SHUMENOV AND KOVACS MAKE WEIGHT FOR SATURDAY’S WORLD TITLE FIGHT ON SHOWTIME

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SAN ANTONIO (Dec. 13, 2013) – WBA SUPER and IBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov (13-1, 8 KOs) weighed in today at 175 pounds for his title defense tomorrow night (Saturday, Dec. 14) against unbeaten challenger Tamas Kovacs (23-0, 14 KOs), of Slovakia, in the opening bout of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING quadrupleheader, airing live on SHOWTIME^® (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Kovacs tipped the scales at 174.4 pounds.

(L) Beibut Shumenov and Tamas Kovacs (R) weighed in today at 175 lbs. and 174.4 lbs., respectively, for Saturday night’s World Light Heavyweight title fight airing live from the Alamodome in San Antonio on Showtime.

(photo by Tom Casino / Showtime)

“DANGER ZONE: Broner vs. Maidana,“ a 12-round fight for Broner’s WBA Welterweight World Championship taking place on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Leija*Battah Promotions and sponsored by Corona, AT&T and Grudge Match. In the 12-round co-featured attraction, Keith Thurman will defend his interim WBA Welterweight World Championship against Jesus Soto Karass. Leo Santa Cruz will put his WBC Super Bantamweight World title on the line against Cesar Seda in a 12-round bout and Beibut Shumenov faces Tamas Kovacs in a 12-round clash for Shumenov’s WBA Super & IBA Light Heavyweight World titles. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast will air live at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and can be heard in Spanish using secondary audio programming (SAP). Preliminary bouts will air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME^® at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

Tickets priced at $250, $200, $150, $100, $75, $50, $25, $20 and $10, plus applicable taxes, fees and services charges are available for purchase at the Alamodome box office, or through Leija*Battah Promotions by calling (210) 979-3302or emailing m@leijabattahpromo.com or online at www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster locations, by calling (800) 745-3000