All
the fighters competing in televised fights
tomorrow Saturday,
Sept. 8, live on
SHOWTIME ® and
SHOWTIME EXTREME ® made weight Friday
at
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in
Las Vegas,
Nev.
In an excellent matchup in the main
event on
SHOWTIME CHAMP- IONSHIP
BOXING on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast),
unbeaten
Olusegun Ajose (30-0, 14 KO's) of Nigeria will
meet hard-hitting Argentine
Lucas Matthysse (31-2, 29 KO's) for the
vacant WBC Interim Super Lightweight World
Championship.
Promising, unbeaten middleweight
J'Leon Love (12-0, 7 KO's) of Las Vegas will risk his perfect record
against Chicago 's
Ramon Valenzuela (7-1, 1 KO)
in the 10-round co-feature.
Preceding Saturday’s doubleheader on
SHOWTIME will be two live undercard fights on SHOWTIME EXTREME (7 p.m. ET/PT):
Ishe Smith (23-5, 11
KO's) of Las Vegas will be opposed by Puerto Rico's
Irving Garcia (17-7-3, 8 KO's) in a 10-round junior middleweight bout and
Daquan Arnett (6-0, 4 KO's) of Orlando, Fla. takes on
Jesus Tavera (3-2, 1 KO), of
Mexico City, Mex. in a six-round junior middleweight
scrap.
WEIGHTS: Ajose and Matthysse each tipped scale at 139
pounds.
Love weighed 161 pounds, Valenzuela, 159 1/2.
Smith and Garcia each
weighed 154 pounds.
Arnett and Tavera each weighed 153 pounds (Tavera made 153
on his second try).
Ajose vs. Matthysse, a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC Interim Super
Lightweight World Championship taking place Saturday, September 8 at The Joint
At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions
in association with DiBella Entertainment, Gary Shaw Productions and Arano Box
Promotions and sponsored by Corona and AT&T. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING telecast will air live at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast)
with middleweight prospects J'Leon Love and Ramon Valenzuela squaring off in a
10-round co-featured bout presented in association with Mayweather Promotions.
Preliminary fights will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® beginning at 7:00 p.m.
ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Tickets, priced at $200, $100, $75, $50 and $25, along with a limited
number of VIP suite seats priced at $150, are on sale and may be purchased at
the Hard Rock Hotel Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.Ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 745-3000.
.
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