This Saturday night July 30th 2016, Premier Boxing Champions will be live on ShowTime from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn NY, at 9pm ET. In the main event, Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KO’s) will defend his WBAsuper Featherweight title against Carl Frampton (22-0, 14 KO’s). In the co-feature, undefeated Mikey Garcia (34-0, 28 KO’s) will make his long awaited ring return, as he takes on Elio Rojas (19-1, 13 KO’s) in a 10 round Junior Welterweight bout. Also on the card, Tony Harrison (23-1, 19 KO’s) takes on Sergey Rabchenko (27-1, 20 KO’s) and Paulie Mallignaggi (35-7, 7 KO’s) takes on Gabriel Bracero (24-2, 5 KO’s). Here is the breakdown & predictions:
LEO SANTA CRUZ
-Record: 32 – 0 – 1, 18 KO’s
-Weight Class: Featherweight
-Height: 5′ 7″
-Reach: 69″
-Notable Fights
- Victor Terrazas — Win, TKO 3rd round (12), 8/24/13. (Won WBC Super Bantamweight title)
- Christian Mijares — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 3/8/14.
- Abler Mares — Win, Majority Decision (12), 8/29/15. (Won vacant WBAsuper/WBC Diamond Featherweight titles)
CARL FRAMPTON
-Record: 22 – 0 – 0, 15 KO’s
-Weight Class: Junior Welterweight
-Height: 5′ 5″
-Reach: 62″
-Notable Fights
- Kiko Martinez #1 — Win, TKO 9th round (12), 2/9/13. (Won European Super Bantamweight title)
- Kiko Martinez #2 — Win, Unanimous Decision (12), 9/6/14. (Won IBF Super Bantamweight title)
- Scott Quigg — Win, Split Decision (12), 2/27/16. (Won WBAsuper Super Bantamweight title)
Predictions:
Palude Malignaggi — def — Gabriel Bracero — via — Unanimous Decision
Sergey Rabchenko — def — Tony Harrison — via — TKO 8th round
Mikey Garcia — def — Elio Rojas — via — KO 4th round
Leo Santa Cruz — def — Carl Frampton — via — Unanimous Decision
-David Jukic, INSIDE RINGSIDE