NEW YORK – March 2, 2021 – Two-time world champion David Benavídez faces dangerous veteran Ronald Ellis in a 12-round WBC super-middleweight title eliminator Saturday, March 13 live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
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® telecast also features two under-25 lightweight contenders Isaac Cruz and Matías Romero in a 12-round co-main event bout. A 10-round super welterweight affair between Terrell Gausha and Jamontay Clark will open the telecast on SHOWTIME. The event is promoted by TGB Promotions and Sampson Boxing.
“The super middleweight division has quickly become red hot with so much talent bubbling to the top. David Benavídez is one of the most talented boxers at 168 pounds, which is proven by the fact that he’s an undefeated two-time 168-pound world champion,” said Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “Benavídez is fighting to reclaim his wo
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We’ve known about it for a while, but less than two weeks out from fight night, it’s finally official. Former two-time WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez will headline a March 13th Showtime tripleheader against Ronald Ellis at Uncasville, CN’s Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino.
“I’ve had an amazing camp in Big Bear and this is the strongest I have ever felt so I’m looking to get an early stoppage against Ellis,” said Benavidez. “I’m glad this is a title eliminator and it’s going to be another step to being a world champion once again.”
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Rankings go up on Mondays at Noon ET.
We won’t do an update next Monday unless Marie-Eve Dicaire upsets Claressa Shields. In that case, we will, because obviously it would lead to a big rankings change, but otherwise there’s just the one fight this week with a ranked fighter in action, and we can just cover it the next week instead, so we’ll list upcoming fights that would take place before the next scheduled update on March 15.
Upcoming ranked fights:
Junior Bantamweight: (4) Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs Kwanthai Sithmorseng, Mar. 12
Junior Bantamweight: (1) Juan Francisco Estrada vs (3) Roman Gonzalez, Mar. 13