By Jake Donovan
BoxingScene.com
Khan (left), who is training in Hayward with Virgil Hunter, takes on Molina. (Hoganphotos/Golden Boy)
A massive fight card is planned for Saturday afternoon and evening at
the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. In the SHOWTIME-televised
main event (10:30PM ET/PT), Amir Khan takes on Carlos Molina in a
12-round super lightweight bout.
Khan came in at 139.75 lb, the same as Molina (17-0-1, 7KO), who takes a huge step up in class.
Khan is looking for his first win in more than 17 months, having lost
two straight. The former 140 lb. titlist suffered a devastating 4th
round knockout loss to Danny Garcia this past summer, having since
parted ways with trainer Freddie Roach in favor of the red-hot cornerman
Virgil Hunter in Hayward.
The televised co-feature covers the continued comeback of Hunter-trained Alfredo
Angulo (pictured, left), who enjoyed an emotional return to the ring last month. The
Mexican slugger weighed in just over the super welterweight limit of
154.5 lb for his chief support bout against Jorge Silva, who weighed in
at 156 lb.
Opening the Showtime telecast is a
heavyweight bout between Deontay Wilder and Kelvin Price. Wilder - who
captured Olympic Bronze in the 2008 Summer Games - weighed 223.5 lb.,
while Price checked in at 240 lb.
The two were slated to face off earlier this year, only for Price to be forced to pull out due to injury.
Kicking off the day's festivities is a live broadcast on CBS (Saturday,
4:30PM ET/1:30PM PT), marking the sport's return to the network in more
than 15 years. Headlining the free TV show is all-action bantamweight
titlist Leo Santa Cruz, who faces Alberto Guevara in a scheduled
12-round title defense. Both fighters weighed 117.5 lb, just below the
bantamweight limit.
Wedged in between the two
shows, Showtime will continue its recent trend of airing select
undercard bouts on sister network Showtime Extreme (Saturday, 9:00PM
ET). Unbeaten welterweight Shawn Porter will headline that portion of
the evening, facing former lightweight titlist Julio Diaz in a
crossroads bout.
Porter came in at a fit and trim 146 lb, while Diaz tipped the scales at 146.75 lb.
Opening
the Showtime Extreme card is another fighter on the comeback trail.
Unbeaten prospect Frankie Gomez looks to put more separation between
present day and his troubled past as he faces Pawel Miranda in a
scheduled eight-round welterweight bout.
Gomez
came in at 143.75 lb. for his second bout of the year, also doubling as
his delayed Showtime debut. A previous attempt to have him headline on
Shobox was thwarted by out-of-ring troubles.
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