ESPN 2/16: Ray Beltran vs Paulus Moses (Vacant WBO Lightweight title)

[patscorpio]

World championship boxing returns the "Biggest Little City in the World," Reno Nevada! No. 1 world-rated lightweight contender RAY "Sugar" BELTRAN, fighting for his first world championship belt and his green card to stay in the U.S. with his family, will headline an all-action card on Friday, February 16, in the Grand Sierra Resort's Grand Theatre. Beltran (34-7-1, 21 KOs), from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, will be battling former world champion and current No. 2 world-rated contender PAULUS MOSES (39-3, 24 KOs), from Windhoek, Namibia, for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight world title.

The co-main event will feature undefeated NABF welterweight champion EGIDIJUS "The Mean Machine" KAVALIAUSKAS (18-0, 15 KOs), from Oxnard, Calif., by way of Kaunas, Lithuania, defending his title against former world champion DAVID "Ava" AVANESYAN (23-2-1, 11 KOs), of Pyatigorsk, Russia, in a 10-round battle of Top-10 world-rated contenders.

Both title fights will be televised live and exclusively at 9 p.m. EST on ESPN and ESPN Deportes and stream live on the ESPN App at 7 p.m. EST. The championship event will also feature the return of 2016 Olympic silver medalist SHAKUR STEVENSON (4-0, 2 KOs), of Newark, NJ. Stevenson has a unique relationship with Reno, where he began each year from 2013 through 2015 by winning a national amateur title. Additionally, he won the gold medal and Outstanding Boxer award at the 2016 Olympic Trials. Stevenson has never lost in Reno

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I thought Arum was trying to get Beltran for Lomanchenko? I would really like to see that fight. It'll be interesting to see Lomanchenko fight someone who's not going to stop punching.

 

[patscorpio]

I thought Arum was trying to get Beltran for Lomanchenko? I would really like to see that fight. It'll be interesting to see Lomanchenko fight someone who's not going to stop punching.

prolly trying to get a belt on beltran if lomachenko decides to go up to 135

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

prolly trying to get a belt on beltran if lomachenko decides to go up to 135

Do you think Beltran juices?

 

[patscorpio]

Do you think Beltran juices?

motherfukker was caught taking stanozolol...he knew what he was doing lol

 

[Bigblackted4]

Do you think Beltran juices?

No doubt

 

[patscorpio]

Beltran is in for a fight and he better not gas late like he did in his last fight...he came very close to losing that

 

[Bigblackted4]

Didn’t know Beltran was fighting the actor dude

Mar Ali

• Bigblackted4
• Feb 13, 2018

Actor

 

[patscorpio]

Didn’t know Beltran was fighting the actor dude

Mar Ali

• Bigblackted4
• Feb 13, 2018

Actor

..uncanny resemblance

 

[The axe murderer]

Didn’t know Beltran was fighting the actor dude

Mar Ali

• Bigblackted4
• Feb 13, 2018

Actor

 

[aceboon]

Beltran is in for a fight and he better not gas late like he did in his last fight...he came very close to losing that

this dude Moses is good?

 

[patscorpio]

this dude Moses is good?

he's decent..big thing is hes pretty old at 39..moses

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

Beltran stays in entertaining fights

 

[aceboon]

I see Top Rank/ESPN has already started with the green card promotional gimmick for this fight, shyt is annoying

 

[patscorpio]

was a weigh in done for this card or did i miss it?