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Premier Boxing Champions Rolls Into May With An Exciting Slate Of Shows

Featherweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz
Puts On Promoter’s Hat For FS1 & FOX Sports
Toe-to-Toe Tirsdag Show On Maj 2
Unbeaten Rising Star David Benavidez Tests
His Mettle Against Porky Medina In 168-Pound
World Title Eliminator On FS1 & FOX Sports
Lørdag, Maj 20
Undefeated Welterweight Star Errol Spence
Challenges Kell Brook For 147-pound Championship
In Sheffield, England in Premier Boxing Champions Action
On SHOWTIME, Maj 27
LAS VEGAS (Maj 1, 2017) – Den Premier Boxing Champions 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 KOS) og tidligere verdensmester Argenis Mendez (23-5-1, 12 KOS) på TOE-til-tå tirsdage på FS1 og Boksning Champions on FOX Deportes from the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, California on Maj 2. Tv dækning begynder ved9 p.m. OG/6 p.m. 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 og Luis Saavedra and a 6-round bantamweight match between Antonio Santa Cruz og 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 KOS), an ascending star, vil møde tidligere verden titel udfordrer Rogelio “Porky” Medina (37-7, 31 KOS) in a super middleweight title elimination match from Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas den Maj 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.
Tv dækning vil begynde på 10 p.m. OG/7 p.m. PT with unbeaten 126-pound contender Jorge Lara (28-0-2, 20 KOS) taking on hard-hitting brawler Mario Briones (28-5-2, 22 KOS) in a 10-round featherweight match.
Unbeaten top welterweight star Errol Spence, Jr. (21-0, 19 KOS) will travel from his home in Desoto, Texas to take on Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOS) 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 KOS) will defend his 130-pound world title against No. 1 contender Liam Walsh (21-0, 14 KOS) from Copper Box Arena in London, England on SHOWTIME on Maj 20.
On the same night Gary Russell, Jr. (21-1, 16 KOS) will defend his 126-pound world title against Oscar Escandon (25-2, 17 KOS) at MGM National Harbor outside Washington D.C. på SHOWTIME. I co-feature Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 KOS) mødes Jose Uzcategui(26-1, 22 KOS) for the vacant 168-pound championship. Derudover,Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 KOS) ansigter Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 KOS) in a lightweight world title eliminator.

BROOK tvunget ud af CHAVES CLASH

Fight skal omlægges efter ribben skade hits Sheffield stjerne

Kell Brook er blevet tvunget ud af sin IBF verden Welterweight titel sammenstød med Diego Chaves på Sheffield Arena på Lørdag, Oktober 24 efter at opretholde en ribben skade i sparring.

Bæk blev sat til at gøre den tredje forsvare sit bælte mod den farlige argentinske, men har brugt tid på hospitalet med skader og på baggrund af rådgivning af medicinske eksperter efter scanninger, Sheffield stjerne vil nu se til ansigt Chaves senere på året.

Sheffield show går videre med Sky Sports debut Chris Eubank Jr topping regningen, som han forsvarer sin WBA Interim verden mellemvægt titel mod amerikanske Tony Jeter, Gavin McDonnell forsvarer sin europæiske Bantamvægt rem mod tidligere World titel udfordrer Jeremy Parodi, sammen med et væld af spændende unge talenter på regningen.

"Det er altid en bitter slag, når en skade forårsager en kamp for at blive udskudt, især så tæt på begivenheden,"Sagde promotor Eddie Hearn. "Kell tog en ribben skade i sparring i går og tilbragte det meste af dagen på hospitalet i går. Kell var desperat for at kæmpe, men det var simpelthen umuligt, og vi vil nu se at omlægge kampen i slutningen af ​​året. "

Matchroom Boksning vil gøre en fuldstændig redegørelse mandag vedrørende oplysninger om fuld restitutioner og delvis tilbagebetaling til de fans der stadig deltager i showet.

