![]() The tournament final will be held as a celebration of South African icon Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday, which is July 18. You can't rely any longer just on American networks." Now I need to figure out a way to get it televised so the American public can see it, but the economics of the event work even without American TV. "Very few places in the world are nicer than Monaco, so I am looking forward to it. "The (March 30) card is a really good show and to have Golovkin on the card just adds to it," DiBella said. Also on the card, European junior middleweight champion Sergei Rabchenko (22-0, 16 KOs) of Belarus will defend against Italy's Adriano Nicchi (20-3-2, 9 KOs).ĭiBella said he was working to find an American television outlet for the tournament. The previously announced main event of the March 30 card will be middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin's seventh title defense, which will come against former title challenger Nobuhiro Ishida of Japan. The finals are scheduled to take place July 13, also at the Casino de Monte Carlo, with the winners meeting at a maximum weight of 171½ pounds, which is between the 168-pound super middleweight limit and the 175 light heavyweight limit. The winner of this tournament clearly cements themselves as one of the top fighters in the entire world." "This is a huge opportunity for these four fighters. "Zsolt is fighting a tough guy and Edwin is in with a guy we don't know lot about, but he's a big puncher," said Lou DiBella, who promotes Erdei and Rodriguez. The semifinals will take place March 30 at the Casino de Monte Carlo and will pit Rodriguez (22-0, 15 KOs) against Ezequiel Osvaldo Maderna (19-0, 13 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight bout and Erdei (33-0, 18 KOs) against Denis Grachev (12-1-1, 8 KOs) in a 10-round light heavyweight fight. South African promoter Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves has partnered with the Principality of Monaco and the Nelson Mandela Foundation to announce the "Monaco Million Dollar Super 4." Top American super middleweight prospect Edwin Rodriguez and former light heavyweight titlist Zsolt Erdei will be part of a four-man tournament announced Friday in which the finalists will share $1 million - with $600,000 going to the winner and $400,000 to the runner-up. ![]() You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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