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WBA Champion David Avanesyan Battles
Former Two-Time World Champion Lamont Peterson
in Welterweight Title Defense
&
Unbeaten Contender Marcus Browne Takes On
Former Title Challenger Thomas Williams Jr. 在
Light Heavyweight Showdown
住在Showtime® 在 9 P.M. AND/6 P.M. PT
星期六, 二月 18 From the Cintas Center
at Xavier University in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI (一月 24, 2017) -WBA次中量级冠军 David Avanesyan (22-1-1, 11 科斯) will defend his title against former two-time world champion 拉蒙特彼得森 (34-3-1, 17 科斯) in a 12-round matchup that serves as the co-main event of 精彩表演拳击锦标赛 星期六, 二月 18 from the Cintas Center at Xavier University in Cincinnati.
在Showtime电视报道开始于 9 P.M. AND/6 P.M. PT 与不败的轻重量级竞争者 “先生” 马库斯·布朗 (18-0, 13 科斯) meeting hard-hitting former title challenger 托马斯 “顶部狗” 威廉姆斯JR. (20-2, 14 科斯) 在 10 轮对决中. The event is headlined by former four-division world champion 阿德里安Broner taking on hard-hitting contender 阿德里安·格拉纳多斯.
“It is a great pleasure for me to be defending my world title in the U.S. against a very good opponent in Lamont Peterson,” said Avanesyan. “I am the champion and come February 18 I will remain champion. This fight gives me a great opportunity to let the U.S. know what I’m about and put me in a position to fight the top fighters in the division. This will be a difficult defense but I am ready to show everyone how good I am.”
“I’m extremely excited about getting back in the ring and fighting on SHOWTIME again,” 彼得森说. “I’ve been working hard in the gym and I’m ready to give my fans the kind of show they deserve. I know this guy is coming in with a lot of confidence from that belt, but I believe I’m the better fighter and I’ll prove it on 二月 18.”
“I’m ready to go to work and fight,” 布朗说. “It doesn’t matter if I am the underdog; 就这样吧. Let me be the underdog. I just want to beat this guy up. This is who I wanted to fight. I am fired up about this one and I can’t wait until 二月 18.”
“上 二月 18, I’m not leaving anything up to the judges,” Williams说JR. “I think Marcus has gotten some gifts in the past, so I’m not leaving this up to anyone but myself. I wanted to stay in the mix. I don’t need a tune-up. I’ve been fighting since I was five-years-old. I just need to get in there and fight. I think this is going to be a really good battle.”
门票现场活动, which is promoted by About Billions Promotions and Mayweather Promotions in association with TGB Promotions and K1 Boxing, 售价为 $250, $100, $75, $50 和 $30, 不包括适用的费用, 与现已公开发售. 门票可网上购买 www.ticketmaster.com 或致电 1-800-745-3000. Fighting out of Russia, Avanesyan defended his interim world title in his last outing when he defeated former three-division world champion Shane Mosley by unanimous decision last 五月. 该 28-year-old is undefeated in his last 22 pro fights since dropping a six-round decision in his second pro fight. Avanesyan picked up his interim belt with a ninth-round stoppage of Charlie Navarro in November of 2015.
发现小时候被教练巴里·亨特，而在与他的兄弟安东尼街上无家可归, 彼得森有最好的碎布之一暴富的运动故事. 亲自 2004, 他拥有战胜维克托·曼努埃尔·圣皮埃尔和密克隆, 肯德尔霍尔特和Dierry吉恩除了对阿米尔汗世界冠军殊荣的性能, 这是他成功卫冕三次. 华盛顿, D.C. native defeated previously unbeaten Felix Diaz in his last outing in October 2015.
The 26-year-old Browne defeated previously unbeaten Radivoje Kalajdzic in April 2016 after a big 2015 that saw him defeated veteran contenders Gabriel Campillo, Aaron Pryor Jr., Francisco Sierra and Cornelius White. 该 2012 中美. Olympian fights out of Staten Island, New York after an exceptional amateur career that saw him win the 2012 中美. amateur championship at light heavyweight.
The 29-year-old Williams returns to the ring after dropping an exciting contest to light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson in July. Williams earned his title shot after dominant second-round stoppages of Umberto Savigne and former title challenger Edwin Rodriguez. 在华盛顿堡, Maryland-native was introduced to boxing by his father, a former pro fighter and he will look to start his path back to world title contention with a win on 二月 18.
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