سازمان جهانی بوکس (WBO) will oversee seven headline bouts around the world this weekend, two of which are for world titles.
Starting Friday, ژوئن 8, در ورونا, نیویورک, WBO number one ranked Junior Featherweight Diego De La Hoya (20-0, 9 کوس) will defend his NABO 122 lbs title against José “قند” Salgado (35-4-2, 28 کوس) in a 10-round duel. The bout is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and will go on stage at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in the aforementioned city.
The fight will be televised live on ESPN3, شروع 9:00 p.m. (زمان شرقی). ESPN2 will air the fights at 12:30 صبح. ET/9:30 p.m. PT. and ESPN Deportes will air the fights the following day at 9:00 p.m. و / 6:00 p.m. PT.
De La Hoya-Salgado will take place during the International Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekend, where “Dr. Ironfist” Vitali Klitschko, Erik “El Terrible” Moráles, and Ronald “Winky” Wright will be exalted, along with other important boxing figures such as Peter Kohl, استیو آلبرت, Jim Gray and Lorraine Chargin.
در روز شنبه, ژوئن 9 در آرژانتین, Facundo Galovar (10-2-1, 7 کوس), of Tucumán, and Rolando Mansilla (13-5-1, 5 کوس), of Entre Ríos, will face off for the vacant WBO Latino Super Middleweight belt in a scheduled 10 درباره دور. The card will take place at the Club Atlético Central Córdoba in San Miguel, as part of an event promoted by Argentina Boxing Promotions.
Also on Saturday, but in the Philippines, two WBO Jr. Featherweight title bouts will take place, when local pugilist Jeo “Santino” Santisima (15-2, 13 کوس) faces Likit Chane (16-6, 10 کوس), from Thailand, for the vacant WBO Oriental 122 lbs belt, and local Albert Pagara (29-1, 20 کوس), است که بدون رتبه. 9 توسط WBO, battles Laryea Gabriel Odoi (20-3-2, 14 کوس), غنا, for the vacant Inter-Continental Junior Featherweight title. Both fights are scheduled for 12 rounds in an event promoted by ALA Promotions at the Maasin City Complex.
In England, the former WBO Lightweight Champion Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 کوس), از منچستر, will seek to reign in a second division, when he clashes with Texan Maurice Hooker (23-0-3, 16کوس) for the vacant WBO Junior Welterweight crown. The duel will be the main event of a card presented by Queensberry Promotions. The fight will be held at Manchester Arena. Flanagan and Hooker are ranked in the first and second positions, به ترتیب, at the Junior Welterweight division.
During his reign in the Lightweight division, Flanagan successfully defended the title five times.
The fight will be televised by BT Sports, on Showtime Boxing’s Facebook page, as well as in Showtime Sports’ YouTube Channel and Panama Cable Onda Sports beginning at4:30 p.m. و 1 /:30 p.m. PT.
Another WBO world title fight will be staged this Saturday in Las Vegas, نوادا. اینجا, welterweight campion Jeff Horn, استرالیا, will face WBO Super Champion and former Lighweight and Junior Welterweight champion Terence Crawford, اوماها, نبراسکا.
For Horn (18-0-1, 12 کوس), it will be the second defense of the title he won by beating legendary WBO Super Champion, مانی Pacquiao.
With a victory over Horn, کرافورد (32-0-0, 23 کوس) would join Oscar De La Hoya (130 پوند, 135 پوند, 160 پوند), میگل کوتو (140 پوند, 147 پوند, 154 پوند), خورخه آرچه (108 پوند, 115 پوند, 122 پوند) and Fernando Montiel (112 پوند, 115 پوند, 118 پوند) as the only three divisions champions of the entity.
همچنین بر روی کارت, WBO Latino Lightweight Champion and ranked No. 5 by this sanctioning body, آنتونیو موران (23-2, 16کوس), از مکزیک, is heading for his second title defense, when he faces former Jr. قهرمان سبک وزن, and WBO 14th ranked Jose “Sniper” Pedraza از تیم (23-1, 12کوس), از پورتوریکو, in scheduled 10 round match.
Horn-Crawford and Pedraza-Moran will be broadcast live via ‘ESPN+’ App, starting at9:30 p.m. و / 6:30 p.m. PT. The event is promoted by Top Rank.