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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 Labobeli Show On Ka 2
Unbeaten Rising Star David Benavidez Tests
His Mettle Against Porky Medina In 168-Pound
World Title Eliminator On FS1 & Fox Sports
Ka Moqebelo, Ka 20
Undefeated Welterweight Star Errol Spence
Challenges Kell Brook For 147-pound Championship
In Sheffield, England in Premier Boxing Champions Action
On SHOWTIME, Ka 27
Las Vegas (Ka 1, 2017) – The Tonakgolo 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 John Redkach (20-2-1, 16 Kos) le pele e neng e lefatše 'mampoli Argenis Méndez (23-5-1, 12 Kos) ka Toe-TO-Toe TUESDAYS ka FS1 le Boxing Champions on FOX Deportes from the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, California on Ka 2. Televised kgaso qala ka9 p.m. LE/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 le Luis Saavedra and a 6-round bantamweight match between Antonio Santa Cruz le 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, tla kopana pele e neng e tlotla lefatshe challenger RogelioPorkyMedina (37-7, 31 Kos) in a super middleweight title elimination match from Laredo Energy Arena in Laredo, Texas ka Ka 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.
Televised fana ka kgaso tla qala ka 10 p.m. LE/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, Refresh. (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 Ka 20.
On the same night Gary Russell, Refresh. (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. ka Showtime. A ho sebdisana tšobotsi Andre Dirrell (25-2, 16 Kos) tla kopana Jose Uzcategui(26-1, 22 Kos) for the vacant 168-pound championship. Ekelletsa moo,Rances Barthelemy (25-0, 13 Kos) lifahleho Kiryl Relikh (21-1, 19 Kos) in a lightweight world title eliminator.

Brook a tlameha tsoa CHAVES Clash

Ho loanela ho ho rescheduled ka mor'a hore khopo ntša kotsi le otla Sheffield naleli

Kell Brook o 'nile a tlameha ea hae IBF World Welterweight tlotla dumalane le Diego Chaves ka Sheffield Arena ka Moqebelo, October 24 ka mor'a hore matlafatsang le khopo ntša kotsi a sparring.

Brook neng e behiloe ka ho etsa hore boraro sireletsa lebanta la hae khahlanong le kotsi Argentina, empa ho ba le qeta nako e itseng sepetlele le ea bobe le ho nka keletso ea litsebi tsa bongaka latelang skena, le Sheffield naleli tla bona hore na joale ho tobana le Chaves hamorao ka selemo sa.

The Sheffield bontša o tsoela pele ka Sky Sports qalo ea Chris Eubank Refresh topping Bili e le jwalo a, ae sireletsang hae WBA ya nakwana World Middleweight tlotla khahlanong le American Tony Jeter, Gavin McDonnell, ae sireletsang hae European Bantamweight strap khahlanong le pele e neng e World tlotla challenger Jeremy Parodi, hammoho le a mangata a sa e thabisang bacha talenta ka Bili e.

"Kamehla ho bohloko bohloko ha kotsi etsa hore ho loanela ho ho ka kgutlisetswa morao, haholo-holo le haufi le ketsahalo eo,"O ile a re mohlophisi Eddie Hearn. "Kell nkoa a se a le khopo ntša kotsi a sparring maobane 'me a qeta ba bangata ba letsatsi le leng ha sepetlele maobane. Kell e ne e le tsielehile ho loantša empa e ne e feela ke ke ha khoneha 'me re tla bona hore na joale ho reschedule le bout bakeng sa bofelong ba selemo. "

Matchroom Boxing tla etsa hore e tletseng polelo ka mantaha mabapi le dintlha tsa ho feletseng refunds le a leeme refunds ho ba Fans ntse ba teng bontša.

SHOWTIME® HO TELEVISE Kell Brook VS. Diego CHAVES IBF WELTERWEIGHT Lefatše le Championship ka Moqebelo, Oct. 24, PHELA HO Sheffield, ENGELANE

Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL® Brook vs.. Chaves Airs

Phela 5:45 p.m. LE/ 2:45 p.m. PT nang le Encore Presentation ka 9 p.m. LE/PT

 

NEW YORK (Supa. 29, 2015) - Showtime Sports® tla hlahisa le IBF Welterweight World Championship pakeng tsa Krrish ho sireletsa 'mampoli Kell Brook le contender Diego Chaves ka Moqebelo, Oct. 24, phela ka ho NAKO EA LIPONTŠO ka 5:45 p.m. LE / 2:45 p.m. PT ho tloha Motorpoint Arena Sheffield, Engelane.

 

The Showtime Boxing INTERNATIONAL hlahisa ka 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. LE/PT.

 

"Ke thabela hore loana le Chaves o tla lokela ho bontšoa ka US," o ile a re 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 ya boima ba-ka ea boima ba lenaneng la The Ring Magazine, le hona joale ke nako hore ke lokela ho bontša Fans ka US. hore ke 'na le lokela ho-bona oke.

 

"Chaves ke-ho-khato Boxer eo kamehla a tluoa tabeng ea ho loantša, 'me ke ea phethahetseng mokhoa le' na ho khanya ka Oct. 24. I look forward to putting on an explosive performance and making the U.S. ema le ele hloko hore ke 'na molemo ka ho fetisisa welterweight a lefatše. "

 

"Rea tseba Brook ke e le boima oke, haholo botekgeniki,"O ile a re Diego Chaves. "Empa ha a ho itima lijo oke 'me o habonolo bothered ka' mele punches, which is one of our strengths. I believe he has problems going backwards, le re tla hore a leke hae otla ka litebele matla a, le eena o.

 

"Ke nahana hore tšepo ea ka e ntse e hōla le phephetso ena, 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.”

 

"Re ntse re thabile ho khutlela a khoebo ka Kell Brook, Matchroom Boxing le Eddie Hearn le ho lopolla letsolong lena le thabisang matchup ea holimo 10 welterweights ho U.S. bamameli ba,"A re Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of SHOWTIME Sports. “Kell won the world title on SHOWTIME in an action-packed victory over Shawn Porter last fall, ho theha ka boeena o le e mong oa top welterweights lefatšeng - empa Diego Chaves ke o matsutla-tsutla oke ba o boetse o a proven hore a ka ho phehisana le le a phahameng sechabeng ea ho aroloa. "

 

Brook (35-0, 24 Kos) tla etsa hore hae la boraro la tse latellanang tlotla sireletsa 2015 a ea habo England ka mor'a hore tla ho le U.S. le dethroning pele e neng e Krrish IBF Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter ka August 2014 ka Showtime. The Sheffield native has scored knockouts in each of his defenses – a fourth round TKO of Jo Jo Dan ka March 28 le botšelela ho pota-pota TKO ea Frankie Gavin ka Ka 30. Brook aims for a similar result against the veteran Chaves, ea a tobana le ba bang ba top bahlabani ka ea 147 ea boima ba arola.

 

Chaves (23-2-1, 19 Kos), ea Buenos Aires, Argentina, 'nile ea e tsela mohlabani tsa morao tjena ho tlisa lintoa, facing favored Americans on the road in three of his last four bouts. He challenged 147-pound titlist Keith Thurman a July 2013 le, ka mor'a hore ho hapa ka knockout ka motseng oa habo loana Argentina, e ne e le pele ka baahloli 'scorecards khahlanong le Brandon Rioska August 2014 until he was disqualified for an intentional elbow to the face. Hae ea ho qetela ntoa, Chaves loanela ho e le maleka khahlanong le perennial welterweight 'mampoli Timothea Bradley.