High heavyweight Frank “The Cuban Flash” Sanchez will spotlight the stacked three-fight SHOWTIME PPV COUNTDOWN present as he takes on Scott Alexander in a 10-round matchup on Saturday, September 30 main as much as the Canelo Álvarez vs. Jermell Charlo SHOWTIME PPV occasion going down at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Canelo Promotions will current the Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view.
The lineup will even see former gentle heavyweight champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk battle Brazil’s Isaac Rodrigues in an eight-round duel, whereas 2012 U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha faces KeAndrae Leatherwood in an eight-round middleweight bout.
The dwell stream will start at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT and be obtainable on the SHOWTIME SPORTS YouTube channel and SHOWTIME Boxing® Fb web page.
The present will probably be hosted by award-winning MORNING KOMBAT dwell digital discuss present hosts Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell.
These fights lead right into a four-fight pay-per-view telecast starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and headlined by Undisputed Tremendous Middleweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez defending his titles in opposition to Undisputed Junior Middleweight World Champion Jermell Charlo in a historic battle of reigning undisputed champions.
Tickets for the dwell occasion, which is promoted by Canelo Promotions and TGB Promotions, can be found by AXS.com.
An beginner standout from his native Cuba, Sánchez (22-0, 15 KOs) now trains in California with famend coach of Canelo Álvarez, Eddy Reynoso. The 31-year-old caught the heavyweight division’s consideration when he scored a career-best win in October 2021, dropping the beforehand unbeaten Efe Ajagba on his approach to a unanimous choice victory. Most not too long ago he blasted out Daniel Martz in a single spherical in April. He will probably be opposed by the 34-year-old Alexander (17-5-2, 9 KOs), who most not too long ago knocked out Jaime Solorio in August 2022. The Los Angeles-native has challenged many contenders all through his profession, together with Zhilei Zhang, Carlos Negron and Travis Kauffman.
After incomes a bronze medal representing his native Ukraine on the 2012 Olympics, Gvozdyk (19-1, 15 KOs) turned professional in 2014, ultimately defeating a slew of contenders to earn a lightweight heavyweight title shot. He went on to develop into WBC champion with an Eleventh-round knockout of Adonis Stevenson and defended the title in 2019 by stopping Doudou Ngumbu in spherical 5. Since dropping the belt in a unification match in opposition to Artur Beterbiev, Gvozdyk has picked up a pair of victories in 2023, besting Josue Obando in February and Ricards Bolotniks in Might. He’ll tackle Mocajuba, Para, Brazil’s Rodrigues (28-4, 22 KOs), who most not too long ago dropped a choice to Richard Rivera in February. Rodrigues has additionally challenged contender Demond Nicholson in a profession that dates again to 2005.
A member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic workforce, Gausha (23-3-1, 12 KOs) was born in Cleveland, Ohio however now fights out of Encino, Calif. The 36-year-old has confronted robust competitors all through his profession, having fought former champion Austin Trout to a attract 2019 along with choice losses in opposition to former champion Erislandy Lara, high contender Erickson Lubin and interim champion Tim Tszyu. Gausha has proven spectacular energy in recent times, blasting out Jamontay Clark in two rounds in 2021 and most not too long ago stopping Brandyn Lynch in spherical 9 in March. He faces Tuscaloosa, Alabama’s Leatherwood (23-8-1, 13 KOs), who has confronted quite a few former champions and contenders together with Caleb Truax, Andy Lee, Hugo Centeno Jr., John Jackson, Steve Rolls and Christian Mbilli.
The non-televised undercard will see 140-pound contender Gabriel Valenzuela (27-3-1, 16 KOs) duel Yeis Gabriel Solano (15-2, 10 KOs) in an eight-round attraction, beginner sensation Curmel Moton in his professional debut taking over Ezequiel Flores (4-0, 3 KOs) in a six-round tremendous featherweight combat, and tremendous featherweight prospect Justin Viloria (3-0, 3 KOs) stepping in for a six-round match in opposition to Chicago’s Angel Barrera (4-2).
Rounding out the lineup is a pair of unbeaten prospects from Kazakhstan as Bek Nurmaganbet (10-0, 8 KOs) squares off in opposition to Abimbola Osundairo (5-0, 3 KOs) in a six-round tremendous middleweight tilt, whereas middleweight Abilkhan Amankul (4-0, 4 KOs) faces Joeshon James (7-0-1, 4 KOs) for six rounds of motion.
