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Featherweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz
Puts On Promoter’s Hat For FS1 & Fox Sports
Toe-to-Toe Երեքշաբթի Show On Մայիս 2
Unbeaten Rising Star David Benavidez Tests
His Mettle Against Porky Medina In 168-Pound
World Title Eliminator On FS1 & Fox Sports
On Շաբաթ, Մայիս 20
Undefeated Welterweight Star Errol Spence
Challenges Kell Brook For 147-pound Championship
In Sheffield, England in Premier Boxing Champions Action
On SHOWTIME, Մայիս 27
LAS VEGAS (Մայիս 1, 2017) – The Premier Բռնցքամարտի Չեմպիոնների series will follow a very busy April with an extremely exciting month of May. The slate of shows will run the weight spectrum from featherweight to super middleweight.
“The Premier Boxing Champions series schedule for May has a slate of shows where several boxers get an opportunity to step up to world title matches,” said Tim Smith, Vice President of Communications for Haymon Sports. “With so much on the line those kinds of challenges typically lead to action-packed, fan-friendly matches.”
Kicking off the month is a thrilling 10-round lightweight clash between Ivan Redkach (20-2-1, 16 Նոկաուտով) եւ աշխարհի նախկին չեմպիոն Argenis Mendez (23-5-1, 12 Նոկաուտով) վրա TOE-TO-toe երեքշաբթի վրա FS1 եւ Բռնցքամարտի Չեմպիոնների on FOX Deportes from the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, California on Մայիս 2. Հեռուստատեսությամբ լուսաբանումը սկսվում է9 կեսօրից. ՈՒ/6 կեսօրից. PT.
The show will be staged by featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz’s Last Round Promotions, and will include an 8-round junior featherweight match between Brandon Figueroa իսկ Luis Saavedra and a 6-round bantamweight match between Antonio Santa Cruz իսկ Arturo Torres. The show will be a family affair as Brandon Figueroa is the younger brother of Omar Figueroa and Antonio is the cousin of Leo Santa Cruz.
David Benavidez (17-0, 16 Նոկաուտով), an ascending star, կհանդիպի աշխարհի նախկին չեմպիոնի հետ Rogelio “Porky” Medina (37-7, 31 Նոկաուտով) in a super middleweight title elimination match from Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Տեխաս վրա Մայիս 20. Benavidez will face the toughest test of his career against Medina, a veteran who has already fought for a world title. The winner will get a shot at the 168-pound world champion.
Հեռուստատեսությամբ լուսաբանումը կսկսվի 10 կեսօրից. ՈՒ/7 կեսօրից. PT with unbeaten 126-pound contender Jorge Lara (28-0-2, 20 Նոկաուտով) taking on hard-hitting brawler Mario Briones (28-5-2, 22 Նոկաուտով) in a 10-round featherweight match.
Unbeaten top welterweight star Errol Spence, Jr. (21-0, 19 Նոկաուտով) will travel from his home in Desoto, Texas to take on Kell Brook (36-1, 25 Նոկաուտով) in his hometown at Bramall Lane Football Ground in Sheffield, England in a Premier Boxing Championship match on SHOWTIME.
In other non-PBC matches of interest to boxing fans in the month of May, Gervonta Davis (17-0, 18 Նոկաուտով) will defend his 130-pound world title against No. 1 թեկնածու Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 Նոկաուտով) from Copper Box Arena in London, England on SHOWTIME on Մայիս 20.
On the same night Gary Russell, Jr. (21-1, 16 Նոկաուտով) will defend his 126-pound world title against Oscar Escandon (25-2, 17 Նոկաուտով) at MGM National Harbor outside Washington D.C. ին Showtime. Ի co-հնարավորությունը Անդրե Դիրելի (25-2, 16 Նոկաուտով) կհանդիպեն Jose Uzcategui(26-1, 22 Նոկաուտով) for the vacant 168-pound championship. Բացի այդ,,Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Նոկաուտով) դեմքերը kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 Նոկաուտով) in a lightweight world title eliminator.
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