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TOP RISING TALENT TO STEP INTO THE RING ON SHOWTIME EXTREME?

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TOP RISING TALENT TO STEP INTO THE RING ON SHOWTIME EXTREME? TELECAST IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 26 IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN BERNARD HOPKINS AND KARO MURAT

SHOWTIME EXTREME?Line-Up Includes Puerto Rico's Braulio Santos and Robert Easter and Dominic Wade in Competitive Matchups Live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (Oct. 21) - Before the legendary Bernard "The Alien" Hopkins defends his IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship against top contender Karo Murat on Saturday, Oct. 26, top talent from the East Coast and Puerto Rico will open the event on SHOWTIME EXTREME? and put their stellar records on the line against hungry opponents looking to make a name for themselves at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ.



Taking to the ring in undercard action will be unbeatens Zachary Ochoa, Robert Easter, Dominic Wade and Bryan Cruz, as well as Puerto Rican prospect Braulio Santos.



With a perfect 4-0 (3 KO's) record thus far as a pro, Brooklyn's Zachary Ochoa is making plenty of noise in the area. Returning to the site of his first-round knockout of Michael Salcido last November, Ochoa recently scored a shutout four-round decision over Calvin Smith in April. He will face York, Alabama's Michael J. Doyle (2-5, 1 KO) in a four-round junior welterweight bout.



In a six-round contest, it's a clash of featherweight prospects when Carolina, Puerto Rico's Braulio Santos (10-1, 9 KO's) faces San Diego's David "Thunder" Clark (6-2, 4 KO's). The 23-year-old Santos is looking to rebound from the first loss of his career against Derrick Wilson in June, while two-time U.S. Olympic team alternate Clark has won four straight dating back to 2011.



One of the most highly anticipated bouts on the undercard will pit Toledo, Ohio's Robert Easter (7-0, 7 KO's) against 22-year-old Noel Echevarria (11-1, 6 KO's), who hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina by way of Guayama, Puerto Rico, in an eight-round lightweight bout. The 22-year-old Easter has made short work of his professional opposition, only entering the third round once. The southpaw Echevarria gave unbeaten Emanuel Gonzalez a tough go in his last bout on September 30, earning him another big fight against Easter.



The only thing that kept Largo, MD's Dominic Wade (12-0, 9 KO's) from participating in the 2008 Olympics was his age. The four-time Golden Gloves champion was undeterred and turned pro in 2009. Now the 23-year-old is one of the top super middleweight prospects in the game. On Oct. 26, he will face Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico's Roberto Ventura (13-7, 12 KO's) in an eight-round bout.





Opening the event, will be two up and comers, as Port Chester, NY junior lightweight Bryant Cruz (7-0, 5 KO's) and Newburgh, New York's junior welterweight Wellington Romero, who will make his professional debut, will face opponents to be named in six and four round contests, respectively.



Hopkins vs. Murat is a 12-round bout for Hopkins' IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship, presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Caesars Atlantic City, Corona and AT&T. In the co-main event WBO Middleweight Champion Peter Quillin puts his title on the line against Gabriel Rosado in a 12-round bout. Plus, opening the tripleheader, WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder will face Nicolai Firtha in a 10-round showdown. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 9 p.m. ET/PT and is available in Spanish on secondary audio programming (SAP). Preliminary bouts will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME? beginning at 7 p.m. ET/PT.



Tickets priced at $300, $150, $75, $50 and $25, not including applicable service charges, are on sale now and can be purchased at the Boardwalk Hall Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, by calling 800-736-1420 or at www.ticketmaster.com.

For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com; follow on Twitter at @goldenboyboxing, @THEREALBHOP, @MURATKARO, @TeamSauerland, @KidChocolate, @KingGabRosado, @BronzeBomber and #HopkinsMurat; or become a fan on Facebook at Golden Boy Boxing Facebook Page or Bernard Hopkins Facebook Page. Follow SHOWTIME Sports at www.sports.sho.com,Facebook at www.facebook.com/SHOboxingand on Twitter @shosports. Follow Caesars Atlantic City on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CaesarsAtlanticCity and on Twitter @CaesarsAC.




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