ShoBox: The Next Generation makes it’s 2017 debut with a main event serving as a WBA junior featherweight eliminator. Adam Lopez (16-0-1, 8 KOs) takes on Daniel Roman (21-2-1, 7 KOs) at the Bally’s Event Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The primary undercard will be a super middleweight bout between Ronald Ellis (13-0-1, 10 KOs) and Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 KOs).
With a two and a half hour time slot, we’ll probably get another fight on top of that.
As always, scroll on down for the live blog. Keep reading for the press release from Showtime.
Danny “The Baby Face Assasin” Roman (21-2-1, 7 KO’) from Los Angeles and Adam “Mantequilla” Lopez (16-0-1,8 KOs), of San Antonio, Texas, will face-off on January 20th for a possible shot at the 122 pound WBA title, reported Eddie Gonzalez, Danny Roman’s manager and trainer.
The fight is scheduled for the Adrian Phillips Ballroom in Historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and it will be televised live by ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME.
With Lopez ranked number 4 and Roman being the number 5 ranked super bantamweight, a formal request to make this an eliminator bout has been already submitted to the WBA.
The highly regarded Lopez, will be making his fourth ShoBox appearance and will be headlining his second show after a victory over then undefeated Mario Munoz, from Guadalajara, Mexico on February 2016.
For both fighters, have been climbing steadily up the ranks and both have acquired titles along the way. Lopez holds the rights to the WBC Latino super bantamweight and the WBA Fedelatin super bantamweight title, while Roman is the WBA-NABA super bantamweight titlist.
It is a great opportunity to open the year against Lopez, said Danny Roman, whose career has been develped California, under the banner of Thompson Boxing Promotions.
Co trained by his father and by former world junior lightweight champion Carlos “El Famoso” Hernandez at the Castillo Boxing Club in San Antonio, Lopez had a highly decorated amateur career that started in the San Antonio area. He was a 6-time national amateur champion who traveled and fought for Team USA. He turned pro in 2012, and in less than 15 fights had moved into the WBA rankings.
“I see the people that are near a title shot, including Danny Roman, and honestly believe that I have had stronger opposition along the way. Thompson Boxing has also done a good job in developing Danny Roman, but still think that I have proven myself worthy of a title shot”, said Lopez in a previous interview.
Lopez (25) was signed by GH3 Promotions, after his ninth fight and enjoys the attention of the organization.
For Danny Roman (26) it has been a longer road, after a solid amateur career and a professional start in 2010. He has been showcased constantly in the Thompson Boxing Promotions Young Blood Series in Ontario, California where he has averaged over four fights per year over the last three years.
“We have been grooming Roman against the best opposition possible and have been working steadily towards a championship fight. Now he is near the chance. We had been looking for a title fight or an eliminator. Either way, it will be another step up in his developing career”, said Ken Thompson, CEO of Thompson Boxing Promotions Boxing Promotions.
The fight is on Showtime at 9 p.m. Watch it with me.
