MAX ORNELAS vs. TONY LOPEZ
Vacant WBA NABA United States Bantamweight Championship
Friday hmo ntuj, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 20, 2018 ● Cox Pavilion ● Las Vegas, Nevada
| No hnub Friday night on beIN Sports live from Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas |
 Las Vegas (Plaub Hlis Ntuj 17, 2018) – University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) student and Las Vegas resident, unbeaten bantamweight prospect “The Baby-Faced Assassin” Max Ornelas (10-0-1, 4 Kos), faces Mexico-native Tony Lopez, Jr. (13-3, 4 Kos) no hnub Friday hmo ntuj (Apr. 20) in the eight-round main event for the vacant North American Boxing Association (Tsis tas li ntawd) United States title, at Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus.Ornelas vs. Lopez, Jr., presented Roy Jones, Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions, will air live on beIN Sports, pib thaum 10 p.m. THIAB /7 p.m. PT. Ornelas and Lopez, Jr, who fights out of Ft. Worth, TX, are RJJ stablemates.
In the eight-round, co-featured event, unbeaten World Boxing Council (Qhov) United States welterweight champion Jimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams (14-0-1, 5 Kos), a former college football player from New Haven, Connecticut, raws li Marquis Taylor (8-1, 0 Kos), ntawm Houston, in a non-title match.
Undefeated Roy Jones protégé Shady Gamhour (6-0, 5 Kos), a Swedish middleweight now living in Jones’ hometown of Pensacola, IBCE, fights Mexican Erasmo Garcia (5-2, 3 Kos) in the six-round televised opener.
Also fighting on the undercard is Australian super welterweight and past world title challenger,Tommy “The Titan” Browne (35-7-2, 13 Kos), tiv tiag Carlos Hernandez (15-17, 12 Kos), ntawm Puerto Rico, nyob rau hauv ib yim-round bout.
Top Rank’s blue-chip prospect, 17-year-old Stockton, CA sensation Gabriel Flores, Jr. (6-0, 5 Kos), ib tug 2016 World Juniors Championships silver medalist, takes on Mexico-native Alejandro Rochin (5-1, 3 Kos), fighting out of Oklahoma City, nyob rau hauv ib tug rau-round match.
Pro-debuting Las Vegas junior lightweight Jaime Gomez thiab Ivan Ortiz (1-0-1, 1 KO), ntawm Los Angeles, will clash in a four-round “walk out” sib ntaus.
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Daim pib no yog luv nqi ntawm $100.00 Ringside, $40.00 Reserved Seating & $25.00 General Nkag, and available to purchase online at http://www.unlvtickets.com/
Qhov rooj qhib rau ntawm 5:00 p.m. PT with the opening bout scheduled at 6:00 p.m. PT.
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