New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. AND/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-ndipo lili pa nambala Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (okhazikika) 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: The New Generation quadrupleheader pa Friday, Jan. 20, padziko NTHAWI YACHIWONETSERO (10 p.m. AND/PT, anachedwa pa West Coast) kuchokera Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. Iye 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,"Anati 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 Ko) will face a new opponent, kamodzi-anamenyedwa Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 Ko), mu asanu ndi atatu kuzungulira wapamwamba opepuka podwala.
Mu televised chotsegulira, undefeated Stephon Young (15-0, 3 Ko) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 Ko) mu asanu ndi atatu kuzungulira wapamwamba bantamweight podwala.
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 anamenyela.
Matikiti a chiwonetserochi, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (chochitika chachikulu) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, ali $125, $100 $75 & $50 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com kapena kuitana 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins adzaimba ShoBox kanthu kwa ringside ndi Steve Farhood ndi kale lonse ngwazi Raul Marquez akutumikira monga katswiri ofufuza za. Nthambi Yolamula sewerolo ndi Gordon Hall ndi Richard Gaughan kukonza ndi Rick Phillips kutsogolera.
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About ShoBox: The New Generation
Kuchokera pomwe linayamba mu July 2001, ndi otsutsa lofunika Showtime nkhonya zino, ShoBox: The New Generation wakhala nkhani achinyamata luso chikufanana ndinavutika. The ShoBox nzeru ndi televise zosangalatsa, khamu zokondweretsa ndi mpikisano machesi pamene kupereka kutsimikizira pansi wofunitsitsa chiyembekezo kuyesetsa kuthetsa dziko udindo. Ena mwa kukula mndandanda wa 67 omenyana amene anaonekera pa ShoBox ndi zipangizo kuti nkhokwe dziko maudindo zikuphatikizapo: Andre Ward, Deontay olandiridwa, 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 ndi zambiri.