CHICAGO -- Six talented, promising super middleweights will be featured on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) tomorrow/ Friday, April 30, live on SHOWTIME® at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
In a battle of unbeaten, world-ranked 168-pounders in the 10-round main event, Marcus “Too Much” Johnson (18-0, 14 KOs, of Houston, Tex., takes on Derek “The Black Lion” Edwards (25-0, 13 KOs) of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Local favorite Don “Da Bomb” George (19-0, 17 KOs), of Chicago, meets Ghana’s Osumanu Adama (17-1, 13 KOs) and Edwin “La Bomba” Rodriguez (13-0, 9 KOs), of Worcester, Mass., via the Dominican Republic, faces Kevin Engel (17-2, 14 KOs), of St. Louis, in eight-round bouts.
What the fighters said Thursday:
MARCUS JOHNSON
“I'm going to tame the lion."
DEREK EDWARDS
"l'm the best-kept secret in boxing. I'm going to take this one home and show everyone on national television who I am.’’
DON GEORGE
“I put all the hard work in and tomorrow night's my time to shine. It's my first time on national TV and I plan to take advantage of it."
OSUMANU ADAMA
"I've had good training for this. It was a solid six-week camp, four weeks in Africa and the last two at the North Miami PAL Boxing Gym. SHOWTIME boxing fans, be prepared. This fight is mine."
EDWIN RODRIGUEZ
"Engel is a gentleman and a true athlete. He is a boxer and a kickboxer so I know he is skilled. I wish him 100 years success but this is my time. I'm privileged to fight on SHOWTIME for the first time. This is my time to shine."
KEVIN ENGEL
"If Edwin Rodriguez is looking past me, he's in for a whole world of trouble because I am going to win."
