NOVA IORQUE (Junho 2, 2016) – WBC Não. 5-ranked lightweight contender Franklin Mamani will face No. 1-classificado leve Dejan Zlaticanin for the vacant WBC 135-pound title on Sábado, Junho 11, viver ALTURA DE COMEÇAR (9 p.m. E/6 p.m. PT) a partir de The Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.I..
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 na terça-feira with an illness.
Mamani, de La Paz, Bolivia, was in camp training to fight Chad Bennet for the WBC Silver Lightweight World Title in early July. Agora, the 29-year-old Mamani gets a shot at the vacant WBC Lightweight World Championship in his U.S. estréia. The aggressive-minded Mamani has won 10 direto, including his last three by knockout.
Os ingressos para o evento ao vivo,
which is promoted by Banner Promotions, Inc., custam $85, $60, $45 e $35 e já estão à venda.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the Turning Stone Box Office, ligando para 877.833.SHOW, ou online em Ticketmaster (
www.ticketmaster.com).
No evento principal canal Showtime Championship Boxing, 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. No Junho 11 co-metragem, undefeated former 154-pound world champion and 2008 U.S. Olympian Demetrius Andrade (22-0, 15 KOs), da Providência, R.I., will face Willie Nelson (25-2-1, 15 KOs) de Cleveland, Ohio, in a 12-round WBC Super Welterweight Title Eliminator.
Também no Junho 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. E/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.
