WBO MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION PETER QUILLIN TO DEFEND TITLE AGAINST TOP CONTENDER FERNANDO GUERRERO AT BARCLAYS CENTER IN BROOKLYN ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 LIVE ON SHOWTIME
Co-Featured Bout To World Champion Danny Garcia vs. Brooklyn's Own
Zab Judah For Unified Super Lightweight World Title
Local Stars Danny Jacobs, Dmitriy Salita and Boyd Melson
Return to Barclays Center in Separate Fights
Hector Camacho Jr. Faces Salita and U.S. Olympian and Staten Island Native Marcus Browne Makes His New York Professional Debut
WBO Middleweight World Champion and New Yorker Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin will make his first title defense against Fernando Guerrero in the co-featured bout to the world title clash between Unified Super Lightweight Champion Danny "Swift" Garcia and Brooklyn native Zab "Super" Judah at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, February 9 live on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
In addition to Quillin and Garcia, the stars of last October's inaugural boxing event at Barclays Center will return to the sport's most popular new venue.
SHOWTIME Extreme will start the televised action with a 10-round junior middleweight bout between Brooklyn's Dmitriy Salita and Hector Camacho Jr. along with a 10-round middleweight fight featuring boxing's most inspirational fighter, Brooklyn's Daniel "Miracle Man" Jacobs, who continues his comeback following a successful battle against cancer against an opponent to be named.
Other undercard fights will feature the New York professional debut of Staten Island's 2012 United States Olympian Marcus Browne in a four-round light heavyweight fight as well as crowd- pleasing Boyd Melson, whose dedication to finding a cure for spinal cord injuries makes him a true champion, who will fight in a six-round middleweight bout against an opponent to be named.
Garcia vs. Judah, a 12-round bout for Garcia's Unified Super Lightweight World Championship, is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and supported by Golden Boy Promotions sponsors Corona and AT&T. The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins live at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) with preliminary fights to air live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® at 7 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
