NEW YORK (June 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 Saturday, June 11, ku nool yihiin SHOWTIME (9 p.m. IYO/6 p.m. PT) ka The Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y..
Mamani (21-2-1, 12 KOs), who is the leading available contender in the WBC rankings, replaces the injured Emiliano Marsili, who pulled out of the fight on Tuesday with an illness.
Mamani, ee La Paz, Bolivia, was in camp training to fight Chad Bennet for the WBC Silver Lightweight World Title in early July. Hadda, the 29-year-old Mamani gets a shot at the vacant WBC Lightweight World Championship in his U.S. kulankiisii ugu horeysay. The aggressive-minded Mamani has won 10 straight, including his last three by knockout.
Qiimaha tikidhada dhacdo live,
which is promoted by Banner Promotions, Inc., waxaa la qiime jaban ah $85, $60, $45 iyo $35 oo waa on sale hadda.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the Turning Stone Box Office,
by calling 877.833.SHOW, ama online at Ticketmaster (
www.ticketmaster.com).
In SHOWTIME horyaalka feerka dhacdada ugu weyn, Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs), a former WBO Junior Welterweight World Champion, and former world title challenger John Molina (28-6, 23 KOs), of West Covina, Message., will face-off in a 12-round super lightweight bout. In ka June 11 co-feature, undefeated former 154-pound world champion and 2008 Laga xoreeyo. Olympian Demetrius Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs), of Providence, R.I., will face Willie Nelson (25-2-1, 15 KOs) ee Cleveland, Ohio, in a 12-round WBC Super Welterweight Title Eliminator.
Sidoo kale June 11, former world title challengers, Willie Monroe Jr., (19-2-0, 6 KOs), and John Thompson, (17-2-0, 6 KOs,) will meet in a 10-round middleweight bout in the main event on SHOWTIME EXTREME® (7 p.m. IYO/PT). In the SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME® opener, heavyweight Andrey Fedosov (28-3, 23 KOs) takes on Mario Heredia (11-1, 9 KOs, 1-2 in WSB) in a 10-round heavyweight bout.
