![]() ![]() I can’t think of a better way to kick-off this exciting night.” J’Leon Love has his toughest test to date when he faces Gabriel Rosado. “We could not be more impressed or happy with the path that Leo Santa Cruz is on and can’t wait for his skills to be tested further against Munoz in front of a worldwide audience on May 4. Rosado add even more incentive for fans to buy this Showtime Pay Per View extravaganza,” said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. When Mayweather (43-0, 26 KOs), who is 36, will make is first-ever appearance on Showtime Pay Per View against Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KOs) as the main event on a card which already includes rising two-division titlewinner Abner Mares (25-0, 13 KOs) challenging WBC featherweight titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon (44-4, 35 KOs). ![]() I am going to come out on top and show boxing fans across the country and around the world what I am made of.” “J’Leon Love is a tough, good fighter who has learned from some of the best, but I know what I am capable of. “I have had my ups and downs, but I am confident that May 4 is going to be my time to shine,” said Rosado, 27, whose run of seven straight victories, five of them by knockout, was ended by Golovkin. Rosado suffered January’s bloody seventh-round stoppage loss to Kazakhstan-born WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin in The Theatre at Madison Square Garden on HBO. Gabriel Rosado is a big name in the sport and a very good fighter, but on May 4, I plan on making a big statement by beating him and letting the entire world know my name. ![]() “And it’s on the undercard of one of the greatest fighters to ever lace up a pair of gloves. Thanks to Floyd Mayweather, Leonard Ellerbe and Mayweather Promotions, I have been blessed with the opportunity to fight on Showtime pay per view in front of the whole world,” said Love, who is 25. Meanwhile Love (15-0, 8 KOs) is coming off February’s unanimous decision over Chicago’s Derek Findley and is being matched against former junior middleweight Gabriel Rosado (21-6, 13 KOs), of Philadelphia. “My experience is going to trump his youth, and I plan on handing him his first loss in front of the world on Showtime pay per view.” “I am so looking forward to getting back in the ring on May 4 and taking the young Leo Santa Cruz to school,” said Munoz, who is 34. The hard-hitting Munoz never has been stopped and is coming off a sixth-round knockout of Ever Garcia Hernandez last November.Munoz has lost decisions to former beltholders Martin Castillo twice, Koki Kameda and Cristian Mijares. I plan to make my fans happy on May 4 and show the world that I am here to stay.” “I have been very fortunate to have fought on great events so far in my career, but this is the biggest stage yet. “I’m so excited to be fighting on this card on such the big Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend,” said Santa Cruz, who is 24. ![]() Santa Cruz is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Alberto Guevara last December, which marked the third defense of the IBF belt he had won by unanimous decision over Vusi Malinga last June.īefore facing Guevara, Santa Cruz had scored 11 knockouts in his previous 12 fights, including fifth- and ninth-round knockouts over ex-beltholder Eric Morel and Victor Zaleta in September and November of last year. Santa Cruz (23-0-1, 13 knockouts) recently vacated his IBF bantamweight belt to rise in weight where he will face Venezuela’s Alexander Munoz (36-4, 28KOs), a former wto-tiime 115-pound beltholder, who won his first 23 bouts by knockout. ![]()
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