets before honing his skills in the boxing
gym. He calls himself “Garçon Chanceux” because he feels fortunate to have made
it off the streets alive and become a successful professional boxer. Now
training in Los Angeles, Omotoso most recently defeated Freddy Hernandez in
December 2017.
“I got the call to fight a young, undefeated
fighter in Booker and I said bring it on,” said Omotoso. “I’m really
happy he took the fight because most people say I’m too dangerous and too
tough. I will give it all I got. When I go to the ring I put all my effort and
training into the fight. That’s the way this sport is. I know he’s going to
come in with all he’s got, but the toughest man will win.”
Stanionis (8-0, 5 KOs) is from Kaunas, Lithuania and was a member
of the 2016 Lithuanian Olympic boxing team. Le jeune homme de 24 ans, who now lives in
Oxnard, Californie, and trains with Ronnie Shields in Texas, is on the fast
track toward being a top contender. He’s continued to impress with victories
over durable veterans Levan Ghvamichava and Samuel Figueroa in his last two
bouts.
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