NEW YORK (Juni 2, 2016) – WBC No. 5-ranked lightweight contender Franklin Mamani will face No. 1-ranked lightweight Dejan Zlaticanin for the vacant WBC 135-pound title on Lørdag, Juni 11, leve på SHOWTIME (9 pm. OG/6 pm. PT) fra 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 på tirsdag with an illness.
Mamani, La Paz, Bolivia, was in camp training to fight Chad Bennet for the WBC Silver Lightweight World Title in early July. Nå, the 29-year-old Mamani gets a shot at the vacant WBC Lightweight World Championship in his U.S. debut. The aggressive-minded Mamani has won 10 straight, including his last three by knockout.
Billetter til direktesendingen,
which is promoted by Banner Promotions, Inc., er priset til $85, $60, $45 og $35 og er i salg nå.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the Turning Stone Box Office,
by calling 877.833.SHOW, eller online på Ticket (
www.ticketmaster.com).
I 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. I Juni 11 co-feature, undefeated former 154-pound world champion and 2008 US-. Olympian Demetrius Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs), of Providence, R.I., will face Willie Nelson (25-2-1, 15 KOs) av Cleveland, Ohio, in a 12-round WBC Super Welterweight Title Eliminator.
Også på 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 pm. OG/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.
