New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. E/PT From Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Cassino
NOVA IORQUE (Jan. 9, 2017) – The previously announced matchup between undefeated WBA ranked No 3-ranked super bantamweight Adam Lopez and the WBA’s No. 4-classificados Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (regular) 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: A Nova Geração quadrupleheader em Sexta-feira, Jan. 20, viver ALTURA DE COMEÇAR (10 p.m. E/PT, atrasado na Costa Oeste) a partir de Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. Ele é 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,", Disse 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 Janeiro 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 televisionar, invicto, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 KOs) will face a new opponent, uma vez batido Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 KOs), em um oito-redonda luta super leve.
Na abertura televisionado, invicto Stephon jovem (15-0, 3 KOs) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 KOs) em um oito-redonda super galo luta.
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) vai enfrentar Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 KOs) in an eight-round 168-pound matchup of ShoBox veteranos.
Tickets for the show, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (o evento principal) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, são $125, $100 $75 & $50 e pode ser comprado em www.ticketmaster.com ou chamando 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins vai chamar a ShoBox ação do ringue com Steve Farhood e ex-campeão do mundo Raul Marquez servindo como analistas especializados. O produtor executivo é Gordon Hall com Richard Gaughan e produzindo Rick Phillips direção.
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Sobre ShoBox: A Nova Geração
Desde a sua criação em julho 2001, a aclamada série de boxe SHOWTIME, ShoBox: A Nova Geração tem caracterizado jovens talentos combinada difícil. O ShoBox filosofia é para televisionar emocionante, jogos competitivos, proporcionando um campo de provas para as perspectivas dispostos multidão-agradável e determinados a lutar por um título mundial. Alguns da lista crescente da 67 lutadores que já apareceram em ShoBox e avançado para angariar títulos mundiais inclui: 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 e mais.