It's blues,
barbeque and boxing right off Beale Street when young
prospects take the spotlight on HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: ANDRE
BERTO VS. MIKI RODRIQUEZ AND CHRIS ARREOLA VS. CHAZZ
WITHERSPOON, presented SATURDAY, JUNE 21 at 10:00 p.m. (live
ET/tape-delayed PT), from The FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn.,
exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team of Bob Papa, Max
Kellerman and Lennox Lewis will be ringside for the event,
which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the
hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.
Other HBO
play date: June 22 (10:00 a.m.)
HBO2 play dates: June 22 (5:45 p.m.) and 24 (11:45 p.m.)
Undefeated heavyweights clash when Chris
Arreola (23-0, 21 KOs), from Riverside, Cal., goes up against
Philadelphia's Chazz Witherspoon (23-0, 15 KOs) in the
scheduled 12-round opening bout. Both fighters stand 6'4" and
look to establish themselves as top American prospects in the
division.
In the main event,
welterweight contender Andre Berto (21-0, 18 KOs), from Winter
Haven, Fla., takes on Miki Rodriquez (29-2, 23 KOs), from
Naucalpan, Mexico, in a scheduled 12-round bout. Berto is one
of the fastest-rising stars in the division, having registered
16 knockouts in his last 17 fights. Rodriquez is also a top
prospect, with knockout victories in 12 of his last 15 fights,
and seeks to halt Berto's rise to the top.
