New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. NA/PT From Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Cha cha
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-họọrọ Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (mgbe nile) 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: The New Ọgbọ quadrupleheader on Friday, Jan. 20, na-na OGE IHE NKIRI (10 p.m. NA/Pt, egbu oge na West Coast) site Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. Ọ bụ 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,"Kwuru 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 January 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, ugboro-amia Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 Kos), na asatọ-gburugburu ibu fechaa tuanu.
Na televised opener, undefeated Stephon-eto eto (15-0, 3 Kos) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 Kos) na asatọ-gburugburu ibu Bantamweight tuanu.
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 lagoro ezumike nka.
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, na- $125, $100 $75 & $50 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com ma ọ bụ na-akpọ 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins ga na-akpọ ShoBox edinam si ringside na Steve Farhood na mbụ n'ụwa onye mmeri Raul Marquez eje ozi dị ka ọkachamara nnyocha. Executive emeputa bụ Gordon Ụlọ Nzukọ na Richard Gaughan amị na Rick Phillips Iduzi.
# # #
Banyere ShoBox: The New Ọgbọ
Ebe ọ bụ na ya Uru na July 2001, na oké acclaimed showtime ọkpọ usoro, ShoBox: The New Ọgbọ ka na-apụta na-eto eto talent adịkwa siri ike. The ShoBox nkà ihe ọmụma bụ televise na-akpali akpali, ìgwè mmadụ-atọ na mpi ọkụ mgbe inye a na-egosi ala njikere atụmanya kpebisiri ike na-alụ ọgụ maka ụwa aha. Ụfọdụ na-eto eto ndepụta nke 67 alụso ndị pụtara na ShoBox na elu na-garner ụwa utu aha na-agụnye: 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 na ndị ọzọ.