The Live Broadcast Will Begin at 6 P.M. Pacific on Pay-Per-View
Latin Fury 9 comes to Atlantic City and features 2 fantastic title fights.
Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall, Hosted by Caesars Atlantic City
World championship boxing monopolizes Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, June 27 with “Latin Fury 9!” The pay-per-view extravaganza will be headlined by two world championship fights -- World Organization (WBO) junior featherweight champion JUAN MANUEL “Juanma” LOPEZ defending his title against undefeated North America Association (NABA) super bantamweight champion OLIVIER LONTCHI
Lopez, the WBO junior featherweight champion, has a record of 25-0 with 23 knockouts. He will make his 4th title defense when he takes on Lontchi, 18-0-2, 8 KOs. Lopez, the 2008 Puerto Rican Fighter of the Year, is one of the biggest rising stars in boxing. Lopez is 25. Lontchi, born in Cameroon, is also 25.
“I’m excited because this will be my first main event in the United States,” Lopez said. “I really don’t know much of Lontchi, except he is highly ranked and because of that I expect a tough fight.”
Lontchi added “….I respect Lopez as a fighter and a person. Inside the ring, however, there is no respect.”
Main Event
12 Rounds – World Junior Featherweight Championship
JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ vs. OLIVIER LONTCHI
WBO Super Bantamweight Champion NABA Super Bantamweight Champion
Caguas, Puerto Rico ----- Montreal, Canada
25-0, 23 KOs ------- 18-0-2, 8 KOs
Co-Main Event
12 Rounds – For the vacant Super Flyweight IBF Intercontinental title
Jorge Arce 51-5-1 with 39 KOs vs Fernando Lumacad, 19-1-2, 7 KOs,
Jorge ‘Travieso’ Arce of Mexico is heading to Atlantic City, N.J. Arce will take on Fernando Lumacad of the Philippines on Top Rank’s Latin Fury 9′ championship boxing event at the Boardwalk Hall. Caesars Atlantic City is hosting. The Arce vs. Lumacad super flyweight fight will replace the Fernando Montiel vs. Eric Morel title fight.
The Undercard
10 Rounds – Junior Middleweights
VANES MARTIROSYAN vs. ANDREY TSURKAN
Glendale, CA
26-4, 17 KOs ----- 24-0, 15 KOs
Russian Olympian Matt Korobov, who won his 6th pro fight this past weekend on the Cotto vs Clottey card at Madison Square Garden, is now training in New Jersey. Korobov, a middleweight, will box 4 round on the under card at the Boardwalk Hall on June 27.
All matches are subject to change
All Times USA Pacific