Undefeated Cruiserweights Constantin Bejenaru & Stivens Bujaj Meet In Co-feature; Nephew of Former World Champion Popo Freitas, Vitor Jones Freitas Faces Manuel Mendez

Live på SHOWTIME på 10:30 p.m. OG/PT

From Omega Products International Event Center in Corona, Calif.

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Philadelphia, PA./Corona CA. (Oktober. 25, 2016) – World ranked lightweight contender Xolisani Ndongeni and highly regarded featherweight prospect Ruben Villa will headline a terrific undercard on Friday night, November 4th at the Omega Products International Events Center in Corona, California.

Ndongeni of East Cape, South Africa has a record of 21-0 med 11 knockouts and is ranked number-2 by the WBA.

Den 26 year-old will be making his American debut against Juan Garcia Mendez (19-1-1, 12 KO s) af Mexicali, Mexico in a bout scheduled for ten-rounds.

Ndongeni turned professional in 2010 and is the IBO Lightweight champion and former South African Super Featherweight & Letvægts mester. Among his 21 wins is a win over former world champion Mzonke Fana. I sin sidste kamp, Ndongeni scored a 1st round stoppage over Emilio Norfat on April 22nd in East London, Sydafrika.

Ndongeni is promoted is Rodney Berman’s Golden Gloves Promotions.

Mendez, 24 år gammel, er en 7 år professionel, and is on a five-fight winning streak. I sin sidste kamp, Mendez stopped Roman Mendez in 1 rundt på maj 29, 2015 in Mexicali, Mexico.

Villa of Salinas, Californien har en registrering af 2-0 med 2 1st-round knockouts.

Den 19 year-old was a two-time National Golden Glove Champion, 2-time Jr. Olympics Champion, og 2015 Olympic Trials runner-up, and he holds two victories over 2016 Olympic silver medal winner Shakur Stevenson.

He turned professional on July 29th with a 1st round stoppage over Gerardo Molina. Villa followed that up with a first round stoppage over Jose Mora on September 23rd i Ontario, California.

Villa’s opponent in the scheduled four-round bout will be announced shortly.

In a 4-round super flyweight bout, Danny Andujo (2-0, 1 KO) of Temcula, California will battle Joel Cano (0-3) of Ciudad, Mexico.

Jonathan Esquivel of Anaheim, California will make his pro debut against an opponent to be named in a middleweight bout.

Tickets for the event promoted by Banner Promotions & Thompson, er prissat til $100 (Ringside), $70 (reserveret) og $50 (generel optagelse) og kan købes ved at ringe (714) 935-0900.

Undefeated 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Terrasse “Real Deal” Shelestyuk (14-0, 9 KOS) will face upset-minded Jaime Herrera in the 10-round welterweight main event of a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader on, live på SHOWTIME på 10:30 p.m. OG/PT (forsinket på vestkysten).

I co-feature, undefeated cruiserweights Constantin Bejenaru (11-0, 4 KOS, 0-1-1 i World Series of Boxing), of Catskill, NY by way of Moldova, og Stivens “Superman” Bujaj(16-0-1, 11 KOS), af New York, will collide in a 10-rounder for the vacant WBC International and WBC Continental Americas titles.

Ved indledningen anfald af telecast, ubesejret letvægts Vitor Jones Freitas (12-0, 1 ND, 6 KOS), of Salvador, Bahia, Brasilien, will be opposed by local fan favorite Manuel Mendez (12-1-2, 8 KOS), af Indio, F.EKS, i en 8-round Bout. The 23-year-old Freitas is the nephew of popular former four-time world champion Acelino “Butt” Freitas.

Barry Tompkins vil kalde ShoBox-handlingen fra ringside med Steve Farhood og tidligere verdensmester Raul Marquez tjener som ekspert analytikere. Den udøvende producent Gordon Hall med Rich Gaughan produktion og Rick Phillips lede.