HUGO CENTENO VS. AYI BRUCE AND
GEORGE GROVES VS. FRANCISCO SIERRA
GET EXTREME ON SATURDAY NIGHT
TOP UNBEATENS FACE TOUGH FOES ON SHOWTIME EXTREME IN ROBERT GUERRERO VS.SELCUK AYDIN PRELIMINARY FIGHTS AT HP PAVILION AT SAN JOSE
SAN JOSE, CALIF., July 25 -
An unbeaten California favorite and one of England's top young stars
will face stern tests on SHOWTIME EXTREME this Saturday, July 28 as the
network presents Hugo "The Boss" Centeno vs. Ayi Bruce and George Groves
vs. Francisco Sierra in separate eight round preliminary fights that
will lead into the highly anticipated Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero vs.
Selcuk "Mini Tyson" Aydin world title showdown at HP Pavilion in San
Jose, Calif.
Guerrero
vs. Aydin, a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC Interim Welterweight
World Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association
with Arena-Box Promotion and sponsored by Corona, DeWalt Tools and
AT&T. The SHOWTIME Championship Boxing telecast will air live at
10:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) with Shawn Porter facing
Alfonso Gomez for the NABO Welterweight title in the co-featured fight
and preliminary bouts to air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Tickets
priced at $252, $127, $62 and $26 are available for purchase online at
Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000 and at the HP
Pavilion Ticket Office.
Unbeaten
junior middleweight Hugo "The Boss" Centeno (14-0, 8 KO's) will travel
up the California coast from his home in Oxnard to introduce Bay Area
fight fans to one of the sport's most exciting young prospects. A
professional since 2009 who has an exciting style and a willingness to
go toe-to-toe with anyone, the 21-year-old is 3-0 with two knockouts
thus far in 2012. Looking to stop Centeno from getting another victory
will be 26-year-old Ghana veteran Ayi Bruce (14-7, 8 KO's) who now
resides in Albany, New York. Clearly Centeno's toughest test yet,
Bruce's fights against Ishe Smith, Shamone Alvarez and Raymond Serrano
have proven that he fears no man in the ring.
A
former amateur star and current stablemate of heavyweight contender
David Haye, London's George Groves (14-0, 11 KO's) is one of the United
Kingdom's best hopes for future world title honors and having already
won the Commonwealth and British titles at super middleweight, his time
is coming soon. Making his second United States appearance on July 28,
the 24-year-old Groves will square off against hard-hitting Francisco
Sierra (24-5-1, 22 KO's) of Tepic, Mexico. The owner of wins over Jose
Luis Lopez and Donovan George, Sierra is unbeaten in six of his last
eight fights and will look to halt the meteoric rise of Groves this
weekend.
In
other undercard action, highly-regarded junior featherweight prospect
Manuel "Tino" Avila (7-0, 2 KO's) of Fairfield, California makes his
second start of 2012 against Northridge's Raymond Chacon (4-3) in a six
round fight. Plus, California middleweights Paul Mendez (7-2-1, 2 KO's)
of Delano and Leshon Simms (5-10, 3 KO's) of Inglewood meet in a six
round battle, while San Jose junior middleweight Lee Reyes (1-1) takes
on an opponent to be named in a four round fight. Also featured will be
San Jose heavyweight prospect Gerald Washington making his professional
debut in a four round fight against Glendale, Arizona's Blue DeLong
(0-3).
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