Sullivan Barrera
To Face Paul Parker Saturday, April 15
Uncasville, CT: Sullivan Barrera (18-1, 13 KOs),
the exciting Miami-based light heavyweight from Cuba, will return to HBO Latino
Boxing on Saturday, April 15 at Mohegan Sun's Uncas Ballroom against Toledo, OH
native Paul "Pay Per View" Parker (8-1, 4 KOs). Barrera will look to
build on his thrilling knockout victory on HBO Latino® Boxing in Decemberover
previously unbeaten prospect Vyacheslav Shabranskyy, while the prospect Parker looks
to make a statement in the biggest challenge of his career to date. The HBO
Latino Boxing telecast begins at 11:00 p.m. ET
(live ET/tape-delayed PT).
Barrera, 35, of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
made his professional debut in 2009 after defecting to the United
States. His career began with five straight
knockouts and nearly seven-year undefeated streak until he suffered his first
defeat against current WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Andre
"SOG" Ward in March of last year. Barrera bounced back in late 2016
with his upset KO over Shabranskyy in his most-recent appearance on HBO Latino.
Parker, 32, has had an impressive career thus far since his professional debut
in 2012. His only loss was a third-round TKO against Shabranskyy in June of
2015. He rebounded in early 2016 with an eight-round split decision victory
over Lionell "Lonnie B" Thompson.
In the televised co-feature, Russian slugger Arif "The Predator"
Magomedov (18-1, 11 KOs) will take on Mexican prospect
Elias "Latin Kid" Espadas (13-3, 8 KOs) in a
ten-round middleweight showdown. Magomedov, 24, last appeared on HBO Latino in
May of last year when he last a hard-fought battle to Andrew Hernandez in Las
Vegas. In his most recent bout he stopped Chris
Herrmann in the second round in his home country of Russia.
Espadas, 26, is from Merida, Yucatan,
Mexico and made his
professional debut nearly five years ago in his home country of Mexico.
He has fought several times in the US
in both California and Florida
but this will be his first time fighting in New England.
He has won his last four fights in a row with three of those wins coming by way
of knockout.
The event is part of the "Mohegan Sun's Rising Stars Boxing Series"
presented by Mohegan Sun and Main Events. The exciting joint-venture, which
features boxing prospect from New England and around the
world, met with rave reviews after the debut event in November. As part of the
untelevised undercard, the latest installment of "Rising Stars" will
feature the return of local fighters Cassius Chaney from New London, CT,
Reinaldo Graceski from Springfield, Mass., Kevin Asmat from Union City, NJ, and
Shawn Cameron from Brooklyn, NY. Also returning to Mohegan Sun are
highly-touted middleweight prospect Vaughan Alexander and international talents
Enriko Gogokhia, a junior middleweight from Ukraine,
Madiyar Ashkeyev, a junior middleweight from Kazakhstan,
and Meiirim Nursultanov a middleweight also from Kazakhstan.
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