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Undefeated Lightweight Alejandro Luna To Face Former World Title Challenger Richard Commey In IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator In
Opening Bout On SHOWTIME EXTREME Live At 8 P.M. AND/PT
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in Super Bantamweight Attraction
SAN ANTONIO (二月. 12, 2018) – Undefeated 140-pound contender and San Antonio-native 马里奥·巴里奥斯 将面临 Eudy贝尔纳 in a 10-round bout on SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME 星期六, 三月 10 from Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio.
The SHO EXTREME telecast begins live at 8 P.M. AND/PT and features undefeated 亚历杭德罗·卢纳 facing former world title challenger 理查德·康梅 in a 12-round IBF Lightweight Title Eliminator. The IBF champion is Robert Easter, who Commey fought to close-split decision for the vacant IBF belt in 2016.
Also in undercard action at Freeman Coliseum, 不败前景 布兰登·菲格罗亚 发生在墨西哥 Jonathan Aguilar in an eight-round super bantamweight bout that, 时间允许的话, will round out the SHO EXTREME telecast.
门票现场活动, which is promoted by Ringstar Sports and TGB Promotions in association with Leija-Battah Promotions, 售价为 $250, $150, $75, $50 和 $20 与现已公开发售. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000 或 210 556-7390. The Premier Boxing Champions event is headlined by a showdown between three-division world champion 米奇·加西亚 and unbeaten IBF 140-pound champion 谢尔盖Lipinets and also features two-division world champion Rances缪 承担 Kiryl Relikh in a rematch of their thrilling fight last May, this time for the vacant WBA 140-pound world title.
邻里 (20-0 12 科斯), who is trained by Virgil Hunter, returns for his first professional bout in San Antonio since he scored a 2015 knockout over Manuel Vides at AT&T Center in 2015. The 22-year-old has won three straight fights by stoppage since moving up to the 140-pound division last year.
“I haven’t been back home in a while, and I’m looking forward to putting on a tremendous performance in front of my family and hometown fans,” 巴里奥斯说，. “如果谈到淘汰赛, early or late, 我要买它. 否则, we’re going in there to do what we do best, and that’s win. I’m trying to show that I’m on the level where I can get one of those titles either later this year or early next year.”
Fighting out of Santo Domingo, 多明尼加共和国, 贝尔纳多 (23-2, 17 科斯) enters this fight having scored knockout victories in his last two contests. The 31-year-old, 谁出现在的ShoBox: 新一代 四月 2016, 已经转战专业自 2009 并且在他的第一场比赛中保持不败 21 亲打架.
“I hope that Barrios isn’t underestimating me, because I am full of confidence and positive that I’m going to win,” said Bernardo. “I have a great plan that I’m going to use to catch him by surprise. I don’t care if it’s by knockout or decision, 我会赢得。”
卢纳 (22-0, 15 科斯) and Commey (25-2, 22 科斯) enter this fight ranked 11日 和 3RD respectively by the IBF. The 26-year-old Luna, fighting out of Bellflower, Ca., most recently dominated Andrey Klimov on his way to a unanimous decision last April and faces his toughest competition to date on March 10. Commey rebounded from the narrow defeat to Easter and a subsequent close loss to Denis Shafikov with a unanimous decision victory last March in his native Ghana.
“Commey’s a tough competitor whose losses were very close, disputable fights that could have gone either way, so I’ll go in being smart, using my jab and sticking to our game plan,” said Luna. “We’re both boxer-punchers who like to mix it up, throw bombs and brawl if we have to. There’s going to be a lot of action and we might steal the show. We’ll give the fans their money’s worth, either way.”
“I think this is a good fight where neither of us are the favorite,” said Commey. “After losing two close decisions there is natural pressure to go for the knockout. But I believe that the judges will be fair and reward me if it goes the distance so I can earn another shot at the title. This is my first fight with Andre Rozier and I’m inspired working in his gym with guys like Daniel Jacobs and Sadam Ali. 我 100 percent focused on clearly beating Luna and earning my rematch with Robert Easter Jr.”
菲格罗亚 (14-0, 9 科斯), the younger brother of former lightweight champion Omar Figueroa, 会让他 2018 debut against the 24-year-old Aguilar (20-7, 17 科斯), after picking up four wins in 2017.
“I’m happy to be on such a big card. San Antonio is like my second home,” 赛义德·菲格罗亚, 是谁 5-0 with four knockouts in San Antonio. “I’m getting a lot of exposure fighting on this world class event that is headlined by Mikey Garcia. It’s the kind of step-up I need. Little by little I’m becoming well-known, not only in the United States, but by people from around the world.”
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