On June 12 (Bounce, 9 p.m. ET) at the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Florida, welterweights Phil Lo Greco (27-2, 15 KOs), of Toronto, and Joseph Elegele (15-2, 11 KOs), of Winter Haven, Florida, will square off in the 10-round main event.
"I don't know much about Elegele but I will not take him lightly," said Lo Greco, who is 2-2 in his last four bouts with the losses coming against top opponents Shawn Porter and Errol Spence Jr. "I am always in the gym. I enjoy fighting. This is what it's all about, fighting on television and making a name for yourself. A win here will get me one step closer to the bigger fights."
Said Elegele: "People should watch me, because after this fight, I am ready to show the world that I am ready for the big fights. This win will put me towards the top and in a position to fight top fighters. This is the best I have felt in my whole career. Lo Greco is a game fighter. This is my hometown and I will have a lot of people coming out to support me and I can't wait."
In the co-feature, Australia’s Steve Lovett (15-0, 12 KOs) and Craig Baker (16-1, 12 KOs), of Baytown, Texas, will meet in a scheduled 10-round light heavyweight fight.
"A win here will get me in the mix with the top contenders," Lovett said. “I expect an entertaining fight and I am ready to go. Training camp is always good and I will be in the best shape possible on June 12. I helped Edwin Rodriguez prepare for his fight (last May) against Baker so I know him well. I am at the stage to step up to the next level"
Said Baker who has not fought since a third-round knockout loss to Rodriguez a year ago.
"I'm excited about this opportunity to take on a fighter like Steve Lovett,” Baker said. “He's highly regarded but I know that I have the skills and experience to beat him. I'm leaving it all in the ring. A win here puts me in position to get big fights so I plan on being impressive."
On June 25 (NBC Sports Net, 11 p.m. ET), in San Antonio, junior middleweights Justin DeLoach (14-1, 8 KOs), of Augusta, Georgia, who is trained by former welterweight titleholder Paul Williams, and Junior Castillo (10-0, 9 KOs), of the Dominican Republic, will meet in the main event. Welterweights Ryan Karl (11-0, 8 KOs), of Houston, and Mexico’s Luis Solis (16-6-4, 13 KOs) will square off in the co-feature.
On June 28 (PBC on Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes, 9 p.m. ET) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, lightweight contender Edner Cherry (34-7-2, 19 KOs), a Bahamas native based in Wauchula, Florida, will meet Haskell Lydell Rhodes (23-1-1, 11 KOs), of Las Vegas, in the main event. Cherry is coming off a split decision loss to junior lightweight world titleholder Jose Pedraza in October in a fight many thought Cherry won. In the co-feature, featherweight Omar Douglas (16-0, 11 KOs), of Wilmington, Delaware, and Alexei Collado (19-1, 17 KOs), a Cuba native who fights out of Miami, will fight in the co-feature.
Article courtesy of Dan Rafael
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