On Saturday, August 29, 2015, Southern California boxing fans will be in for a rare treat as two highly-ranked Featherweights--both of whom call So Cal their home--will face off in a 12-round fight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
With fight week officially underway, top media members, fighters and trainers offered up their fight night predictions for the highly anticipated featherweight match-up between Leo "El Terremoto" Santa Cruz and Abner Mares headlining Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN Saturday, August 29 from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
Exciting middleweights Fernando Guerrero (27-3, 19 KOs) and Caleb "Golden" Truax (25-2-2,15 KOs) collide in a 10-round main evet as Premier Boxing Champions - The Next Roundreturns to Bounce TV, with live streaming on BounceTV.com, on Friday, Sept. 18 at 9:00 p.m. (ET).
Heavyweight World Champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) hosted a press conference yesterday to formally announce his Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC bout taking place Saturday, September 26 against Johann "Reptile" Duhaupas (32-2, 20 KOs) at Legacy Arena in Birmingham.
Former three-time world champion and Mexican power-puncher Jhonny Gonzalez (58-9, 49 KOs) will take on Puerto Rico's Jonathan "Polvo" Oquendo (25-4, 16 KOs) in a 10-round junior lightweight showdown that will open up HIGH STAKES: Floyd Mayweather vs. Andre Berto.
Mexican power-punchers Hugo Ruiz (35-2, 30 KOs) and Julio Cesar Ceja (28-1, 26 KOs) square off in a super bantamweight world title match as the televised opener for Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes on Saturday, August 29 from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
Heavyweight world champion Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) will make the second defense of his title when he faces France's Johann "Reptile" Duhaupas (32-2, 20 KOs) in primetime on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC Saturday, September 26 from Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.
Take a behind-the-scenes look into the life of PBC on ESPN headliner Leo Santa Cruz as he prepares for his August 29 fight against Abner Mares.
The welterweight division is as robust with polarizing personalities and potentially explosive matchups as it has been in the last 20 years.
Undefeated hometown favorite Sergeant Sammy "The Who Can Mexican" Vasquez (19-0, 13 KOs) will enter the ring in his own backyard as he battles it out with Jose "Piston" Lopez (25-3, 15 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight match-up on the September 15 edition of FS1's TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS.
Featherweight boxer and fan-favorite Abner Mares had one of the most impressive four-fight stretches between 2011-2013 of any boxer in the sport. On Tuesday, August 18, Mares held an open workout for the media as prepares to take on Leo Santa Cruz.
Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares joined a conference call last week to promote their upcoming battle in Los Angeles.
Take a behind-the-scenes look into the life of PBC on ESPN headliner Abner Mares as he prepares for his August 29 fight against Leo Santa Cruz.
On Friday, August 14, 2015, Antonio Tarver and Steve Cunningham fought to an uneventful draw at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
On Friday, August 14, 2015, Antonio Tarver and Steve Cunningham will battle for Heavyweight relevancy.
