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Walters and Sosa Collide Tonight!
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VERONA, NY (December 19, 2015) — Undefeated former world featherweight champion NICHOLAS “Axe Man” WALTERS and once-defeated Top-10 contender JASON “El Canito” SOSA. will face off against each other in a 10-round junior lightweight rumble Tonight! Saturday, December 19. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Peltz Boxing Promotions and Warriors Boxing Promotions, Walters vs. Sosa will open the HBO Boxing After Dark telecast, which will be televised live from Turning Stone Casino Resort, beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT. The telecast will also feature Bryant “By-By” Jennings vs. Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz in a 12-round heavyweight battle for the WBA interim Heavyweight title. That fight will be presented by Golden Boy Promotions, in association with Gary Shaw Productions.
Walters and Sosa boast a combined record of 44-1-3 (35 KOs) — a winning percentage of 92% — with 80% of their victories coming by way of knockout.
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Mike Coppinger, USA Today: “Nicholas Walters ‘Prepared For War’ with Jason Sosa in Debut at 130 Pounds”
Dan Rafael, ESPN.com: “Walters Looking to Make Noise at 130 Pounds”
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14392442/walters-looking-knockout-sosa
Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: “Slugger Nicholas “Axeman” Walters Planning a Big 2016″
Jesse Dougherty, The Philadelphia Inquirer: “Sosa Out to Show His Philly Punch”
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/other_sports/20151219_Sosa_out_to_show_his_Philly_punch.html
Keith Idec, The Record: “Jason Sosa Not Afraid of Nicholas Walters”
http://www.northjersey.com/sports/boxing/sosa-confident-against-walters-1.1476786
Mike Coppinger, USA Today: “Bob Arum: Deal Done for Nicholas Walters-Jason Sosa Winner to Face Takashi Uchiyama”
http://boxingjunkie.com/2015/12/17/bob-arum-nicholas-walters-jason-sosa-winner-takashi-uchiyama/
Matt Aguilar, El Paso Times: “Walters Will Brighten Dimmed Star”
http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/sports/2015/12/18/walters-brighten-dimmed-star/77561604/
Steve Politi, Star-Ledger: “Jerry Izenberg to be Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame”
http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/12/star-ledger_columnist_jerry_izenberg_inducted_into.html
Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com: “Walters Focused on Sosa, Ignores Thoughts of Uchiyama”
http://www.boxingscene.com/walters-focused-on-sosa-ignores-thoughts-uchiyama–99579?
Kieran Mulvaney, HBOBoxing: “Video Interview with Nicholas Walters”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAhtYdjn_nI&feature=youtu.be
Norm Frauenheim, 15Rounds.com: “Possibilities: Nicholas Walters Just Another One as Top Rank Moves into a New Year”
Michael Woods, NYFights.com: “Walters Sharps at 130? Sosa Says No”
http://nyfights.com/2015/12/17/walters-as-sharp-at-130-sosa-says-no/
Leroy Brown, The Jamaica Gleaner: “Spotlight on The Axeman”
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20151219/spotlight-axeman
Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com: “Walters Was Great at 126, But in with a ‘Monster’ at 130”
http://www.boxingscene.com/sosa-walters-great-126-with-monster–99561?
George Gigney, BoxingNewsOnline.net: “Nicholas Walters Thinks Vasyl Lomachenko is Avoiding Him”
http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/nicholas-walters-thinks-vasyl-lomachenko-is-avoiding-him/
Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com: “Nicholas Walters Ready for Fresh Star at 130 Pounds”
http://www.boxingscene.com/nicholas-walters-ready-fresh-start-130-pounds–99502
Joseph Santolquito, The Ring: “Jason Sosa Pre-Walters: I Can Get Inside That Reach and Do Damage”
Francisco Salazar, BoxingScene.com: “Jason Sosa Aim to Expose the Flaws of Walters”
http://www.boxingscene.com/jason-sosa-aims-expose-flaws-walters–99582?
Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com: “Nicholas Walters: From Not to Red Hot”
http://www.boxingscene.com/junior-lightweight-from-not-red-hot–99528
Carlos Narvaez: “Sosa le Prepara Bienvenida a Walters en las 130 Libras”
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/boxeo/nota/_/id/2554267
Jose Sanchez, El Nuevo Dia: “Oportunidad Para Contendor Boricua, Jason Sosa”
http://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/boxeo/nota/oportunidadparacontendorboricua-2140509/#
Walters (26-0, 21 KOs), from Montego Bay, Jamaica, has won 11 of his last 13 fights by stoppage. He captured the vacant WBA featherweight title on December 12, 2012, knocking out Daulis Presscott (26-1, 19 KOs) in the seventh round. He successfully defended the title three times during his three year reign — all by knockout — stopping Alberto Garza, former two-division world champion Vic Darchinyan and 2012 Fighter of the Year and former four-division world champion Nonito Donaire in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds, respectively. A former amateur standout who collected gold medals at the 2007 Pan American Games Qualifier III and the 2005 and 2007 Caribbean Championships, Walters is known for his expert boxing skills and movement and two-fisted punching power that are at a caliber of a much higher weight class. In his last fight, on June 13 at Madison Square Garden, Walters was forced to vacate the title when he failed to make the weight limit by one pound. However, he emerged victorious, winning a unanimous decision over the previously undefeated Top-10 contender Miguel Marriaga.
Sosa (18-1-3, 14 KOs), from Camden, NJ, enters this fight riding a four-year, 17-bout unbeaten streak which includes 13 consecutive knockout victories dating back to 2012! Many local fans, who flock to his fights, consider Sosa to be one of the best fighters to come out of Camden since Dwight Qawi. Sosa’s been a fan favorite since turning pro in 2009 because of his exciting and aggressive style, strong punching power and an average length of bouts of under four rounds. He is currently world rated No. 8 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and No. 13 by the WBO.
Host of the event, the Oneida Nation’s Turning Stone Resort Casino, continues to distinguish itself as a premier destination for blockbuster boxing matches. The December 19 card will mark Turning Stone Resort Casino’s 16th nationally televised boxing event in less than two years, cementing the resort as a mecca for knockout televised fights. Located in Upstate New York, the four-season destination resort offers world-class entertainment and gaming, award-winning accommodations, a diverse mix of restaurants, luxury spas and several nightlife options.
Professional media requesting credentials for the December 19 event must contact Kelly Abdo, Turning Stone Resort Casino Public Relations Manager at (315) 366-9291 or [email protected].
Remaining tickets, priced at $60, $35 and $25, plus applicable fees and taxes, may be purchased at the Turning Stone Resort Box Office, by calling (315) 361-7469, or online via www.ticketmaster.com.
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