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FIGUEROA JR. VS. LIPINETS OFFICIAL WEIGHTS

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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
Live on SHOWTIME at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT

WBC Super Lightweight World Title Eliminator – 12 Rounds
Omar Figueroa Jr. – 139 ¾ lbs.
Sergey Lipinets – 139 ¾ lbs.
Referee: Christopher Young; Judges: Fernando Barbosa (Fla.), Daniel Fitzgerald (Fla.), Benoit Roussel (Canada).

WBA Super Lightweight World Championship – 12 Rounds
Alberto Puello – 139 ½ lbs.
Batyr Akhmedov – 139 ¾ lbs.
Referee: Samuel Burgos; Judges: Mark Streisand (Fla.), Benoit Roussel (Canada), Lisa Giampa (Nev.)

WBA Super Featherweight World Championship – 12 Rounds
Roger Gutierrez – 130 lbs.
Hector Garcia – 130 lbs.
Referee: Frank Gentile; Judges: Alexander Levin (Fla.), Michael Ross (Fla.), Fred Fluty (Fla.)

Super Lightweight Bout – 10 Rounds
Brandun Lee – 142 ¾ lbs.
Will Madera – 142 ½ lbs.
Referee: Christopher Young; Judges: Daniel Fitzgerald (Fla.), Mark Streisand (Fla.), Lisa Giampa (Nev.)
Note: Contracted weight is 143 pounds.

Veteran sportscaster Brian Custer will host the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast and handle blow-by-blow action alongside Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and former junior middleweight world champion Raúl “El Diamante” Marquez. Three more Hall of Famers are part of the most decorated telecast team in all of boxing: Emmy® Award-winning Jim Gray as ringside reporter, boxing historian Steve Farhood as unofficial scorer and world-renowned Jimmy Lennon Jr., as the ring announcer. The executive producer is four-time Emmy award winner David Dinkins, Jr. and the director is Bob Dunphy. Sportscaster Alejandro Luna will call the action with former three-time super bantamweight world champion Israel Vázquez serving as expert analyst in Spanish on Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).

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ABOUT FIGUEROA VS. LIPINETS
Figueroa vs. Lipinets will see all-action former world champions Omar Figueroa Jr. and Sergey Lipinets duel in a 12-round WBC Super Lightweight title eliminator showdown headlining action live on SHOWTIME on Saturday, August 20 from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will feature top 140-pounders Alberto Puello and Batyr Akhmedov squaring off for the vacant WBA Super Lightweight World Championship in the co-main event. Plus, WBA Super Featherweight World Champion Roger Gutierrez defends his title against unbeaten Hector Garcia, while Brandun Lee, one of the sport’s most exciting prospects and biggest punchers, will take on Will Madera in a 10-round super lightweight bout.

Tickets for the live event are on sale now and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com.

For more information visit www.SHO.com/sports, www.PremierBoxingChampions.com, follow #FigueroaLipinets, follow on Twitter @ShowtimeBoxing and @PremierBoxing, on Instagram @ShowtimeBoxing and @PremierBoxing or become a fan on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ShowtimeBoxing.




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