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Librado Andrade & Enrique
Ornelas Make Mexico Debuts On Televisa This Sat., Aug. 27 In
Leon
After traveling the world and doing battle in Denmark,
Canada and Germany, fighting brothers Librado Andrade and
Enrique Ornelas have one stamp missing stamp in their fistic
passports - their native Mexico. On Saturday, August 27,
that will be rectified when they fight for the first time in
their home country on a doubleheader to be aired on
Televisa's "Sabados De Corona" in Mexico and on AT&T U-verse
in the United States live from the Centro De Espectaculos De
La Feria Leon in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
In the 12 round main event, Andrade will face Canada's Matt
O'Brien for the vacant WBC Intercontinental Super
Middleweight Title. The co-feature will pit Ornelas against
Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico's Alfredo Contreras in a 10
round light heavyweight contest. August 27 will mark the
ninth time the brothers from Jesus del Monte, Guanajuato
have competed on the same card, compiling an impressive 16-2
combined record in those fights.
The doubleheader headlines a scheduled 11 fight event
presented by Golden Boy Promotions in association with ESA
and Leon Tijuana Boxing and sponsored by Corona. Doors open
at 5:00pm, the first fight begins at 6:00pm and the Televisa
broadcast begins at 10:30pm CT.
The fights will also be available in the United States as
AT&T* is exclusively delivering the series across three
screens (TV, Online and Mobile) to AT&T U-verse members. The
August 27 U-verse broadcasts will air live at 9:30pm
ET/6:30pm PT on AT&T U-verse® TV, U-verse Online at
www.att.net/boxeo and, for subscribers to the U-verse Live
TV mobile application, on qualifying mobile phones.**
Tickets priced at 400 pesos, 200 pesos, 100 pesos and 50
pesos are available for purchase online at
www.eticket.com.mx or La Feria Box Office.
Rugged super middleweight contender Librado Andrade (29-4,
22 KO's) has long been one of boxing's top rated contenders
and is a hard-charging battler with thudding power to change
a fight with just one swing of his fist. A 12-year
professional, Andrade has challenged for the 168-pound world
title against champions Mikkel Kessler and Lucian Bute
(twice) and even though he fell short of victory, the
lessons he's learned will help him get back to the top
sooner rather than later. He is coming off of a tough
decision loss to Aaron Pryor Jr. in May, but the 32-year old
is reinvigorated by the fact that his comeback is beginning
in Guanajuato.
Quesnel, British Columbia's Matt O'Brien (18-2, 8 KO's) has
split two fights since moving to the super middleweight
division and expects to hand Andrade his second straight
defeat on August 27. Owner of a decade of professional
experience, the 34-year old's time to shine is now and he
plans on capitalizing on this opportunity.
The younger brother of Andrade, 30-year-old Enrique Ornelas
(31-7, 20 KO's) has the same aggressive style as his older
sibling and some believe he packs an even bigger punch.
Considering that six of his last seven wins have come by way
of knockout, it's not that far-fetched a notion. Having
competed with fighters like current World Champions Bernard
Hopkins and Robert Stieglitz as well as Bronco McKart and
Marco Antonio Rubio, Ornelas has the skill, power and
world-class experience to give anyone a tough night.
26-year-old Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico native Alfredo
"Galan" Contreras (10-11-3, 4 KO's) has faced 12 unbeaten
fighters in his six-year professional career, including
Anthony Dirrell, George Groves, David Lemieux and Marco
Antonio Periban, and the hard-charging brawler is planning
to bring all he has when he gets in the ring with Ornelas.
In July, Contreras battled to a hard-fought draw with Kevin
Riding-In and, a little over 30 days later, he will aim for
the upset against the well-traveled Ornelas.
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