WBA Super Featherweight Champion Gervonta Davis Battles Former Champion Hugo Ruiz In SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Main Event Presented By Premier Boxing Champions
CARSON, Calif. (Februar 4, 2019) – Unbeaten Super Featherweight Xavier Martinez will clash with Colombia’s Deivi Bassa and lightweight contender Ladarius Miller is set to battle Daulius Prescott in non-televised undercard action on Saturday, Februar 9 from Dignity Health Sports Park, ehemals StubHub Center, in Carson, Kalifornien.
The main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader features unbeaten WBA Super Featherweight Champion Gervonta Davis defending his title against former world champion Hugo Ruiz in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
The unbeaten Martinez (12-0, 8 KOs) has stopped his last four opponents, including a technical knockout victory over Oscar Bravo in his last fight in September. The 21-year-old from Sacramento, Calif. will be looking to do the same when he steps in for a 10-round bout against Bassa (20-7, 12 KOs), a 37-year-old southpaw from Monteira, Kolumbien. Bassa is looking to rebound from a unanimous decision loss to Jonathan Oquendo in his last fight in December.
Müller (18-1, 5 KOs) has used his boxing ability to make a steady climb up the lightweight ladder with impressive victories over Jamel Herring and Dennis Galarza. Die 25-jährige, a southpaw who was born in Memphis and now lives in Las Vegas, is coming off a majority decision victory over Ricardo Garcia in his last fight in December. He is catching Barranquilla, Colombia’s Prescott (32-10, 24 KOs) as he is trying to rebound from a decision loss to Matt Conway in December.
In other non-televised undercard action undefeated featherweight Angelo Leo (15-0, 8 KOs) erfüllt Alberto Torres (11-1-3, 4 KOs) in einem Acht-Runden-Kampf, ungeschlagen Jose Balderas (5-0) competes in a six-round super bantamweight fight against Jerrod Miner(1-3-2, 1 KO), Fliegengewicht Ava Ritter (17-2-4, 5 KOs) annimmt Luna del Mar Torroba(12-9-2, 2 KOs) in einem Acht-Runden-Match, Mexican lightweight Francisco Ochoa (13-0, 8 KOs) steps in against Luis May (21-11-1, 8 KOs) for a six-round bout and Maurice Lee(9-1-1, 5 KOs) Gesichter Lennard Davis (4-1-4, 3 KOs) in a six-round super lightweight bout.
The fights continue with undefeated welterweight Emmanuel Medina (15-0, 9 KOs) gegen Carlos Velasquez (26-33-2, 16 KOs) in einem Acht-Runden-Kampf, Lorenzo Simpson(1-0, 1 KO) Treffen Jonell Christmas (0-1) in a four-round super middleweight bout and Genisis Waage (17-1, 10 KOs) Annahme Gilberto Mendoza (11-6-2, 4 KOs) in an eight-round super flyweight match.
Rounding out the night of action is undefeated Israel Luna Annahme Engel Carvajal in a four-round super bantamweight match.
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ÜBER DAVIS VS. RUIZ
Gervonta Davis vs. Hugo Ruiz pits the WBA Super Featherweight World ChampionDavis against the former world champion Ruiz in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on Saturday, Februar 9 from Dignity Health Sports Park, ehemals StubHub Center, in Carson, California and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT and features undefeated super lightweight Mario Barrios taking on Mexico’s Richard Zamora and former world champion Javier Fortuna battling lightweight contender Sharif Bogere.
The event is promoted by Mayweather Promotions, TGB Promotions and Sampson Boxing and tickets are sale now and can be purchased at AXS.com.
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