World-Ranked Adam Lopez Risks Perfect Record Against
Roman Reynoso In Main Event Live 在 10 P.M. AND/PT
Tickets on Sale At Foxwoods Resort Casino
紐約 (六月 29, 2016) – The popular, prospect-orientated boxing series, 的ShoBox: 新一代 celebrates its 15th anniversary with a quadrupleheader on 星期五, 七月 22, 住在 開演時間 (10 P.M. AND/PT, 延遲在西海岸) 從 康州快活大賭場 在 Mashantucket, 康涅狄格州.
在10輪的主要事件, undefeated top 10-ranked 亞當“黃油”洛佩茲 (15-0, 7 科斯) of Phoenix faces Roman Ruben Reynoso (18-1-1, 7 科斯) of Argentina in a bantamweight bout. Super middleweights 羅納德·埃利斯 (12-0-1, 10 科斯) of Lynn., 質量。, 和 朱利葉斯·傑克遜 (19-1, 15 科斯) 聖. 托馬斯, 英屬維爾京群島, will collide in the eight-round co-feature.
兩個八圓場將輪出四拼轉播. O'Shaquie福斯特 (10-1, 7 科斯), 奧蘭治, 得克薩斯州, 會見 羅蘭Chinea (12-1-1, 6 科斯), 蘭開斯特, 佩恩。, in a featherweight scrap and undefeatedKhiary灰色皮茨 (13-0, 10 科斯), 伍斯特的, 質量。, will be opposed by fellow unbeaten Ismael Garcia (10-0, 4 科斯), 葡萄園的, 新澤西州, by way of Pahokee, 佛羅里達州。, in the super welterweight opener.
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Since its premiere on July 21, 2001, 67 boxers who’ve appeared on的ShoBox went on to become world champions; the most recent,拉奧肖·沃倫. An additional 75 fighters who appeared on 的ShoBoxhave fought for a world title.
Testament to the 的ShoBox mission statement and to the competitiveness of the fights – prospects are matched against their toughest opposition to date – 150 fighters have suffered their first loss on the developmental series.
洛佩茲, Ellis and Foster fought on GH3’s 二月. 19 的ShoBox at Atlantic City. Lopez and Foster triumphed; Ellis boxed a draw.
Adam Lopez vs. Roman Ruben Reynoso: 10-round bantamweight bout
The steadily improving Lopez, now trained by Houston-based 羅尼盾, will be making his fourth 的ShoBox start since March 2015. In his first three, he defeated previously unbeaten prospects (combined record: 44-0-2) on each occasion.
最後 二月. 19, the 5-foot-7, 25-year-old Lopez captured a career-best, highly competitive 10-round decision over Mario Muñoz (16-0-1) 墨西哥. Lopez survived a nasty cut over his right eye to win by the scores of 98-92 兩次， 97-93. In his other fights on 的ShoBox, Lopez won a (then personal-best) 10-round majority decision over DominicanEliecer阿基諾 (17-0-1) 七月 17, 2015, and by second-round knockout over 巴勃羅·克魯茲 (11-0) 三月 13, 2015.
Regarding his upcoming fight against Reynoso, 洛佩茲說, “Everything is good. I’m starting to turn up my sparring. I have switched trainers to 羅尼盾 在休斯頓. I see a lot of improvement since my last fight.
“Reynoso is a good fighter from Argentina. He is in Canada now, so I am sure he is getting good sparring there. He is kind of wild, but guys like that are hard to fight because you don’t know where the punches are coming from, but we will be prepared for anything.”
Born in Phoenix and raised in Los Angeles, Lopez moved to San Antonio at 15. 他去 125-23 in the amateurs and won six national championships before turning pro at 21 二月裡 2012.
The 25-year-old Reynoso brings a 10-fight winning streak into his United States and 的ShoBox 登場. A five-year pro, the South American lightweight champion fought his initial 18 fights in Buenos Aires before winning his last fight and lone start this year on a decision over Cristian Arrazola 最後 五月 20 在加拿大. Reynoso’s lone defeat came in his fourth fight.
“Everything is going well in training camp,’’ Reynoso said. “We know that Lopez is tall for 122 pounds and he has good hand speed. He has a good name and we will try to learn more in the next few weeks.
“This is a big opportunity for us and we will do our best. This is a big fight and we know we have to win. With a win, we would hope to get a world title opportunity.’’
Ronald Ellis vs. 朱利葉斯·傑克遜: Eight-round middleweight bout
Ellis gets an immediate opportunity to regain his winning ways after taking a sizeable jump up in class and boxing an eight-round draw with hard-hitting 傑里奧多姆 在他的 二月. 19 的ShoBox 登場. A spirited, close contest throughout was scored 78-74 for Ellis and 76-76 每人. The draw snapped a four-fight-knockout streak for Ellis, who’s won all 10 of his knockouts inside two rounds (eight in the first) 自從上交職業 2011.
“This is going to be another coming out party for me,’’ the 5-foot-11, 25-year-old Ellis said. “The last fight was a draw. I had some problems with my hand, but I’m back and this is a step for me. Hopefully he comes to fight. I hope he brings it 100 percent because I am bringing 200 百分.
“I am glad to be on 的ShoBox 再次. I showed the fans a little bit in my last fight. They can expect the same thing but a little bit more on 七月 22.''
