New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. OG/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-raðað Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (reglulega) 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 Generation quadrupleheader á Föstudagur, Jan. 20, lifa á Showtime (10 p.m. OG/PT, seinkað á vesturströnd) frá Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. Hann er 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,"Sagði 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 Janúar 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 útsending, undefeated, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 Kos) will face a new opponent, einu sinni barinn Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 Kos), í átta umferð frábær léttur lota.
Í sjónvarpa opnari, undefeated Stephon Young (15-0, 3 Kos) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 Kos) í átta umferð frábær bantamweight lota.
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 vopnahlésdagurinn.
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, eru $125, $100 $75 & $50 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com eða hringja 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins mun kalla ShoBox aðgerð af ringside við Steve Farhood og fyrrum heimsmeistari Raul Marquez þjóna sem sérfræðingur sérfræðingar. The framkvæmdastjóri framleiðanda er Gordon Hall með Richard Gaughan framleiða og Rick Phillips leikstjórn.
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Um ShoBox: The New Generation
Frá upphafi þess í júlí 2001, á gagnrýninn fögnuður Showtime box röð, ShoBox: The New Generation hefur lögun ungur hæfileika Viðburður sterkur. The ShoBox heimspeki er að televise spennandi, mannfjöldi-ánægjulegt og samkeppnishæf leiki en að veita sanna jörð fyrir viljugra horfur ákveðin í að berjast fyrir veröld titill. Sumir af vaxandi lista af 67 bardagamenn sem hafa birst á ShoBox og háþróaður til að safna heiminum titla nær: 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 og fleiri.