Three matchups that includes rising stars, prime contenders and former world champions from 147 to 160 kilos will spotlight a strong pay-per-view undercard main as much as the Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo undisputed tremendous middleweight championship conflict on Saturday, September 30 reside on SHOWTIME PPV from T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas. Canelo Promotions will current the Premier Boxing Champions Pay-Per-View.
Within the co-main occasion, undefeated sensation Jesus “Mono” Ramos Jr., will tackle hard-hitting prime contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin in a 12-round tremendous welterweight particular attraction. The pay-per-view additionally contains former world champions Yordenis Ugas and Mario “El Azteca” Barrios going toe-to-toe for the Interim WBC Welterweight Title. Opening up the motion at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT are rising middleweights Elijah Garcia and Armando Reséndiz squaring off in a 10-round attraction.
Tickets for the reside occasion, which is promoted by Canelo Promotions and TGB Promotions, can be found by means of AXS.com.
“These three matchups ship the whole lot boxing followers might hope for in a pay-per-view undercard and are worthy of the historic fundamental occasion conflict they’ll lead as much as,” stated Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “Every fighter getting into the ring has a chance to catapult themselves to the highest of their respective division with a win on September 30. Followers can count on to see all of those rivals give the whole lot they should emerge victorious on SHOWTIME PPV at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.”
A robust southpaw who at 22 has but to return near hitting his ceiling as a fighter, Ramos (20-0, 16 KOs) blitzed then-unbeaten Joey Spencer in March, dropping him in spherical one earlier than stopping him in spherical seven to earn the TKO in his sensational 2023 debut on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant on SHOWTIME PPV. A local of Casa Grande, Ariz., Ramos additionally owns back-to-back 10-round unanimous selections over Brian Mendoza and Javier Molina in 2021, which he adopted up by defeating Luke Santamaria and Vladimir Hernandez in 2022. Total, the youthful Ramos has gained recognition with highlight-reel KOs, stopping seven of his final 10 opponents, showcasing his expertise and talent to finish his fights early.
“I’m excited to be a part of this enormous card in opposition to a troublesome opponent on September 30,” stated Ramos. “I do know Lubin is coaching laborious and coming to win, which is able to make for an entertaining struggle. This entire card is stacked and we don’t need to disappoint, so the followers are in for an incredible evening of boxing.”
The 27-year-old Lubin (25-2, 18 KOs) returned to the ring in June to ship a powerful fifth-round stoppage of veteran Luis Arias, who had by no means been stopped beforehand. Lubin’s earlier outing noticed him go toe-to-toe in one in every of 2022’s greatest fights, as he traded knockdowns with fellow contender Sebastian Fundora on SHOWTIME in April 2022. Heading into the Fundora struggle, Lubin had put collectively a powerful six-bout successful streak since a loss to then unified and now undisputed 154-pound champion Jermell Charlo in 2017, a run that included triumphs over Jeison Rosario, Terrell Gausha and Ishe Smith. A local of Orlando, Fla., Lubin turned professional at 18 years previous in 2013 and have become one of many youngest prospects to ever seem on the developmental sequence SHOBOX: The New Technology®, incomes “Prospect Of The Yr” honors from ESPN and Ring Journal in 2016.
“I do know the world will likely be watching on September 30 and I plan on successful in an enormous means,” stated Lubin. “We’ve acquired a younger and gifted fighter in entrance of us, however I’m younger and gifted as properly. The distinction is that I’ve fought the cream of the crop of the 154-pound division. Doesn’t matter if it’s Olympians, prime prospects, contenders or champions, I’ve taken them on. I’ve an enormous chip on my shoulder and I do know that with this win, I’ll be in a mega struggle. I’m coaching extraordinarily laborious and the entire world will see it repay.”
