Robert Easter Jr. vs. Rances Barthelemy final press conference quotes & photos
date April 25th, 2019 - Post Comments Easter vs Barthelemy: Live results and discussion
date April 25th, 2019 - Post Comments Easter vs Barthelemy: Live results and discussion
==MATCH INFO==
Las Vegas (Showtime)
12 rounds, WBC junior welterweight eliminator
Team : Viktor Postol vs Mohamed Mimoune
Date : Saturday, 27 April, 2019
Time : 9:00 PM ET
Live/Repeat:Live
Postol vs Mimoune
Tonight at 10 pm ET, it’s another edition of Showtime Boxing: Special Edition, headlined by a lightweight (secondary) title fight between former titleholders Robert Easter Jr and Rances Barthelemy, both looking to stay in the mix at 135 pounds.
Easter, 28, lost his last fight against Mikey Garcia in July 2018, while Barthelemy, 32, lost in March 2018 to Kiryl Relikh before a tune-up win in December over Robert Frankel. Easter is a former lightweight titleholder, and Barthelemy has held belts at both 130 and 135.
In the co-feature, Viktor Postol and Mohamed Mimoune will meet in a WBC junior welterweight eliminator, the winner in line for a shot at the belt held by Jose Ramirez. Postol is a former WBC titleholder at 140, while Mimoune won the European welterweight title in 2017 before moving down in weight last year.
In the opener, Nigerian heavyweight Efe Ajagba, now based in Texas, will take on Germany’s Michael Wallisch in a fight set for but unlikely to see 10 rounds. Ajagba has yet to be taken past two rounds, and Wallisch was knocked out in five by Christian Hammer last time out
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Former lightweight champion Robert Easter Jr. and former two-division champion Rances Barthelemy went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they meet for the vacant WBA Lightweight title this Saturday live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. PT /7 p.m. ET) from The Chelsea inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME)
Also squaring off Thursday were former champion Viktor Postol and France’s Mohamed Mimoune, who battle in a WBC Super Lightweight Title Eliminator, plus rising heavyweight sensation Efe Ajagba and Germany’s Michael Wallisch, who meet in a 10-round attraction.
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