Joseph King Kong Agbeko will defend his International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight world championship against undefeated rising star Abner Mares, who defends his WBC Silver bantamweight championship in the eagerly awaited finals of The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from […]
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Showtime and the promoters of their respective bantamweight fighters held a press conference in Los Angeles today to hype up the Showtime Bantamweight finals between Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko who will defend his IBF bantamweight title against WBC Silver bantamweight chamption, undefeated Abner Mares. The under card will feature Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former […]
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Congratulations Abner. It was very disappointing for me to lose the fight against a good young fighter like Abner Mares. Congratulations to Abner, he is a tough kid who fought a great fight. Even after winning seven world titles I have learned something valuable and that is not to leave the decision in the hands […]
The Showtime Bantamweight tournament now has it’s two finalists. Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares emerged as winners and will now face each other in the tournament finals. The former IBF champion, Joseph Agbeko won the rubber match between him and Yhonny Perez to reclaim his title on all judges scorecards. Being considered the […]
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Yonnhy Perez 118 vs Joseph Agbeko 117.5 Vic Darchinyan 118 vs Abner Mares 117.5 Eric Morel 119.5 vs Juan Jose Beltran 120 Chris Avalos 121 vs Cecilio Santos 121 Fred Tukes 156 vs Timothy Hall 157 Jorge Espinoza 129 vs Rob Diezel 130 Cesar Seda 116 (must re-weigh) vs Ernie Marquez 114.5 […]
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The promoters and fighters involved with The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All – a two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders – took center stage on Thursday to discuss the two Semifinal bouts set to take place on Saturday, Dec. 11, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from Emerald Queen Casino […]
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IBF bantamweight champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez (20-0-1, 14 KOs) of Colombia takes on former bantamweight champion Joseph “King Kong” Agbeko (27-2, 22 KOs) of Ghana in a rematch this Saturday, December 11th at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, WA in the co-main event, which also features former title challenger and world-ranked bantamweight contender […]
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Four of the world’s most talented bantamweights participated in a national media conference call to discuss The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All – a two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders – which begins with two Semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11, LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from Emerald Queen […]
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SHOWTIME officially announced today that The 118lbs Bantamweight Tournament, which is a winner takes all, two-stage single-elimination tournament will begin with two Semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. SHOWTIME will televise the fights live at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). Tickets for this event, starting […]
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