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LAS VEGAS (May 29, 2012) -
On Saturday, June 2 two of the
talent-rich welterweight division's top
prospects, Joseph Elegele
and Lanard Lane, will meet in the co-main event of the
card headlined
by the WBA Light Heavyweight World Championship fight between
Beibut Shumenov and Enrique Ornelas at The Joint at the Hard Rock
Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., both of which will be televised
live on FOX Sports
Net and FOX Deportes, as well as on a delayed
basis on FUEL TV.
Shumenov (12-1, 8 KO's)
puts his WBA crown on the line against
former super middleweight world title
challenger Enrique Ornelas
(33-7, 21 KO's) in the 12-round main
event.
Shumenov vs. Ornelas is
promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and
KZ Event Productions and sponsored by
Corona and DeWalt Tools.
The FOX Sports Net and FOX Deportes bilingual
simulcast will air
live at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT. FUEL TV will rebroadcast
the
fight on Sunday, July 1, at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT.
Tickets, priced at $100,
$60, $30, $25, along with a limited number
of VIP suite seats priced at $125,
may be purchased at the Hard
Rock Hotel Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations,
online at
A power puncher with five
first round knockouts to his name, Winter
Haven, Florida's Joseph Elegele (12-1,
10 KO's) delivers excitement
every time he steps into the ring and Saturday
night's fight gives him
a chance to shine on the world stage. A professional
since 2009, the
27-year-old southpaw is coming off of a controversial technical
decision
loss to fellow prospect Aaron Martinez in July of last year, and he
can't
wait to get back in the ring and get back in the win column.
A Philadelphia fighter to
the core, 29-year-old Lanard Lane (13-1, 8 KO's)
may make his home in Houston
these days, but when the going gets
tough, he is ready to throw down and make
his fellow Philly warriors proud.
The owner of wins over tough competitors like
Dairo Esalas and John
Brown, Lane bounced back from the lone loss of his
professional career
against Mike Dallas in 2010 by stopping Milton Ramos in
eight rounds in
March. Now he has his sights on a similar result against fellow
prospect
Elegele this weekend.
Hudaynazarov, fighting out
of Las Vegas, is the reigning WBA FEDALATIN
147-pound champion and world rated
No. 15 by the WBA. Known as a
devastating body puncher, the former
Uzbekistan amateur boxing
standout and KZ Event Productions promoted rising star
who turns 28
the night of the official weigh-in (Friday), steps-up in class to
fight current
WBO Latino welterweight champion Euri "Millon"
Gonzalez (20-1-1,
14 KO's), whose only loss was to WBC Super
Welterweight World
Champion Canelo Alvarez, in an intriguing eight-round
fight.
Seeing action in a
televised undercard fight is rising middleweight
prospect Daquan Arnett (3-0, 2
KO's) of Orlando, Florida who faces
Yosmani Abreu (2-2-1) of Las Vegas in a four
round bout.
Also featured will be
featherweight Johnny Reyes (1-0, 1 KO), from
Lancaster, Calif., who will square
off against Uriel Torres, of Los
Angeles, Calif. making his professional debut,
in a four round fight
and Russian middleweight Dmitry Chudinov (6-0-1, 3 KO's),
who
now resides in Winter Haven, Florida, who will battle an opponent
to be
determined in a six-round tilt.
For more information on
Golden Boy Promotions, visit
For more information on KZ
Event Productions and Shumenov,
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