New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. DA/PT From Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Gidan caca
NEW YORK (Jan. 9, 2017) – The previously announced matchup between undefeated WBA ranked No 3-ranked super bantamweight Adamu Lopez and the WBA’s No. 4-ranked Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (na yau da kullum) 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: Sabon Generation quadrupleheader a kan Jumma'a, Jan. 20, zauna a LOKACIN WASAN KWAIKWAYO (10 p.m. DA/Santa, jinkiri a kan West Coast) daga Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. Ya ke 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,"Ya ce 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 Janairu 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, undefeated, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 Kos) will face a new opponent, sau daya-dukan tsiya Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 Kos), a cikin wani takwas zagaye super hur fadan.
A cikin talabijin mabudin, undefeated Stephon Sun (15-0, 3 Kos) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 Kos) a cikin wani takwas zagaye super bantamweight fadan.
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 Tsohon soji.
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, su ne $125, $100 $75 & $50 kuma za a iya saya a www.ticketmaster.com ko kira 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins zai kira ShoBox mataki daga ringside da Steve Farhood kuma tsohon zakaran duniya Raul Márquez bauta a matsayin gwani manazarta. Babban m ne Gordon Hall tare da Richard Gaughan samar da Rick Phillips directing.
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Game da ShoBox: Sabon Generation
Tun da aka kafa ta a watan Yuli 2001, da nasaba acclaimed Showtime dambe jerin, ShoBox: Sabon Generation ya featured matasa iyawa dace tauri. A ShoBox falsafar shi ne ya televise m, taron-m da m wasanni, alhãli kuwa samar da wata tabbatar ƙasa domin son masu yiwuwa m don yin yaki domin duniya take. Wasu daga cikin girma da jerin 67 mayakan da suka bayyana a ShoBox da kuma ci-gaba zuwa tsiwurwurin duniya sunayen sarauta ya hada da: 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, Timothawus Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chadi Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Bulus Williams kuma mafi.