New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. ETA/PT From Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino
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-sailkapenean Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (erregularra) 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: Belaunaldi berriak quadrupleheader on Ostirala, Jan. 20, bizi SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ETA/PT, West Coast atzeratua) batetik Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. He da 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,"Esan 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 Urtarrilaren 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 telecast, boladan, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 Kos) will face a new opponent, behin-jipoitu Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 Kos), Zortzi-biribilak bout super arin batean.
Telebistako irekiera, boladan Stephon Young (15-0, 3 Kos) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 Kos) Zortzi-txandan super bantamweight bout batean.
The previously announced opponent for Sims, Wellingtongo Romero, withdrew due to injury, while Young’s opponent, Daniel Rosas, withdrew due to personal reasons.
In the previously announced co-feature, garaitu gabeko supererdi pisua 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 beteranoek.
Tickets for the show, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (the main event) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, dira $125, $100 $75 & $50 eta hemen eros daiteke www.ticketmaster.com edo deituz 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins dei egingo ShoBox batera ringside ekintzara Steve Farhood eta antzinako munduko txapelduna Raul Marquez aditua analista gisa zerbitzatu. Ekoizle exekutibo da Gordon Hall batera Richard Gaughan ekoizten eta Rick Phillips zuzendaritza.
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Buruz ShoBox: Belaunaldi berriak
Bere uztailean sortu zenetik 2001, Hain harrera SHOWTIME boxeo serie, ShoBox: Belaunaldi berriak talentu gazte nabarmendu du datorren gogorra. The ShoBox filosofia da zirraragarria televise ra, jendetza-atsegina eta partiduak lehiakorra bitartean egiaztatzen prest irtenbideak lurrean eskainiz zehazten den munduko titulua borrokatzeko. Geroz zerrenda batzuk 67 duten agertu borrokalari ShoBox eta aurreratu munduko tituluak lortu ditu barne: 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 eta gehiago.