SHOWTIME® til at transmittere KELL BROOK VS. DIEGO CHAVES IBF Welterweight WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PÅ LØRDAG, Oktober. 24, LIVE fra Sheffield, ENGLAND

SHOWTIME BOKSNING INTERNATIONAL® Brook vs. Chaves Airs

Live at 5:45 p.m. OG/ 2:45 p.m. PT med en Encore præsentation på 9 p.m. OG/PT

 

NEW YORK (Syv. 29, 2015) - SHOWTIME Sports® vil præsentere IBF Welterweight VM mellem ubesejret forsvarende mester Kell Brook og udfordrer Diego ChavesLørdag, Oktober. 24, lever videre SHOWTIME 5:45 p.m. OG / 2:45 p.m. PT fra Motorpoint Arena i Sheffield, England.

 

Den SHOWTIME BOKSNING INTERNATIONAL præsentation af Sky Sports telecast will feature analysis from SHOWTIME boxing experts before and after the world championship showdown. An encore presentation of the bout will air on SHOWTIME later that evening at 9 p.m. OG/PT.

 

"Jeg er glad for, at min kamp med Chaves vil blive vist i USA," siger Brook, who hails from Sheffield and will be the favorite in this fight. “I was thrilled when I saw my name in the top 10 af pund-for-pund listen i The Ring Magazine, og nu er det tid, at jeg har brug for at vise fans i USA. at jeg er en must-see fighter.

 

"Chaves er en all-action bokser, der altid kommer til at kæmpe, og det er den perfekte stil for mig at skinne den okt. 24. I look forward to putting on an explosive performance and making the U.S. stå op og tage varsel, at jeg er den bedste weltervægt i verden. "

 

"Vi ved Brook er en hård fighter, meget teknisk,"Sagde Diego Chaves. "Men han er ikke en hurtig fighter og han let generet af kroppens slag, which is one of our strengths. I believe he has problems going backwards, og vi kommer til at teste hans stansning magt, for.

 

"Jeg føler, at min selvtillid vokser med denne udfordring, knowing that I will have to face a champion like Kell Brook in his home country in England. This raises the stakes for me, going up there as an Argentine and as a huge underdog. We know all the bad blood that exists between Argentina and England and this will give me much more strength. I will make history if I defeat an Englishman in his own country.”

 

"Vi er glade for at være tilbage i erhvervslivet med Kell Brook, Matchroom Boxing og Eddie Hearn og til at levere dette spændende matchup af top 10 welterweights til US. publikum,"Sagde Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President og General Manager for SHOWTIME Sports. “Kell won the world title on SHOWTIME in an action-packed victory over Shawn Porter last fall, etablere sig som en af ​​de øverste welterweights i verden - men Diego Chaves er en robust fighter, som også har bevist, at han kan konkurrere med eliten af ​​divisionen ".

 

Brook (35-0, 24 KOS) vil gøre hans tredje i træk titel forsvar for 2015 i sit hjemland England efter at komme til US. og afsætte tidligere ubesejrede IBF Welterweight verdensmester Shawn Porter i august 2014 på SHOWTIME. The Sheffield native has scored knockouts in each of his defenses – a fourth round TKO of Jo Jo DanMarts 28 og en sjette runde TKO af Frankie GavinMaj 30. Brook aims for a similar result against the veteran Chaves, der har stået over for nogle af de øverste krigere i 147-pund division.

 

Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOS), af Buenos Aires, Argentina, har været en road warrior i de seneste kampe, facing favored Americans on the road in three of his last four bouts. He challenged 147-pound titlist Keith Thurman i juli 2013 og, efter at have vundet ved knockout i en hjemby kæmpe i Argentina, var foran på dommernes scorecards mod Brandon Riosi august 2014 until he was disqualified for an intentional elbow to the face. I sin sidste kamp, Chaves kæmpede til uafgjort mod flerårig weltervægt mester Timothy Bradley.