Dissabte, Gener 14 del Barclays Center a Brooklyn
Més! Undefeated Rising Middleweight Contenders
Ievgen Khytrov & Immanuwel Aleem Collide in Action
A partir de les 7 p.m. I/ PT
BROOKLYN (Desembre 2, 2016) – Junior featherweight world champion and Brooklyn-native Amanda "The Real Deal" Serrano (30-1-1, 23 KOs) is set to battle former two-division world champion Yazmin Rivas (35-9-1, 10 KOs) in the first nationally televised women’s world title bout in nearly a decade on Dissabte, Gener 14, viure SHOWTIME EXTREME del Barclays Center a Brooklyn.
NOTA: The last nationally televised female world title fight was Mary Jo Saunders vs. Valerie Mahfood on March 30, 2007 (ESPN2).
The SHOWTIME EXTREME telecast begins at 7 p.m. I/PT i característiques Ievgen Khytrov (14-0, 12 KOs) lluitant Immanuel Aleem(16-0-1, 9 KOs) in a 10-round matchup of undefeated rising contenders for the WBC Middleweight Silver belt.
La Gener 14 L'esdeveniment inclou un SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® doble capçalera encapçalada per l'enfrontament d'unificació del campionat mundial de pes súper mitjà Badou Jack i James DeGale. Cobertura televisiva a SHOWTIME® comença a 9:30 p.m. I/6:30 p.m. PT amb campió del món súper ploma Jose Pedraza enfrontant-se a un aspirant invicte Gervonta Davis.
Serrano, the WBO 122-pound titlist, and Rivas, the WBC International champion at super bantamweight, will fight for the WBO title and the prestigious WBC Diamond championship in a bout that promises intense action from start to finish. The addition of Serrano means that the card will feature Puerto Rico’s only two world champions, Serrano and Pedraza.
Les entrades per a l'esdeveniment en viu, que està promogut per Mayweather Promotions i DiBella Entertainment, comença a $25. Les entrades ja estan disponibles i es poden comprar en línia visitant www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com o trucant al 1-800-745-3000. Les butlletes també estan disponibles a la taquilla de l'American Express al Barclays Center. Descomptes per a grups estan disponibles trucant al 844-BKLYN-GP.
Criat a la secció Bushwick de Brooklyn, Serrano va gravitar cap a la boxa per veure la seva germana gran Cindy, també un lluitador professional. Va agafar l'esport ràpidament, pastar una 9-1 rècord durant una breu carrera amateur en la qual va guanyar el títol dels Guants d'Or de Nova York 2008. The 27-year-old would go on to fight all over the world, aconseguint el seu primer títol mundial a 2011 quan va derrotar a Kimberly Connor per agafar un cinturó super ploma. En 2014, va anar a l'Argentina i va derrotar a Maria Elena Maderna per convertir-se en campiona del món de pes lleuger. Her world title climb continued in February when she stopped Olivia Gerula in the first round to capture her featherweight championship. She made her Barclays Center debut in July with a first-round stoppage of Calixta Silgado before earning another victory in the first round when she stopped Alexandra Lazar to pick up a vacant junior featherweight world title.
A 28-year-old out of Torreon, Mèxic, Rivas picked up her WBC International title in her last bout, a decision victory over Jessica Gonzalez. Rivas had previously successfully defended her bantamweight world title four times after winning the belt against Alesia Graf in 2014. Her prior run as a bantamweight champion lasted for five defenses after she defeated previously unbeaten Susie Ramadan to win that belt. These extended championship runs came after she became a flyweight world champion in 2005 by defeating Lucia Avalos.
An Olympian who represented his native Ukraine, Khytrov also won an Amateur World Championship before turning pro in 2013. Des de llavors, the 28-year-old has dominated on his way to stopping contenders Josh Luteran and Nick Brinson and previously unbeaten fighters Maurice Louishomme and Aaron Coley. Khytrov, who trains out of Brooklyn, won an entertaining ninth-round knockout over Paul Mendez in his last start this past July. Khytrov has fought three times previously on ShoBox: La Nova Generació.
Nascut a East Meadow, Nova York i lluitant des de Richmond, Virginia, Aleem va ser introduït a la boxa a una edat jove pels seus pares. Des que es va convertir en professional en 2012 a l'edat 18, el jove de 23 anys ha esborrat tota la competició davant seu. En 2015, va dominar a Emmanuel Sánchez, David Toribio, Oscar Riojas and Carlos Galvan before defeating once-beaten Jonathan Cepeda in April. En la seva última baralla, he boxed a draw with once-beaten prospect Demond Nicholson. He will look to take advantage of another big opportunity on Gener 14.
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