New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. Y/PT From Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino
NUEVA YORK (Jan. 9, 2017) – The previously announced matchup between undefeated WBA ranked No 3-ranked super bantamweight Adán López and the WBA’s No. 4-clasificado Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (regular) Super Bantamweight belt held by Nehomar Cermeno.
López (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: La Nueva Generación quadrupleheader en Viernes, Jan. 20, vivir TIEMPO DE LA FUNCION (10 p.m. Y/PT, en diferido en la Costa Oeste) desde Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. Él es 3-0-1 on the series, having defeated three previous unbeaten boxers. 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,", Dijo López. “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 Enero 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 transmisión por televisión, invicto, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 KOs) will face a new opponent, una vez derrotado Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 KOs), en un niño de ocho asaltos en peso superligero.
En el primer partido televisado, invicto Stephon joven (15-0, 3 KOs) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 KOs) en un ocho asaltos de peso súper gallo pelea.
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, invicto súper mediano Ronald Ellis (13-0-1, 1 NC, 10 KOs) se enfrentará con Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 KOs) in an eight-round 168-pound matchup of ShoBox veteranos.
Las entradas para el espectáculo, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (el evento principal) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, son $125, $100 $75 & $50 y se pueden adquirir en www.ticketmaster.com o llamando al 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins llamará al ShoBox acción desde el ringside, con Steve Farhood y el ex campeón del mundo Raúl Márquez calidad de expertos analistas. El productor ejecutivo es Gordon Hall con Richard Gaughan producir y Rick Phillips dirigente.
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Acerca de ShoBox: La Nueva Generación
Desde su creación en julio 2001, la aclamada serie de boxeo de SHOWTIME, ShoBox: La Nueva Generación jóvenes talentos ha ofrecido boxístico. La ShoBox la filosofía es para televisar emocionante, muchedumbre-agradable y partidos de competición mientras que proporciona un campo de pruebas para los prospectos en ascenso determinados a luchar por un título mundial. Algunas de la creciente lista de la 67 combatientes que han aparecido en ShoBox y han avanzado para ganar títulos mundiales incluye: 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 y más.