(L-R) – Chris Eubank Jr. & Arthur Abraham
(photo by Sebastian Heger)
TENAFLY, N. J.(Juliol 11, 2017) – Much more is on the line than a world title and bragging rights for rising British Chris Eubank Jr.. and 3-time, 2-campió del món de la divisió “Rei” Arthur Abrahamaquest dissabte (Juliol 15), disponible per veure a Pay Per View als Estats Units, a partir de 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 Tinc PT, en directe des del SES Arena, Wembley a Londres, Anglaterra.
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Eubank Jr. (24-1, 19 KOs) will make his first International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight world title defense against Abraham (46-5, 30 KOs), but it has just been announced that the winner will now move on to compete in the World Boxing Series for the inaugural Muhammad Ali Trophy.
The super middleweight division of the World Boxing Series (CMB) already includes a star-studded field: Associació Mundial de Boxa (AMB) Super champion George Groves (26-3, 19 KOs), former WBA and World Boxing Organization (OMB) posseïdor del títol Juergen Braehmer (48-3, 35 KOs), Erik Skoglund (26-0, 12 KOs), Jamie Cox (23-0, 13 KOs), Callum Smith (22-0, 17 KOs), Rob Brant (22-0, 15 KOs) i Avni “Sr. Robot” Yildirim (16-0, 10 KOs).
The official WBS draw was held this past weekend in Monaco and the No. 3 seeded Eubank Jr-Abraham winner is matched against Yildirim, the 25-year-old Turk and reigning World Boxing Council (CMB) International Silver champion, in the quarterfinals.
“I look forward to testing myself against the best fighters out there,” Eubank Jr. dit. “The Muhammad Ali Trophy is a great idea and I am thrilled to participate. I am taking one step at a time and right now all my focus is on the fight with Arthur Abraham. With just one win between me and the World Boxing Series, I am extremely motivated.”
The World Boxing Series, which also features eight elite cruiserweights competing in the other division, will be conducted in a bracket-style elimination tournament. There will be four quarterfinals (September/October 2017), dues semifinals (d'hora 2018) and one final in May 2018.
“All my focus is on the difficult and spectacular fight in Wembley,” Abraham commented. “I have to and I will defeat Eubank in a big fight. Then things will take off with the World Series of Boxing, which really is amazing. There are so many great fights in such a short period of time, like blow-by-blow. The boxing fans will really love it. I have been dreaming of having a tournament with the world’s best boxers. I will become the world’s best super middleweight. This really is the Champions League of Boxing and I am really looking forward to it.”
Federació Internacional de Boxa (FIB) Featherweight World Champion “Llampec” Llegeix Selby (24-1, 9 KOs) makes the third defense of his IBF Featherweight World title, which he originally captured May 30, 2015, taking an eighth-round technical decision over previously unbeaten Evgeni Gradovich (19-0-1, 9 KOs), in the 12-round co-feature against former WBA Featherweight World Champion and IBF No. 1 classificat contendent, Argentinian challenger Jonathan Víctor “Yoni” Barros (41-4-1, 22 KOs).
Also scheduled to air live are a pair of 12-round championship bouts as IBF No. 11-classificat Kid Galahad (22-0, 13 KOs) defends his IBF Inter-Continental featherweight title against Mexican challenger Jose “El Tigre” Cayetano (21-5, 10 KOs), in addition to undefeated WBA Continental super lightweight champion Robbie Davis Jr. (15-0, 11 KOs), No s'ha classificat. 4 per la Federació Internacional de Boxa, tenint enMichal Syrowatka (18-1, 6 KOs), de Polònia.
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