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Light Heavyweight Rivals Eleider Alvarez and Michael Seals Give Back to Local Children Ahead of Saturday's ESPN-Televised Main Event

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Alvarez-Seals and Felix Verdejo-Manuel Rey Rojas to air LIVE on ESPN beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT

Undercard to stream on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT

ONEIDA, N.Y. (Jan. 16, 2020) — Two days before light heavyweight rivals Eleider "Storm" Alvarez and Michael "Cannon Handz" Seals meet in a slugfest scheduled for 10 rounds at Turning Stone Resort Casino (ESPN, 10 p.m. ET), they joined forces, along with lightweight contender Felix "El Diamante" Verdejo, for a special session of "Train with the Champs" at the Oneida Indian Nation Recreation Center.

A group of local children were on hand for this special meet-and-greet, as Alvarez, Seals and Verdejo shared their journeys and taught the youngsters the finer points of the "sweet science."

Alvarez (24-1, 12 KOs), the former WBO light heavyweight world champion, will fight for the first time since Sergey Kovalev outboxed him over 12 rounds in a highly anticipated rematch last February. Seals (24-2, 18 KOs), one of boxing's biggest hitters, has won three in a row by stoppage. Verdejo (25-1, 16 KOs), seeking his first world title shot in 2020, will take on the durable Manuel Rey Rojas (18-3, 5 KOs) in a 10-round lightweight showdown.

ESPN, 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT

Eleider Alvarez vs. Michael Seals, 10 rounds, light heavyweight

Felix Verdejo vs. Manuel Rey Rojas, 10 rounds, lightweight

ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT

Victor Bisbal vs. Devin Vargas, 8 rounds, heavyweight

Abraham Nova vs. Pedro Navarrete, 8 rounds, lightweight

Jonathan Guzman vs. Rodolfo Hernandez, 8 rounds, super bantamweight

Christopher Diaz vs. Adeilson Dos Santos, 8 rounds, featherweight

Jared Anderson vs. Andrew Satterfield, 4 rounds, heavyweight

For more information, visit: www.toprank.com, www.espn.com/boxing; Facebook: facebook.com/trboxing;Twitter: twitter.com/trboxing andtwitter.com/ESPNRingside. IG: Instagram.com/ESPNRingside.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Groupe Yvon Michel, tickets priced at $89, $75, $69, $62, $59 and $40 are on sale now and can be purchased at the Turning Stone Resort Box Office, charge by phone by calling 800.771.7711 or online at Ticketmaster.

For more information, visit www.toprank.com, www.espn.com/boxing; Facebook: facebook.com/trboxing; Twitter: twitter.com/trboxing.

Use the hashtags #AlvarezSeals and #VerdejoRojas to join the conversation on social media.




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