Chris Colbert vs Jaime Arboleda Dec.12th Showtime PBC

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Showtime announced Wednesday morning that Colbert and Jaime Arboleda will headline the network’s doubleheader that night from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Brooklyn’s Colbert (14-0, 5 KOs) will make the first defense of his WBA interim super featherweight title when he opposes Panama’s Arboleda (16-1, 13 KOs) in a 12-round main event.

The co-feature that night will match Richardson Hitchins (11-0, 5 KOs), a 140-pound prospect from New York, against Dominican veteran Argenis Mendez (25-5-3, 12 KOs, 1 NC) in a 10-rounder.

https://www.boxingscene.com/chris-c...-headlines-showtime-doubleheader-1128--150373

 

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Another Tune up for Colbert. Arboleda too stiff for Colbert.

 

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Brooklyn’s Colbert (14-0, 5 KOs) is slated to make a defense of his WBA interim super featherweight title against Panama’s Jaime Arboleda (16-1, 13 KOs) in a 12-rounder. Hitchins (11-0, 5 KOs), another Brooklyn native, is scheduled to square off against Argenis Mendez (25-5-3, 12 KOs, 1 NC), a former IBF 130-pound champion from the Dominican Republic, in a 10-round junior welterweight bout.

 

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Ronald Ellis 17-1-2 vs Matt Korobov 28-3 added

 

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Colbert should dominate

 

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Looks like a pretty decent card to me.

 

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The tripleheader, originally scheduled for November 28, will see middleweight contenders Matt Korobov and Ronald Ellis battle in the 10-round co-main event and rising super lightweight phenom Richardson Hitchins taking on the toughest test of his young career as he faces former world champion Argenis Mendez in a 10-round telecast opener. The event is promoted by TGB Promotions and Sampson Boxing. Hitchins vs. Mendez is co-promoted by Mayweather Promotions.

Nordine Oubaali vs. Nonito Donaire was originally scheduled to take place on December 12 but was postponed after Oubaali tested positive for COVID-19.

“This main event on December 12 will pit two of the 130-pound division’s most exciting rising talents against each other as the sublimely skilled Chris Colbert faces the powerful Jaime Arboleda in a can’t-miss showdown,” said Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “The co-main event will see two middleweight contenders in Matt Korobov and Ronald Ellis looking to show that they’re among the division’s elite, while the SHOWTIME opener features the exciting prospect Richardson Hitchins against the always tough Argenis Mendez in a big step up fight. These are three evenly-matched bouts that should make for nonstop drama on fight night.”

 

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https://www.sho.com/sports/fights/4161/colbert-vs-arboleda

 

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Fight week

 

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The 23-year-old Hitchins represented Haiti at the 2016 Olympic Games and will return to the ring after debuting in 2020 with a 10-round decision victory over Nicholas DeLomba in February. It was Hitchins' second 10-round decision win after his previous fight saw him best Kevin Johnson following 10 rounds in November 2019.