HARTFORD (Maig 11, 2015) – Rising junior featherweight star Luis “KO King” Rosa (19-0, 9 KOs) plans to graduate from top prospect to legitimate contender aquest divendres (Maig 15) a ESPN DivendresNight Fights, presented by 50 Cent’s SMS Promotions i DiBella Entertainment, en col·laboració amb Universal Promotions, close to his New Haven home at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.

 

A native of Puerto Rico, the 24-year-old Rosa takes on Colombian veteran Jonathan “Popeye” Pérez (33-10, 17 KOs) in the 8-round ESPN2 co-feature.

 

Headlining the card will be undefeated Puerto Rican lightweight Reynaldo Ojeda (16-0, 9 KOs) against longtime contender Monty Meza Argila (36-4, 22 KOs) en l'esdeveniment principal a 10 assalts.

 

Live coverage will begin at 9 p.m. I on ESPN2 and will also be available through WatchESPN on computers, smartphones, tauletes, Amazon Foc TV i Foc Estic de TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Any, Xbox 360 i Xbox One a través d'un proveïdor de vídeo afiliat. Addicionalment, ESPN Esports’ Nit de Combats will carry the fights live on broadband Spanish-language ESPN Deportes+.

 

The popular Rosa, who is world rated at No. 15 per l'Associació Mundial de Boxa (AMB) i n. 16 pel Consell Mundial de Boxa (CMB), has prepared for a breakout performance in front of a large ESPN Divendres de Combats viewing audience.

 

“Aquesta és una gran baralla per a mi,” Rosa said. “It’s great fighting on ESPN and I’m going to show the nation what I’m all about. I’m prepared to put on an explosive show. I feel that I’m close to getting a title shot. I want to fight world-class opponents and I plan to prove I’m ready el divendres nit.

 

“It’s always great fighting in my home state and I’m sure I’ll have a lot of fans there. Al final de la dia, encara que, I’m going to get the job done and it doesn’t matter where the fight would be held.”

 

Pérez, 28, a professional fighter since 2005, ha guanyat 14 del seu passat 15 extrems. The battle-tested Colombian has fought the likes of world champions Cristian Mijares, Abner Mars, José López, Martin Castillo, Eric Ortiz i Raul Martinez, as well a world title challenger Jesus Jimenez.

 

“Perez is a veteran with 44 baralles com a professional,” said Rosa about Perez. “He’s fought a lot of world-class guys and champions. I know he’s coming to fight. He’s going to come forward and he wants to bang. He’s strong, I’m stronger. I’m faster, massa, and the better all-around fighter. I’ll be ready for whatever he brings.”

Live coverage will begin at 9 p.m. I on ESPN2 and will also be available through WatchESPN on computers, smartphones, tauletes, Amazon Foc TV i Foc Estic de TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Any, Xbox 360 i Xbox One a través d'un proveïdor de vídeo afiliat. Addicionalment, ESPN Esports’ Nit de Combats will carry the fights live on broadband Spanish-language ESPN Deportes+.

 

Fighting on the undercard are a pair of promising foreign boxers who are now living in the United States, as well as several New England and New York City favorites.

 

Undefeated Ukrainian middleweight Ivan Golub (7-0, 5 KOs), lluitant des de Brooklyn, meets fellow Ukrainian Kostyantyn Rovenskyy (18-1-2, 5 KOs) en un combat a sis assalts. Kazakh super middleweightDauren Yeleussinov (1-0), also living in Brooklyn, es reuneix Gaig “JD” Williams (3-6), of Louisiana, in a scheduled six-rounder.

 

Also slated to fight in six-round bouts on the undercard are unbeaten New Haven light heavyweightCharles Foster (7-0, 3 KOs) facing Woonsocket, Rhode Island, adversari Joe Gardner (11-7-1, 1 KO) and undefeated Bronx middleweight Chris Galeano (7-0) taking on Las Vegas’ upset-minded Yosmani Abreu (4-8-2).

 

Three four-round matches are also on tap with Waterbury, Connecticut, welter júnior Jair Ramos (3-2-1, 2 KOs) vs. Harlem Curtis Morton (3-4-2), Miami lightweight Alberto Candeleria (4-2-1, 3 KOs) vs. Brooklyn de Ian James (3-11-1, 1 KO), and New Haven junior lightweight William Foster III (1-0) vs. TBA.

Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $100, $65 i $35 (més els impostos aplicables). Tickets can be purchased by calling 1 (860) 728-2624 o 1 (203) 627-7472. Les portes obren a 6:30 p.m. ET with the first bout scheduled for 7:30 p.m. I.