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Next Generation of Super Middleweights
Photos: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
Six talented, promising super middleweights will be featured on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) Friday night live on SHOWTIME® at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Derek Edwards (25-0, 13 KOs) weighed the division-limit 168 pounds and Marcus Johnson (18-0, 14 KOs) tipped scale at 167 for their 10-round main event. Osumanu Adama (17-1, 13 KOs) and Don George (19-0, 17 KOs) each weighed 167 for their eight-rounder, while Kevin Engel (17-2, 14 KOs) weighed 170 and Edwin Rodriguez (13-0, 9 KOs weighed 169. Their eight-rounder will open the telecast on SHOWTIME.
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.”
Next Generation of Super Middleweights
Photos: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
Six talented, promising super middleweights will be featured on ShoBox: The New Generation at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) Friday night live on SHOWTIME® at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago. Derek Edwards (25-0, 13 KOs) weighed the division-limit 168 pounds and Marcus Johnson (18-0, 14 KOs) tipped scale at 167 for their 10-round main event. Osumanu Adama (17-1, 13 KOs) and Don George (19-0, 17 KOs) each weighed 167 for their eight-rounder, while Kevin Engel (17-2, 14 KOs) weighed 170 and Edwin Rodriguez (13-0, 9 KOs weighed 169. Their eight-rounder will open the telecast on SHOWTIME.
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.”
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