New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. OG/PT From Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Kasino
NEW YORK (Jan. 9, 2017) – The previously announced matchup between undefeated WBA ranked No 3-ranked super bantamweight Adam Lopez and the WBA’s No. 4-rangeret Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (regelmæssig) Super Bantamweight belt held by Nehomar Cermeno.
Lopez (16-0-1, 8 KOS) and Roman (20-2-1, 7 KOS) will square off in the most significant fight of their careers in the main event of a ShoBox: Den nye generation quadrupleheader på Fredag, Jan. 20, lever videre SHOWTIME (10 p.m. OG/PT, forsinket på vestkysten) fra Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospekt-vendte-udfordrer. Han er 3-0-1 på serien, efter at have besejret tre tidligere ubesejrede boksere. Roman has won 13 in a row dating to March 2014, and none of the fights have been close.
“I am excited that this is an elimination bout and I am one step closer to fighting for a world championship,"Sagde Lopez. “Very few fighters ever get a chance to fight for a title, and I’m not going to let it slip away. It’s a huge motivator, and the stakes are higher. I am fighting for a chance to fight a guy in Cermeno who is 37 and maybe past his prime. So if I win on Januar 20, I feel I will win against Cermeno. He is beatable, and that is the perfect opponent to become a world champion. After I beat Roman, Cermeno will pass the torch to me.”
Said Roman: “This is what we’ve been working toward since day one. A shot at a world title is every boxer’s dream. I can’t speak for Adam, but the stakes have never been higher for me. Beating Adam is the only thing on my mind.”
In a featured bout on the four-fight ShoBox fjersynsudsendelse, ubesejret, tidligere national amatørmester Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 KOS) will face a new opponent, gang-slået Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 KOS), i en otte-runde super let Bout.
I tv-åbneren, ubesejret Stephon Young (15-0, 3 KOS) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 KOS) i en otte-round super bantamvægt Bout.
The previously announced opponent for Sims, Wellington Romero, withdrew due to injury, while Young’s opponent, Daniel Rosas, withdrew due to personal reasons.
In the previously announced co-feature, undefeated super middleweight Ronald Ellis (13-0-1, 1 NC, 10 KOS) will face off with Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 KOS) in an eight-round 168-pound matchup of ShoBox veteraner.
Billetter til showet, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (hovedbegivenheden) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, er $125, $100 $75 & $50 og kan købes på www.ticketmaster.com eller ringer 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins vil kalde ShoBox handling fra ringside med Steve Farhood og tidligere verdensmester Raul Marquez tjener som ekspert analytikere. Den udøvende producent Gordon Hall med Richard Gaughan produktion og Rick Phillips lede.
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Cirka ShoBox: Den nye generation
Siden starten i juli 2001, den kritikerroste SHOWTIME boksning serie, ShoBox: Den nye generation har budt unge talenter matches hårde. Den ShoBox filosofi er at transmittere spændende, crowd-glædeligt og konkurrencedygtige kampe samtidig give en Proving Ground for villige udsigter fast besluttet på at kæmpe for en verden titel. Nogle af de voksende liste af 67 krigere, der er dukket op på ShoBox og avanceret at samle verden titler inkluderer: Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Gary Russell Jr., Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Omar Figueroa, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams og mere.