Jackson is making his second 的ShoBox 開始. In his debut – and initial go in the U.S. – the older brother of 約翰· and son of former two-division world champion Julian “The Hawk” Jackson registered two knockdowns en-route to a ninth-round TKO over Jonathan Nelson (19-2, 10 科斯) 12月. 20, 2014.
Much like Ellis, Jackson is also getting a quick-fix chance to redeem himself and get back on the winning track. 但, unlike Ellis, 傑克遜 丟失他最近的戰鬥. His perfect record and 19-fight winning streak ended when he lost by second-round TKO to now top-rated super middleweight contender 喬斯·斯卡特圭 最後 十月. 6.
“I’m looking to redeem myself and come out with a win,’’ said the 6-foot-2 Jackson, 誰轉 29 上 八月. 1. “This is my second 的ShoBox fight and I’m excited to get back to let the world see my talent. I’m getting better, my training has been good. I expect to be in with another really good fighter. It should be a great fight.’’
一 2008 Olympian for the Virgin Islands and a pro since January 2009, Jackson is fighting for the third time in a row in the U.S.
O’Shaquie Foster vs. 羅蘭Chinea: Eight-round featherweight bout
O’Shaquie (pronounced “oh-SHACK-ee”) Foster is making his third appearance on 的ShoBox. 最後 二月. 19, he began to live up to expectations when he rebounded from a sub-standard performance in his 的ShoBox 登場 (an eight-round decision loss to 塞繆爾·佘 十一月 2015) to register a seventh-round TKO over previously undefeated Lavisas Williams (8-0-1).
培育, 22, dropped southpaw Williams four times – in the second, third, fourth and seventh rounds. Three of the knockdowns appeared to result from a push, but Williams’ gloves touched the canvas each time so they went into the books as knockdowns. After the final knockdown in the seventh, the fight was stopped at 52 秒到圓.
“Everything is going good,’’ Foster said. “I’ve been doing a lot of conditioning. I am in the best shape of my life. Chinea has a good jab and I know he will be in a good shape.
“Ever since I moved to Virginia to train, my conditioning, mentality and confidence has gone way up and that was the difference from my first fight to my last fight on 的ShoBox. 上 七月 22, I will be even that much better.’’
A highly decorated amateur standout, the 5-foot-8½ inch Foster advanced to the 2012 中美. Olympic Trials where he lost to unbeaten pro prospect, 約瑟夫· “喬 - 喬”迪亞茲. 在此之前，, Foster was a 2010 PAL全國冠軍, a five-time Ringside National Champion and two-time National Junior Golden Gloves Champion.
Chinea, a 5-foot-8, 25-歲, 正在他 的ShoBox 登場. After going pro in November 2011, 他去 10-0-1 before losing an eight-round decision to Ismail Muwendo 四月 2015. He’s won two straight since, including a six-round decision over previously undefeatedLadarius米勒 (然後 9-0) 在他的最後一戰 二月. 16.
“I treat every opponent the same,’’ Chinea. “I give everything I got and I leave it all in the ring. I know Foster was a good amateur. I know he can box and I know he has some pop.
“This is the moment I’ve dreamed about since I started boxing at 14. My main goal is to tune out the crowd and win. I want to be a main event fighter on SHOWTIME and this is the first step.’’
Khiary Gray-Pitts vs. Ismael Garcia: Eight-round super welterweight bout
灰皮茨, 23, will be boxing on 的ShoBox 首次. Ambidextrous with quick hands and feet, Gray-Pitts turned pro in June 2014. He fought three times that year, eight times in 2015 (8-0, 8 科斯, seven in the first, one in the second) and this will be his third fight in 2016.
“我很興奮,’’ Gray-Pitts said. “Now I get to showcase my skillset to the whole world. It’s something I’ve been waiting for. There’s still more that people haven’t seen yet when it comes to me. Now I get to see what I have the ability to do. I’m able to block [the crowd] 出去.
“The more pressure there is, the more relaxed I am. I don’t know a lot about my opponent, but it doesn’t matter as long as I go in there and get done what I need to get done.”
The 5-foot-9 Gray-Pitts is coming off a second-round knockout overQuinton Willis 最後 五月 13. In his outing before last, the previous 二月. 19, won a 10-round decision over 愛德華多·弗洛雷斯.
加西亞, 29, has fought sporadically since turning pro in March 2010, although he’s been more active in the last 14 個月. He fought in May and October in 2015 and won his one start this year on a six-round split decision over 卡洛斯·加西亞 最後 三月 18. Garcia’s initial seven fights took place in Atlantic City, the last three in Philadelphia.
“It is my television debut, and everything we have been working on in my first 10 fights we will put together for this fight,’’ Garcia said. “This is SHOWTIME. 作為上 的ShoBox is a long time coming for me. It’s what I’ve dreamed about since I started boxing. It’s his TV debut as well so I know he will be on top of his game. We will be preparing 100 percent for that and then some.
“I have seen a little of Gray-Pitts on tape. This will be my toughest test, as I will be his toughest test. When you have 13-0 戰鬥 10-0, it will be a good fight.’’
巴里·湯普金斯 將調用 的ShoBox 從馬戲團的行動 史蒂夫Farhood 和前世界冠軍 勞爾·馬爾克斯 will serve as expert analysts. 執行製片人 戈登·霍爾 同 豐富的高根 生產和 里克·菲利普斯 導演.