The World Boxing Organization has revealed that Top Rank was the winner of Tuesday's purse bid, to secure the promotional rights for the mandatory fight between WBO junior welterweight champion Maurice Hooker (24-0-3, 16 KOs) and challenger Alex Saucedo (28-0, 18 KOs).
Last month, the two sides were given twenty days (20) to reach a deal. Because a deal was not reached, a purse bid was ordered by the WBO.
The purse bid was held at at the World Boxing Organization headquarter offices in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Top Rank, who promote Saucedo, submitted a bid of $1,625,000.00, and Hearn - who handles Hooker - put in a bid of 1,555,000.00.
Top Rank informed the WBO that Hooker vs. Saucedo will take place in Oklahoma City on Nov 16 or 17.
In Top Rank winning, Hooker vs. Saucedo will be heading to ESPN.
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The “Red River Rivalry” is coming to Russell Westbrook’s house.
Dallas native Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker will make the first defense of his WBO junior welterweight world title on Friday, Nov. 16 against No. 1 contender and Oklahoma City product Alex “El Cholo” Saucedo at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder.
Hooker-Saucedo will headline a special one-fight telecast live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at midnight ET/9 p.m. PST. The soon-to-be announced undercard will stream live at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Roc Nation Sports and Matchroom Boxing USA, tickets for this world championship event will go on sale Friday, Oct. 5 at 10 a.m. CDT. Priced at $250, $150, $75, $50, and $35, tickets may be purchased at the Chesapeake Energy Arena box office, online at Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone at 1-800-745-3000.
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑27 Sep 2018, 14:19
The “Red River Rivalry” is coming to Russell Westbrook’s house.
Dallas native Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker will make the first defense of his WBO junior welterweight world title on Friday, Nov. 16 against No. 1 contender and Oklahoma City product Alex “El Cholo” Saucedo at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder.
Hooker-Saucedo will headline a special one-fight telecast live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at midnight ET/9 p.m. PST. The soon-to-be announced undercard will stream live at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+
Nice way to spin it...Oklahoma-Texas is one of the biggest rivalries in college football.
NABF welterweight champion Egidijus “The Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas is closing in on a world title opportunity. WBO Intercontinental champion Roberto Arriaza, a knockout artist from Nicaragua, is standing in his way.
Kavaliauskas and Arriaza will square off on Friday, Nov. 16 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City as the co-feature to the previously announced Maurice Hooker-Alex Saucedo WBO junior welterweight title fight.
Hooker-Saucedo will be televised on ESPN at midnight ET, while Kavaliauskas-Arriaza and the rest of the undercard will stream live at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+ — the new multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment in conjunction with ESPN.
The rest of the undercard is as followed:
Super lightweight contender Cletus Seldin (21-1, 17 KOs) looks to rebound from his first career defeat against Nelson Lara (17-10-4, 9 KOs).
Lightweight prospect Albert Bell (12-0, 4 KOs) will make his Top Rank debut against Carlos Padilla (16-8-1, 10 KOs) in an eight-round fight.
The big-punching Trevor McCumby (24-0, 19 KOs) will fight Felipe Romero (20-15-1, 14 KOs) in an eight-rounder at light heavyweight.
Tyler Howard (15-0, 10 KOs), who is coming off a second-round TKO win on July 14 in New Orleans, will take on Isiah Seldon (12-1-1, 4 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight showdown. Seldon is the son of former heavyweight world champion Bruce Seldon.
Oklahoma-born heavyweight knockout artist Trey Lippe Morrison (15-0, 15 KOs) will fight an opponent to be determined in a six-rounder. Lippe Morrison last fought June 30 in Oklahoma City, knocking out Byron Polley in the third round of a crowd-pleasing bout.
Oklahoma City native and bantamweight prospect Aaron Morales (4-0, 3 KOs) will fight an opponent to be determined.
Philadelphia’s Rasheen Brown will make his pro debut against Sebastian Baltazar (1-2, 0 KOs) in a four-round super bantamweight bout.
John Rincon, from Corpus, Christi, Texas, will make his pro debut in a four-rounder at lightweight.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Roc Nation Sports and Matchroom Boxing USA, tickets for this world championship event are on sale now. Priced at $250, $150, $75, $50, and $35, tickets may be purchased at the Chesapeake Energy Arena box office, online at Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or by phone at 1-800-745-3000.
Star Boxing’s CLETUS “THE HEBREW HAMMER” SELDIN (Long Island, NY 21-1 17KOs) will be making his much anticipated return to the ring on November 16th against NELSON LARA (Nicaragua 17-10 9KOs) live on ESPN+ at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1. As a youngster, Hooker was often in trouble with cops and when he signed with manager Arnie Verbeek back in 2011 there were 32 outstanding warrants for the boxer's arrest.
2. He is still no stranger to the police and was pulled over for drink driving, just a month after his World Title win against Terry Flanagan.
3. He was a dad to eight kids before the age of 26 when Verbeek persuaded him to have a vasectomy.
4. When he was young his mother and brother had drug problems and aged 12, he witnessed a robbery in the family home.
5. Dallas raised Hooker started boxing aged 12 when his stepdad, who boxed as an amateur, got him interested in the sport.
6. In the unpaid ranks he won 93 of his 100 fights, but competed solely at regional level in Texas.
7. His ring walk usually involves him sucking a lollypop.
8. Hooker is trained by Vince Parra who had a five year professional career and retired with a 6-5 record in 2004, having boxed on club shows in California. They have been together since 2013.
9. His boxing hero is Thomas 'The Hitman' Hearns.
10. He reckons he sparred 20 rounds with Saucedo when they trained together every other week for a year, when both were managed by Verbeek, who Saucedo is no longer with.
Hooker vs. Saucedo Purse Bid: Top Rank Beats Out Hearn
