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Las Vegas (September 8, 2015) – Featherweight Super emhlabeni iqhawe Javier “The Abejon” Fortune (28-0-1, 20 Kos) liba 2004 Puerto Rica Olympian Carlos “Twin Dream” Velasquez (19-1, 12 Kos) njengoba PBCUzwane-TO-uzwane ngoLwesibili on FS1 oza Pearl at wamasundu Casino Resort e Las Vegas on Tuesday, September 29.
Ukusabalala isiqephu uqala at 9 p.m. KANYE/6 p.m. PT isenzo undercard ukuba umemezele maduzane.
Amathikithi for the umcimbi bukhoma, lapho kugqugquzelwa Mayweather Promotions ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $100.50, $75.50, $50.50 futhi $20.50 plus izimali ezifanele, futhi ezisendalini ngoLwesine, September 10. Amathikithi angathengwa at www.ticketmaster.com noma ngokuthi Ihhovisi Pearl Box at 702-994-3200 noma Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. “Ngijabule kangangokuthi ukuba headlining lo mcimbi oyindumezulu futhi ngibheke phambili sivikele isihloko yami Las Vegas,” wathi Fortuna. “Velasquez kuyinto fighter onzima kakhulu, kodwa ngiya ukufakazela ukuthi ngingumuntu emhlabeni iqhawe elikhulu. Lokhu kuyoba ukulwa bezijabulisa futhi mina ngeke ayeke uya ngize uthole Knockout.”
“Sekuyiminyaka isifiso enganginaso kusukela ebuntwaneni ami ukuba abe iqhawe emhlabeni futhi manje ukuthi isikhathi sesifikile ukuba sikhombise umhlaba ukuthi Ngingumfana worthy.” Said Velasquez. “I’m going to leave everything in the ring against Fortuna. He’s one of the best fighters in the division and a win against him will open up many doors for my career. “
“September 29 is ekwakheni kuze kube komunye ikhadi ezehlukile at the Pearl at Palms Casino Resort,” Said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions. “Kuyoba esinye ebusuku olukhulu isinyathelo enkundleni noma kuthelevishini yakho phezu FS1 kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni.”
“The Pearl inikeza kumnandi njalo, spot obuseduze ukubukela a bukhoma boxing umdlalo,” wathi Billy Conn, Umsekeli kamongameli Ezokuzijabulisa kanye Imicimbi Special at Palms Casino Resort. “Samukela lezi fighters eligabavulayo futhi enophephela, kanye FS1, ngoba lokho kuyoba ebusuku omkhulu kwezemidlalo isinyathelo.”
An standout amateur ukuthi bahlanganyela lokuqala Pan American Junior Championships e 2003, the 26-year-old Fortuna owns victories over Abner Cotto, Miguel Zamudio and Patrick Hyland. Wathi osanda wathatha phansi eyaziswa kakhulu Bryan Vasquez ukuba uthole super featherweight isihloko emhlabeni. Ukumela La Romana, I-Dominican Republic, Fortuna kubukeka ukuba umxhwele yakhe yokuqala isihloko ukuzivikela futhi career wesine uqale ngo Las Vegas.
Nakuba Velasquez manje ubiza Miami ekhaya lakhe, wayengumuntu 2004 Olympian Catano ezimele, E-Puerto Rico. Kusukela turning pro in 2007, yena uye washaywa nje kuphela engena kule mpi on a ezine-mpi win streak. Wathi iningi muva kuyasetshenzelwa uJesu Ruiz ukunqoba ephezulu kanye izobuyela ku Vegas okokuqala kusukela 2013 isihloko ezweni lakhe shot.
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