Undefeated contenders Jesus “Mono” Ramos Jr. and Elijah Garcia each bought a style of the limelight and an opportunity to point out off their fastballs on Friday night time because the southpaws threw out the ceremonial first pitch collectively at Chase Discipline earlier than they throw down on the Canelo Alvarez vs. Jermell Charlo SHOWTIME PPV undercard (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) Saturday, September 30 from T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Canelo Promotions will current the Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view. Alvarez defends his tremendous middleweight undisputed championship towards undisputed junior middleweight champion Charlo within the first-ever matchup of reigning, male four-belt champions.
Ramos will face harmful contender Erickson “Hammer” Lubin within the tremendous welterweight co-main occasion on September 30, whereas Garcia faces hard-hitting Armando Reséndiz in a 10-round middleweight attraction to open the pay-per-view. On Friday, Ramos and Garcia displayed their pitching abilities from the mound earlier than the Arizona Diamondbacks hosted the Chicago Cubs. The 2 Arizonians kicked off Hispanic Heritage Weekend on the ballpark with a day stuffed with actions that promoted their respective upcoming fights, in addition to their Hispanic heritage and Mexican American roots on the eve of Mexico’s Independence Day.
Ramos and Garcia met with a few of the Diamondback gamers and had a jersey/glove change earlier than the primary pitch with D-backs skipper and 2017 Nationwide League Supervisor of the 12 months Torey Lovullo. They each additionally interacted with Diamondbacks outfielder Alek Thomas, who represented Crew Mexico within the 2023 World Baseball Basic, and D-backs legend Luis Gonzalez.
Earlier within the day, Ramos visited the CBS affiliate in Phoenix for a sit-down interview with sports activities anchor Mark McClune to preview his matchup with Lubin.
Here’s what Ramos and Garcia needed to say about their busy day on Friday:
JESUS RAMOS JR.
“The entire expertise was actually cool. I practiced the entire week for this!
“I had by no means achieved one thing like this earlier than, and it was a variety of enjoyable. I wish to thank the Diamondbacks for this superb alternative.
“The D-backs had a must-win sport towards the Cubs tonight, and so they look targeted on making their playoff run, identical to I’m targeted on getting a win on September 30 on SHOWTIME PPV.”
ELIJAH GARCIA
“This was an incredible expertise. Because of the Diamondbacks for this unforgettable first pitch. The gang right here at Chase Discipline was electrical, identical to the one on September 30 shall be in Las Vegas.
“I really like baseball, and to do that tonight was a dream come true. Now, I get to work on the largest dream, which is taking one other step in direction of a world title by dominating on September 30.”