NEW YORK (Juni 2, 2016) – WBC-Nr. 5-ranked lightweight contender Franklin Mamani will face No. 1-rangiert leicht Dejan Zlaticanin for the vacant WBC 135-pound title on Samstag, Juni 11, weiterleben SHOW TIME (9 p.m. UND/6 p.m. PT) von The Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y..
Mamani (21-2-1, 12 KOs), who is the leading available contender in the WBC rankings, replaces the injured Emiliano Marsili, who pulled out of the fight am Dienstag with an illness.
Mamani, von La Paz, Bolivia, was in camp training to fight Chad Bennet for the WBC Silver Lightweight World Title in early July. Jetzt, the 29-year-old Mamani gets a shot at the vacant WBC Lightweight World Championship in his U.S. Debüt. The aggressive-minded Mamani has won 10 straight, including his last three by knockout.
Karten für das Live-Event,
which is promoted by Banner Promotions, Inc., sind zum Preis von $85, $60, $45 und $35 und sind jetzt im Verkauf.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the Turning Stone Box Office, telefonisch unter 877.833.SHOW, oder online unter Ticketmaster (
www.ticketmaster.com).
In der Showtime Championship Boxing Main Event, Ruslan Provodnikov (25-4, 18 KOs), a former WBO Junior Welterweight World Champion, and former world title challenger John Molina (28-6, 23 KOs), of West Covina, Calif., will face-off in a 12-round super lightweight bout. Im Juni 11 Ko-Funktion, undefeated former 154-pound world champion and 2008 U.S.. Olympian Demetrius Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs), der Vorsehung, R.I., will face Willie Nelson (25-2-1, 15 KOs) Cleveland, Ohio, in a 12-round WBC Super Welterweight Title Eliminator.
Auch Juni 11, former world title challengers, Willie Monroe Jr., (19-2-0, 6 KOs), and John Thompson, (17-2-0, 6 KOs,) will meet in a 10-round middleweight bout in the main event on SHOWTIME EXTREME® (7 p.m. UND/PT). In the SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME® opener, heavyweight Andrey Fedosov (28-3, 23 KOs) takes on Mario Heredia (11-1, 9 KOs, 1-2 in WSB) in a 10-round heavyweight bout.
