PBC can't be serious Luis Ortiz v Charles Martin PPV 1/1
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BlackAchilles
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Nobody paying money to order this 
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reservoirdogs
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IBF placement huh? So the winner gets to fight Hrgovic.
Will the winner take that or a hard pass?
Nobody fancies fighting Hrgovic but backing down would look bad.
Will the winner take that or a hard pass?
Nobody fancies fighting Hrgovic but backing down would look bad.
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Pay-per-view?!?!?!?
On New Years Day, the same time as the Rose Bowl
I need what they are smoking
IBF placement huh? So the winner gets to fight Hrgovic.
Will the winner take that or a hard pass?
They’ve both already rejected the fight.
reservoirdogs
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With Wilder losing to Fury again it's cemented that PBC left w/o a HW belt for now so their fighters' only way to a title is probably by becoming mandatory. For that the winner would have to fight Hrgovic it seems. That might be enough for the winner to take that fight seeing there's no other way.
Carlos Negron (Covid) Out, New Opponent Sought For Frank Sanchez On Ortiz-Martin PPV Undercard
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BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Tue Dec 28, 2021, 12:35 PM EST
Frank Sanchez is in search of a new opponent for the first major boxing event of the New Year.
BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Carlos Negron (25-3, 20KOs) has tested positive for Covid and thus will no longer face Sanchez on this weekend’s Fox Sports Pay-Per-View card. Sanchez will remain on the card versus a replacement heavyweight to be named as part of a five-fight PPV this Saturday from Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The results were learned Tuesday morning, as first reported by El Nuevo Herald. BoxingScene.com has learned that Negron—a member of the 2008 Puerto Rico Olympic boxing team who now lives and trains in Miami—is symptomatic and currently in isolation.
No other team member was affected as of Tuesday morning. Negron regularly trains and spars with two-time heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz (32-2, 27KOs), who faces former IBF heavyweight titlist Charles Martin in the main event. Ortiz and Negron are both trained by German Caicedo.
Assuming an approved opponent is secured, Sanchez (19-0, 13KOs) will enjoy a quick turnaround. The former Cuban amateur standout—now based out of Miami and who trains in Eddy Reynoso’s facility in San Diego—is coming off his best win to date, a ten-round decision over Efe Ajagba in their battle of heavyweight prospects on October 9 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Saturday’s bout will mark the fifth in a span of just under 14 months for Sanchez, a stablemate of pound-for-pound king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (57-1-2, 38KOs). Sanchez, Negron and Ortiz all fought in separate bouts on the same Fox telecast last November at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the first fight for all three heavyweights since the pandemic. Sanchez stopped Brian Howard in the fourth round of their bout on the show.
The early exit prompted a quick return to the ring just six weeks later. Sanchez earned his second straight win inside the distance, scoring a seventh-round stoppage of Julian Fernandez on the undercard of a DAZN telecast last December 19 at Alamodome in San Antonio. The card was headlined by Alvarez, who soundly outpointed then-unbeaten Callum Smith to win the WBA “Super” and vacant WBC super middleweight titles.
Sanchez also appeared on the undercard of Alvarez’s eighth-round stoppage of undefeated Billy Joe Saunders to unify the WBA/WBC/WBO titles this past May at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. For his part, Sanchez was forced to settle for a technical unanimous decision win over Nagy Aguilera, who claimed he could no longer continue after absorbing a right hand to the back of his head.
Multiple sources inform BoxingScene.com that Sanchez will remain on the all-heavyweight PPV telecast, with an opponent expected to be named within the next 24 hours.
sad this is still an upgrade over negron but hammer just got mercy stopped by hughie fury
Luis Ortiz vs. Charles Martin - Full Card Information, Undercard Details
BY RANDOM HITS
Published Tue Dec 28, 2021, 02:23 PM EST
Unbeaten lightweight contender Frank Martin, who fights under Errol Spence Jr.’s Man Down Promotions banner, will square off against Romero Duno in a 10-round showdown that tops PBC action live on FOX and FOX Deportes Saturday, January 1 kicking off the New Year from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The FOX broadcast begins at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT and will see undefeated Cuban heavyweights go toe-to-toe as Geovany Bruzon battles 2016 Olympian Lenier Pero in the 10-round co-feature.
The two-hour FOX kickoff show precedes a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View heavyweight extravaganza featuring top contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz facing former heavyweight champion Charles Martin in the main event, plus heavyweight rising star Frank “The Cuban Flash” Sanchez battling Christian Hammer in the co-main event. Hammer replaces Carlos Negron, who was forced to withdraw after a positive COVID test.
The pay-per-view action begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will also see heavyweight contenders Jonnie Rice and Michael Coffie battle in a 10-round rematch, former title challenger Gerald “El Gallo Negro” Washington in a 10-round showdown against Turkish Olympian Ali Eren Demirezen and unbeaten Viktor Faust facing Iago Kiladze in a 10-round attraction to open the pay-per-view.
Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions, are on sale now and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com. Martin vs. Duno is promoted in association with Man Down Promotions.
The 26-year-old Martin (14-0, 10 KOs) has risen up the lightweight rankings in 2021 with a pair of impressive victories. Martin knocked out the previously unbeaten Jerry Perez in a dominating performance in April, before most recently earning a unanimous decision over Ryan Kielczweski in August. Originally from Indianapolis, Martin now trains in the Dallas-area under the guidance of top trainer Derrick James and alongside unified welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr.
Representing his native Cotabato City, Maguindanao, Philippines, Duno (24-2, 19 KOs) enters the fight the winner of three-straight bouts, all by knockout. The 26-year-old has put together the winning-streak following a 2019 defeat to unbeaten contender Ryan Garcia. Duno’s 2021 triumphs have come over Ramon Elizer Esperanza in August and Jonathan Perez in September.
The 24-year-old Bruzon (6-0, 5 KOs) was born in Holguin, Cuba and now fights out of Las Vegas. A pro since 2019, Bruzon scored first or second round stoppages in his first five bouts, before his most recent contest ended in a technical decision victory. Bruzon makes his U.S. debut on January 1, having most recently won that decision over German Garcia in April, a fight that saw him go eight rounds for the first time.
A 2016 Olympian from Camaguey, Cuba, Pero (5-0, 3 KOs) had an extensive and successful amateur career that spanned over 100 fights, including multiple victories over countryman Frank Sanchez, in addition to challenges against heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, heavyweight prospect Filip Hrgovic and Olympic gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov. The 29-year-old now fights out of Trelew, Chubut, Argentina, and will also be making his U.S. debut on January 1. Pero most recently knocked out Dumar Carrascal in the first round in June.
