La Batalla, Haziran 16 Live on PPV from Puerto Rico

(L-R,) – Eduardo Cajina (Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center), WBO light flyweight world champion Tito Acosta, and promoter Miguel Cotto

SAN JUAN, Portoriko (Nisan 30, 2018) — Miguel Cotto Promotions hosted a press conference earlier today to announce World Boxing Organization Light Flyweight World Champion Tito Acosta will make his first title defense at home on June 16 against Nicaraguan challenger Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago içinde “La Batalla” 12-yuvarlak ana olay, airing on pay-per-view, live from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Portoriko.

 

La Batalla: Acosta vs. Buitrago is presented by Miguel Cotto Promotions, which is owned and operated by the first Puerto Rican boxer to capture world titles in four different weight classes, gelecekteki Onur Listesi Miguel Cotto, and H2 Entertainment, in association with DIRECTV Puerto Rico.

 

 

 

Entegre Spor Medyası dağıtacak La Batalla: Acosta vs. Buitrago card in the United States on cable, uydu ve dijital başına ödeme görünümünde Demand aracılığıyla, Vubiquity, DIRECTV, DISH and live-streamed worldwide (excluding Puerto Rico) üzerinde FITE.TV uygulaması ve web sitesi (www.fite.tv), başlayan 9 um. VE / 6 um. PT, Yalnızca bir önerilen perakende fiyatı için $34.95.

 

 

 

“Tito Acosta is that fighter you can’t blink your eyes,” promoter Miguel Cotto said. “He brings excitement to every fight and power to finish in any second. This fight against Carlos Buitrago will be fireworks from the opening bell.”

 

 

 

 

Acosta (17-1, 17 KOs), fighting out of San Juan, Puerto Rico., captured the vacant WBO title last December at famed Madison Square Garden, when he knocked out his Mexican challenger, Juan Alejo (24-4-1), içinde 10^th yuvarlak.

 

 

 

 

A standout amateur boxer with more than 180 Maçlar, highlighted by his gold-medal performance at the Central American Games, is a past WBO Latino and World Boxing Council (WBC) light flyweight champion. His most notable victories have been against 22-5 Juan Guzman (KO1), 12-1 Japhet Uutoni (TKO12), ve 28-5-3 Luis Ceja (KO2).

 

 

 

“Buitrago says that his dream is to become the world champion, to that I say, keep on dreaming,” Acosta said. “Onu hafife değilim, but this will be my night, not his.”

 

 

 

Buitrago (30-3-1, 17 KOs), 26, is currently world rated at No. 12 WBO tarafından. The Managua-native will be fighting in his fifth world title fight having lost three times with one draw. In his last match this past December, he was stopped for the first time in the eighth round by undefeated International Boxing Federation (IBF) Minimumweight World Champion Hiroto Kyoguchi (8-0) Japonya'da.

 

 

 

Aslında, all three of Buitrago’s career losses as a professional have been to world champions, including a pair to Thammanooon Niyomtrong (11-0) içinde 2016 ve 2014, both by way of 12-round unanimous decisions in Thailand for the Interim WBA title. Buitrago also fought a 12-round split draw in 2013 to then WBO Minimum World Champion Merlito Sabillo (12-0) in Manila, Filipinler.

 

 

 

“I will enter the ring in the best shape of my life with one objective in sight: to fulfill my dream of becoming the world champion and give my country a historic win,” Buitrago commented. “The battle is on and I hope to come out victorious.”

 

 

Additional June 16^th PPV fights will soon be announced. Tüm kavgalar ve savaşçıları değişime tabidir.

 

BİLGİ:

 

www.promocionesmiguelcotto, www.integratedsportsnet.com, www.directvpr.com, www.fite.tv

 

 

 

Heyecan: @CottoPromotions, @Directvpr, @IntegratedPPV, @FiteTV