Breazeale-Kassi added to Wilder-Duhaupas card
2012 U.S. Olympian and undefeated heavyweight prospect Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale (15-0, 14 KOs) will enter the ring against the crafty “Big” Fred Kassi (18-3-1, 10 KOs) in a 10-round heavyweight showdown on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC Saturday, September 26 from Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, with televised coverage beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT. PBC on NBC is headlined by heavyweight world champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder (34-0, 33 KOs) as he defends against France’s Johann “Reptile” Duhaupas (32-2, 20 KOs).
Omar Figueroa, who was originally scheduled on the card, was forced to drop out of his scheduled bout against Antonio DeMarco due to an elbow injury.
In another matchup, heavyweight knockout artist Charles “Missouri” Martin (21-0-1, 19 KOs) squares off against Vicente “Bufalo” Sandez (15-4, 10 KOs) in a 10-round affair. Further undercard action features the undefeated Olympian Terrell Gausha (15-0, 8 KOs) taking on Puerto Rico’s Eliezer Gonzalez (15-1, 10 KOs) in a super welterweight bout, plus Bryant Perella (10-0, 9 KOs) in a welterweight attraction and Mario Barrios (11-0, 6 KOs) in an eight-round super featherweight fight. The broadcast will switch over to NBCSN at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT.
numbers and previous matchup with Bika did HBO/Showtime numbers. All it verifies to me is that Stevenson does not have a true following and should not be demanding so much to go against Kovalev being that Kovalev has a bigger fanbase (and Stevenson is not a draw) and draws around as much on HBO that Stevenson does on free tv/non-premium cable. This fight should be made with a 50/50 split and on HBO to be honest (Showtime doesnt deserve the fight, because they've done nothing this year)
