New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 pm. 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-rangert Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (regulær) 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: Den nye generasjonen quadrupleheader på Fredag, Jan. 20, leve på SHOWTIME (10 pm. OG/PT, forsinket på vestkysten) fra Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospekt ble konkurrent. Han er 3-0-1 på serien, etter å ha beseiret tre tidligere ubeseirede boksere. 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,"Sa 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 Januar 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 sendingen, ubeseiret, tidligere nasjonal amatørmester Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 KOs) will face a new opponent, gang-beaten Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 KOs), i en åtte-runde superlett bout.
I TV-opener, ubeseiret Stephon Young (15-0, 3 KOs) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 KOs) i en åtte-runde super bantamvekt 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 KOs) will face off with Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 KOs) in an eight-round 168-pound matchup of ShoBox veteraner.
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, er $125, $100 $75 & $50 og kan kjøpes på www.ticketmaster.com eller ringe 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins vil kalle ShoBox handling fra ringside med Steve Farhood og tidligere verdensmester Raul Marquez tjene som ekspert analytikere. Den utøvende produsent er Gordon Hall med Richard Gaughan produsere og Rick Phillips regi.
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Omtrent ShoBox: Den nye generasjonen
Siden oppstarten i juli 2001, den kritikerroste SHOWTIME boksing serie, ShoBox: Den nye generasjonen har omtalt unge talenter matchet tøft. Den ShoBox filosofi er å kringkaste spennende, folkemengde-tiltalende og konkurransedyktige kamper samtidig som det gir en Proving Ground for villige prospekter fast bestemt på å kjempe for en verden tittel. Noen av de voksende liste av 67 krigere som har dukket opp på ShoBox og avansert å samle verdens titler inkluderer: 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 mer.