La Batalla, 六月 16 Live on PPV from Puerto Rico

(L-R) – Eduardo Cajina (Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center), WBO light flyweight world champion Tito Acosta, and promoter Miguel Cotto

SAN JUAN, 波多黎各 (四月 30, 2018) — Miguel Cotto Promotions hosted a press conference earlier today to announce World Boxing Organization Light Flyweight World Champion Tito Acosta will make his first title defense at home on June 16 against Nicaraguan challenger 卡洛斯 “Chocorroncito” Buitrago 在 “La Batalla” 12-回合主要事件, airing on pay-per-view, live from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, 波多黎各.

 

La Batalla: Acosta vs. Buitrago is presented by Miguel Cotto Promotions, which is owned and operated by the first Puerto Rican boxer to capture world titles in four different weight classes, 名人堂成员的未来馆 米格尔·库托, and H2 Entertainment, in association with DIRECTV Puerto Rico.

 

 

 

综合体育媒体将分发 La Batalla: Acosta vs. Buitrago card in the United States on cable, 通过iN需求进行卫星和数字按次计费, Vubiquity, DIRECTV, DISH and live-streamed worldwide (excluding Puerto Rico) 在 FITE.TV 应用和网站 (www.fite.tv), 开始 9 P.M. AND / 6 P.M. PT, 对于只有一个建议零售价 $34.95.

 

 

 

“Tito Acosta is that fighter you can’t blink your eyes,” promoter Miguel Cotto said. “He brings excitement to every fight and power to finish in any second. This fight against Carlos Buitrago will be fireworks from the opening bell.”

 

 

 

 

阿科斯塔 (17-1, 17 科斯), fighting out of San Juan, 波多黎各。, captured the vacant WBO title last December at famed Madison Square Garden, when he knocked out his Mexican challenger, Juan Alejo (24-4-1), 在 10^日 圆.

 

 

 

 

A standout amateur boxer with more than 180 火柴, highlighted by his gold-medal performance at the Central American Games, is a past WBO Latino and World Boxing Council (WBC) 次特轻量级冠军. His most notable victories have been against 22-5 Juan Guzman (KO1), 12-1 Japhet Uutoni (将军澳12), 和 28-5-3 Luis Ceja (KO2).

 

 

 

“Buitrago says that his dream is to become the world champion, to that I say, keep on dreaming,” Acosta said. “我不会低估他, but this will be my night, not his.”

 

 

 

Buitrago (30-3-1, 17 科斯), 26, is currently world rated at No. 12 由WBO. The Managua-native will be fighting in his fifth world title fight having lost three times with one draw. In his last match this past December, he was stopped for the first time in the eighth round by undefeated International Boxing Federation (IBF) Minimumweight World Champion Hiroto Kyoguchi (8-0) 在日本.

 

 

 

事实上, all three of Buitrago’s career losses as a professional have been to world champions, including a pair to Thammanooon Niyomtrong (11-0) 在 2016 和 2014, both by way of 12-round unanimous decisions in Thailand for the Interim WBA title. Buitrago also fought a 12-round split draw in 2013 to then WBO Minimum World Champion 梅里托·萨比略 (12-0) in Manila, 菲律宾.

 

 

 

“I will enter the ring in the best shape of my life with one objective in sight: to fulfill my dream of becoming the world champion and give my country a historic win,” Buitrago commented. “The battle is on and I hope to come out victorious.”

 

 

Additional June 16^日 PPV fights will soon be announced. 所有战斗和战士都受到变革.

 

信息:

 

www.promocionesmiguelcotto, www.integratedsportsnet.com, www.directvpr.com, www.fite.tv

 

 

 

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