Ugas (27-5, 12 KOs) will step again into motion on September 30 for the primary time since an April 2022 unification bout defeat to Errol Spence Jr. on SHOWTIME PPV. He established himself as an elite welterweight after getting back from a greater than two-year layoff in 2016 following back-to-back losses in 2014. He punched his ticket as a world champion in January 2021 after successful a WBA belt by defeating Abel Ramos in September 2020. He solidified his world-championship standing in August 2021, when he stepped in for an injured Spence to defeat legendary future Corridor of Famer Manny Pacquiao by unanimous determination. Hailing from Santiago, Cuba and now residing in Miami, Florida, the Olympic bronze medalist trains in Las Vegas with famend coach Ismael Salas and owns victories over then undefeated fighters Jamal James, Omar Figueroa Jr. and Bryant Perrella, plus veteran contenders Thomas Dulorme and Ray Robinson.
“Each me and Mario Barrios have lots to achieve with a victory on September 30, so I do know that this struggle goes to be one to recollect,” stated Ugas. “I’ve large respect for Barrios. He’s a real warrior who’s been within the ring with the very best of them, however I’ve confidence that I’ll be victorious. I’ve loads of struggle left in me and my greatest expertise will likely be on show on this struggle. Patria y Vida, I struggle for my folks.”
The 28-year-old Barrios (27-2, 18 KOs) most not too long ago scored a sensational knockout of Jovanie Santiago in February stopping Santiago within the eighth-round. Barrios’ earlier struggle was his welterweight debut as he dropped a hard-fought determination to former unified champion Keith Thurman in February 2022. The San Antonio-product, who now trains with prime coach Bob Santos in Las Vegas, grew to become a 140-pound world champion in September 2019, utilizing his aggressive type to edge out Batyr Akhmedov and earn a unanimous determination. Barrios misplaced the tremendous light-weight title in one other motion packed, extremely aggressive bout, as he was defeated by three-division and five-time world champion Gervonta Davis in June 2021.
“This struggle goes to be a warfare, as a result of we each struggle with loads of coronary heart and neither of us ever backs down,” stated Barrios. “I can’t wait to compete in a matchup like this on one of many greatest playing cards of the yr. That is going to be an incredible evening of boxing from begin to end and the Mexican followers can count on to see an explosive efficiency from ‘El Azteca’!”
Preventing out of Phoenix, Arizona, Garcia (15-0, 12 KOs) is one in every of 2023’s greatest breakout stars He burst onto the scene in March by blasting out the beforehand unbeaten Amilcar Vidal within the fourth-round to announce his presence at 160-pounds. The 20-year-old adopted up that efficiency by dominating veteran Kevin Salgado on his technique to a unanimous determination in April on the SHOWTIME PPV undercard of Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia. The precocious Garcia has moved quick since turning professional in 2020 and has knocked out six of his final eight opponents.
“That is my second struggle this yr on an enormous pay-per-view card and I’m tremendous excited and much more ready than the primary time,” stated Garcia. “Reséndiz is a hungry fighter similar to myself, so I’ve little question that we’re going to placed on a hell of a present for all of the followers watching.”
The 24-year-old Reséndiz (14-1, 10 KOs) earned a career-best victory in his final outing as he stopped former unified champion Jarrett Hurd within the tenth and closing spherical of their March showdown on SHOWTIME. Reséndiz led on all three playing cards when the bout was stopped attributable to a extreme laceration on Hurd’s lip. A local of Nayarit, Mexico, he now fights out of Los Angeles and can look to make it three-straight wins since an in depth determination loss to Marcos Hernandez in September 2021. Reséndiz turned professional in February 2018 and made a profitable U.S. debut in April 2021 with a call victory over Quilisto Madera.
“I’m very joyful to have this nice alternative to compete on such an vital struggle card,” stated Reséndiz. “I’m excited to comprehend my dream of preventing in Las Vegas, similar to my boxing idols that I watched on TV. I’ve had an incredible coaching camp that can assist me look my greatest on September 30 and placed on a efficiency worthy of the boxing legends who encourage me.”
