Former World Champion Erislandy Lara Battles Ramon Alvarez for WBA Super Welterweight Title in Main Event, Plus Fast-Rising Super Welterweights Sebastian Fundora & Jamontay Clark Square Off In Co-Main Event of Broadcast Beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 pm. PT
MINNEAPOLIS (Agosto 22, 2019) – Fast-rising Cuban heavyweight Frank Sánchez will face Puerto Rican Olympian Victor Bisbal in a 10-round heavyweight showdown as part of FOX PBC Fight Night action and on FOX Deportes Saturday, Agosto 31 del arsenal en Minneapolis.
Sánchez vs. Bisbal replaces the previously scheduled bout between former champions Peter Quillin and Caleb Truax, after Truax was forced to withdraw due to an Achilles injury.
Coverage on FOX and FOX Deportes begins at 8 p.m. ET / 5 pm. PT and is headlined by former world champion Erislandy “El sueño americano” Lara battling Ramon Alvarez in a 12-round bout for the WBA Super Welterweight title. The co-main event will see a pair of sensational young super welterweights collide as Sebastian “El coloso en llamas” Fundora takes on Jamontay “The Quiet Assassin” Clark in a 10-round attraction.
Las entradas para el evento en vivo, el cual es promovido por TGB y Warriors Boxing, can be purchased at the Armory at http://ArmoryMN.com/ y a través de Ticketmaster.
A former amateur standout from his native Cuba, Sánchez (12-0, 10 KOs) now lives in Las Vegas and is unbeaten since turning pro in 2017. El joven de 27 años anotó nocauts en sus primeras seis peleas profesionales, y obtuvo nueve victorias en 2018. Sanchez most recently scored a dominant second round stoppage over Jason Bergman at The Armory in July.
After representing Puerto Rico at the 2004 Juegos olímpicos, Bisbal (23-3, 17 KOs) won 21 de su primera 22 peleas como profesional, including a 16-fight winning streak from late 2006 hasta 2013. He suffered defeats to Dominic Breazeale and Magomed Abdusalamov before winning his last two fights heading into August 31. His last outing saw him Edson Roberto Dos Santos Borges in December 2018.
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