New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. AK/PT From Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Kazino
NEW YORK (Jan. 9, 2017) – The previously announced matchup between undefeated WBA ranked No 3-ranked super bantamweight Adan Lopez and the WBA’s No. 4-klase Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (regilye) Super Bantamweight belt held by Nehomar Cermeno.
Lopez (16-0-1, 8 Ko) and Roman (20-2-1, 7 Ko) will square off in the most significant fight of their careers in the main event of a ShoBox: New Generation a quadrupleheader sou Vandredi, Jan. 20, ap viv sou Chotim (10 p.m. AK/PT, reta nan Kòt Lwès la) soti nan Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. Li nan 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,"Te di 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 Janvye 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 difuze, undefeated, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 Ko) will face a new opponent, yon fwa-bat Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 Ko), nan yon uit-wonn super ki lejè bout.
Nan bwat la televize, undefeated Stephon Young (15-0, 3 Ko) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 Ko) nan yon uit-wonn super bantamweight 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 Ko) will face off with Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 Ko) in an eight-round 168-pound matchup of ShoBox veteran.
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, yo $125, $100 $75 & $50 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com oswa rele 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins pral rele nan ShoBox aksyon soti nan rinsid ak Steve Farhood ak ansyen chanpyon nan lemonn Raul Marquez sèvi kòm analis ekspè. Pwodiktè egzekitif la se Gordon Hall ak Richard Gaughan pwodwi ak Rick Phillips dirije.
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Sou ShoBox: New Generation a
Depi kreyasyon li nan mwa Jiyè 2001, kritik aklame chotim seri a boksè, ShoBox: New Generation a te chin an tap jenn talan matche difisil. Nan ShoBox filozofi se televise enteresan, foul moun-plezi ak alimèt konpetitif pandan y ap ofri yon tè ki pwouve pou kandida vle detèmine pou goumen pou yon tit mond. Gen kèk nan lis la k ap grandi nan la 67 avyon de gè ki te parèt sou ShoBox ak avanse Garner tit mond an gen ladan: Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Gary Russell Jr, Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Oma Figueroa, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timote Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Pòl Williams ak plis.