HARTFORD (මැයි 11, 2015) – Rising junior featherweight star ලුයිස් “KO රජු” රෝසා (19-0, 9 Kos) plans to graduate from top prospect to legitimate contender මෙම සිකුරාදා (මැයි 15) මත ESPN සිකුරාදාරාත්රී සටන් වදින, presented by 50 Cent’s SMS Promotions හා DiBella එන්ටර්ටේන්මන්ට්, සමග සම්බන්ධවී Universal Promotions, close to his New Haven home at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.

 

A native of Puerto Rico, the 24-year-old Rosa takes on Colombian veteran ජොනතන් “Popeye” පෙරෙශ් (33-10, 17 Kos) in the 8-round ESPN2 co-feature.

 

Headlining the card will be undefeated Puerto Rican lightweight Reynaldo Ojeda (16-0, 9 Kos) against longtime contender මොන්ටි Meza මැටි (36-4, 22 Kos) 10 වටයේ ප්රධාන උත්සවය තුළ.

 

Live coverage will begin at 9 ප.ව.. සහ on ESPN2 and will also be available through WatchESPN on computers, ස්මාර්ට් ෆෝන්, ගල් පුවරු, ඇමේසන් ගිනි රූපවාහිනි හා ගිනි රූපවාහිනී Stick, ඇපල් ටීවී, Chromecast, වසර, Xbox 360 අනුබද්ධ වීඩියෝ සපයන්නා හරහා සහ Xbox එක්. ඊට අමතරව, ESPN’ රාත්රී සටන් වදින will carry the fights live on broadband Spanish-language ESPN Deportes+.

 

The popular Rosa, who is world rated at No. 15 ලෝක බොක්සිං සංගමය විසින් (WBA) හා නෑ. 16 ලෝක බොක්සිං සභාව විසින් (බෙ), has prepared for a breakout performance in front of a large ESPN සිකුරාදා රාත්රී සටන් වදින viewing audience.

 

“මේක මට විශාල සටන,” Rosa said. “It’s great fighting on ESPN and I’m going to show the nation what I’m all about. I’m prepared to put on an explosive show. I feel that I’m close to getting a title shot. I want to fight world-class opponents and I plan to prove I’m ready සිකුරාදා රාත්රී.

 

“It’s always great fighting in my home state and I’m sure I’ll have a lot of fans there. දවස අවසානයේදී, නමුත්, I’m going to get the job done and it doesn’t matter where the fight would be held.”

 

පෙරෙශ්, 28, a professional fighter since 2005, දිනා ඇත 14 ඔහුගේ අවසාන 15 අවසන්. The battle-tested Colombian has fought the likes of world champions Cristian Mijares, අබ්නේර් Mares, ජෝස් ලෝපෙස්, Martin Castillo, Eric Ortiz හා Raul Martinez, as well a world title challenger Jesus Jimenez.

 

“Perez is a veteran with 44 ගැති සටන්,” said Rosa about Perez. “He’s fought a lot of world-class guys and champions. I know he’s coming to fight. He’s going to come forward and he wants to bang. He’s strong, I’m stronger. I’m faster, ද, and the better all-around fighter. I’ll be ready for whatever he brings.”

Live coverage will begin at 9 ප.ව.. සහ on ESPN2 and will also be available through WatchESPN on computers, ස්මාර්ට් ෆෝන්, ගල් පුවරු, ඇමේසන් ගිනි රූපවාහිනි හා ගිනි රූපවාහිනී Stick, ඇපල් ටීවී, Chromecast, වසර, Xbox 360 අනුබද්ධ වීඩියෝ සපයන්නා හරහා සහ Xbox එක්. ඊට අමතරව, ESPN’ රාත්රී සටන් වදින will carry the fights live on broadband Spanish-language ESPN Deportes+.

 

Fighting on the undercard are a pair of promising foreign boxers who are now living in the United States, as well as several New England and New York City favorites.

 

Undefeated Ukrainian middleweight අයිවන් Golub (7-0, 5 Kos), බෘක්ලින් පිටතට සටන්, meets fellow Ukrainian Kostyantyn Rovenskyy (18-1-2, 5 Kos) මාස හයක වටය ඕවරයේ දී. Kazakh super middleweightDauren Yeleussinov (1-0), also living in Brooklyn, හමුවෙයි ජේ “JD” විලියම්ස් (3-6), of Louisiana, in a scheduled six-rounder.

 

Also slated to fight in six-round bouts on the undercard are unbeaten New Haven light heavyweightCharles Foster (7-0, 3 Kos) facing Woonsocket, රොයල්, ප්රතිවාදියා Joe Gardner (11-7-1, 1 KO) and undefeated Bronx middleweight Chris Galeano (7-0) taking on Las Vegas’ upset-minded Yosmani Abreu (4-8-2).

 

Three four-round matches are also on tap with Waterbury, සී.ටී., කණිෂ්ඨ welterweight Jair Ramos (3-2-1, 2 Kos) එදිරිව. හාර්ලම් ගේ කර්ටිස් මෝටන් (3-4-2), Miami lightweight Alberto Candeleria (4-2-1, 3 Kos) එදිරිව. බෘක්ලින් හි Ian James (3-11-1, 1 KO), and New Haven junior lightweight William Foster III (1-0) එදිරිව. TBA.

Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $100, $65 හා $35 (ප්ලස් අදාළ බදු). Tickets can be purchased by calling 1 (860) 728-2624 හෝ 1 (203) 627-7472. දී විවෘත ඩෝර් 6:30 ප.ව.. ET with the first bout scheduled for 7:30 ප.ව.. සහ.