A pair of action-packed bouts will highlight live streaming action on the Showtime Sports YouTube channel and Showtime Boxing Facebook page this Saturday, December 17th in a Premier Boxing Champions event at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The Showtime Boxing Countdown show, hosted by award-winning Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell, starts at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will feature junior welterweight Omar “El Relámpago” Juarez battling Austin Dulay in a ten-round contest plus unbeaten teenager Elijah Garcia in an eight-round middleweight duel against Cruse Stewart. The live stream will precede Showtime Championship Boxing's tripleheader beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT headlined by undefeated lightweights Michel “La Zarza Ali” Rivera and Frank “The Ghost” Martin clashing in a twelve-round WBA eliminator.
The 23-year-old Juarez (13-1, 5 KOs) enters the ring propelled by momentum gained from his efforts inside and outside the ring. His lone loss came via narrow majority decision to All Rivera in June 2021. Since then, the former standout amateur has won his last two fights, most recently a ten-round decision victory over Ryan Karl in February. A native of Brownsville, Texas, Juarez has achieved recognition in his community by uplifting the state’s youth through motivational speaking, receiving commendations from the Texas State Senate and the Texas House of Representatives for his altruism.
Dulay (15-3, 11 KOs) will also step into the ring having won his most previous outing, a first-round TKO of Anthony Michael Linenfelser in April. The 27-year old had lost two of his previous three bouts, dropping bouts against Diego Magdaleno in February 2020 and Jose Valenzuela in December 2021. Fighting out of his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, Dulay won his first 11 pro bouts, with his only other letdown coming against super featherweight contender Chris Colbert.
Fighting out of Phoenix, Garcia (12-0, 10 KOs) is looking for his fourth victory of 2022, having most recently knocked out Edgar Valenzuela in October. The 19-year old has moved fast since turning pro in 2020, knocking out his first six opponents and four of his last five. He will face the 33 year-old Stewart (8-1, 6 KOs), who was born in Illinois but now resides in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Stewart steps back into the ring after dropping a decision against the unbeaten Hakim Lopez in his previous bout in June.
The non-televised undercard will also include Cuban bantamweight Joahnys Argilagos (8-1, 4 KOs) in a six-round bout against Mario Hernandez (10-3-1, 3 KOs) and welterweight Kenneth Sims Jr. dueling Los Angeles-native Rock Myrthil in an eight-round showdown.
Rounding out the lineup is the pro debut of super bantamweight Ray Robinson against Los Angeles' Victor Saravia (1-3-1, 1 KO) over four-rounds of action, plus unbeaten junior middleweight Bakhram Murtazaliev (20-0, 15 KOs) facing Mexico’s Roberto Valenzuela Jr. (20-3, 19 KOs) in an eight-round scrap.
