New Opponents Named For Kenneth Sims Jr. & Stephon Young In ShoBox Quadrupleheader Live At 10 p.m. IYO/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-kaalinta Danny Roman has been elevated to a 12-round title eliminator for the WBA (joogto ah) 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: Generation Cusub quadrupleheader on Friday, Jan. 20, ku nool yihiin SHOWTIME (10 p.m. IYO/PT, dib u xeebta galbeed) ka Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino.
Lopez is a classic example of a ShoBox prospect-turned-contender. Waxa uu 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,"Ayuu yiri 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, badinin, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 KOs) will face a new opponent, mar-garaacay Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 KOs), sideed-wareega xumad ah super khafiifa.
In furitaanka telefishanka, badinin Stephon Young (15-0, 3 KOs) will take on new foe Elton Dharry (20-5-1, 13 KOs) sideed-wareega xumad bantamweight super ah.
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 halyeeyada.
Tigidhada bandhiga, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (the main event) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, waa $125, $100 $75 & $50 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com ama wacaya 1-800-745-3000.
Barry Tompkins wac doonaa ShoBox tallaabo ka ringside la Steve Farhood iyo horyaalka hore ee aduunka Raul Marquez adeega sida falanqeeyayaasha khabiir. Saare sare ee fulinta yahay Gordon Hall la Richard Gaughan soo saaridda iyo Rick Phillips agaasimeysaa.
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About ShoBox: Generation Cusub
Tan iyo intii la aasaasay bishii July 2001, taxanaha ah loo amaano SHOWTIME feerka, ShoBox: Generation Cusub ayaa ciyaaray dhallinyaro tayo kulan-adag. The ShoBox Falsafada waa in televise xiiso leh, dadkii badnaa ka farxisaa iyo kulan oo tartan rasmi bixinta halka dhulka ah caddaynaya ee rajada diyaar u go'aamisay in ay u dagaalamaan horyaalka adduunka ah. Qaar ka mid ah liiska sii kordhaya oo ka mid ah 67 dagaalyahaniinta ka soo muuqday on ShoBox iyo sare inay ku soo daraan horyaal oo adduunka ka mid ah: 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 oo dheeraad ah.