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BERTO-ORTIZ AND FIGUEROA-PEREZ REPLAY ON FOX DEPORTES FRIDAY PhilBoxing.com Fri, 26 Jul 2013  ON THE EVE OF "KNOCKOUT KINGS II," GOLDEN BOY CLASSICS PRESENTS FORMER TWO-TIME WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION ANDRE BERTO VS. "VICIOUS" VICTOR ORTIZ AND OMAR FIGUEROA VS. MICHAEL PEREZ FRIDAY, JULY 26 ON FOX DEPORTES LOS ANGELES, July 25 - Two of the key participants in Saturday's "Knockout Kings II" event taking place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio will first be featured this Friday night, July 26 on FOX Deportes as a special edition of Golden Boy Classics gets fight fans ready for one of the hardest-hitting nights of the summer featuring former Two-Time Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto and rising star Omar "Panterita" Figueroa. The broadcast airs on Fox Deportes at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. In the main event, viewers will see Berto defend his WBC Welterweight World Championship in The Ring Magazine's and USA Today's 2011 Fight of the Year against Victor Ortiz while, in the co-feature, they will see Weslaco, Texas' Figueroa make his first major statement to the boxing world in his 2012 fight with fellow then undefeated lightweight prospect Michael Perez. On April 16, 2011, undefeated WBC Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto risked his title and his perfect record against rising star "Vicious" Victor Ortiz at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. What resulted was an epic 12-round match that saw both fighters hit the deck twice before Ortiz emerged with the unanimous decision victory in one of the best fights in recent memory. In a rare showdown between undefeated top prospects, on January 6, 2012 Omar Figueroa put his record on the line against Newark, New Jersey's Michael Perez at Fantasy Springs Casino Resort in Indio, California. "Panterita" was the fighter who delivered, scoring a sixth round stoppage, taking his promising career to a new level. # # # "Knockout Kings II," featuring former Two-Time Welterweight World Champion Andre Berto facing tough Mexican veteran contender Jesus Soto Karass in a 12-round main event for the vacant NABF Welterweight Championship, takes place Saturday, July 27 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Leija & Battah Promotions and sponsored by Corona and AT&T. In the 12-round co-featured attractions, Weslaco, Texas' undefeated rising star Omar Figueroa Jr. squares off against Japan's Nihito Arakawa for the vacant WBC Interim Lightweight World Championship in a fight promoted in association with Teiken Promotions and undefeated power-puncher Diego Chaves faces fellow unbeaten knockout artist Keith Thurman for Chaves' WBA Interim Welterweight World Championship in a fight promoted in association with KO International. The tripleheader will be broadcast live on SHOWTIME? at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will be available in Spanish via second audio programming (SAP). Preliminary fights will air on SHOWTIME EXTREME? at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). Tickets priced at $200, $100, $50, $25 and $10, plus applicable taxes, fees and services charges, are on sale now and are available for purchase at the AT&T Center box office, online at www.ticketmaster.com at www.ticketmaster.com and ATTCenter.com all Ticketmaster locations, by calling (800) 745-3000 or through Leija & Battah Promotions by calling (210) 979-3302 or emailing m@leijabattahpromo.com.  |
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