NEW YORK (Pipiri 2, 2016) – WBC No. 5-ranked lightweight contender Franklin Mamani will face No. 1-ranked lightweight Dejan Zlaticanin for the vacant WBC 135-pound title on Rāhoroi, Pipiri 11, ora i runga i SHOWTIME (9 p.m. AND/6 p.m. PT) i The Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y..
Mamani (21-2-1, 12 Koó), who is the leading available contender in the WBC rankings, replaces the injured Emiliano Marsili, who pulled out of the fight i runga i Rātū with an illness.
Mamani, o La Paz, Bolivia, was in camp training to fight Chad Bennet for the WBC Silver Lightweight World Title in early July. Na, the 29-year-old Mamani gets a shot at the vacant WBC Lightweight World Championship in his U.S. tuatahi. The aggressive-minded Mamani has won 10 straight, including his last three by knockout.
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I roto i te hui matua SHOWTIME Tuhinga BOXING, Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 Koó), a former WBO Junior Welterweight World Champion, and former world title challenger John Molina (28-6, 23 Koó), of West Covina, Calif., will face-off in a 12-round super lightweight bout. I roto i te Pipiri 11 co-āhuatanga, undefeated former 154-pound world champion and 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius Andrade (22-0, 15 Koó), of Providence, R.I., will face Willie Nelson (25-2-1, 15 Koó) o Cleveland, Ohio, in a 12-round WBC Super Welterweight Title Eliminator.
Ano i runga i Pipiri 11, former world title challengers, Willie Monroe Jr., (19-2-0, 6 Koó), and John Thompson, (17-2-0, 6 Koó,) will meet in a 10-round middleweight bout in the main event on SHOWTIME EXTREME® (7 p.m. AND/PT). In the SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME® opener, heavyweight Andrey Fedosov (28-3, 23 Koó) takes on Mario Heredia (11-1, 9 Koó, 1-2 in WSB) in a 10-round heavyweight bout.