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Newly crowned WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames will make his first defense against 154-pound contender Terrell Gausha on June 15 at a PBC PPV at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The 36-year-old Gausha (24-3, 12 KOs) is ranked ninth in the WBO junior middleweight rankings, but he is a member of the Premier Boxing Champions, so it makes sense that he would challenge Adames (23-1, 18 ). KO).
Addition to the undercard
Adames vs. Gausha will fight on the undercard of Gervonta “Tank” Davis vs. Frank Martin and David Benavidez vs. Alexander Gvozdyk.
Salvador Rodriguez from ESPN Knockout reports that Adames-Gausha was added to the Tank Martin map on June 15th.
Gausha's experience
2012 U.S. Olympian Gausha has won his last two fights. Brandin Lynch and KeAndra Leatherwood after losing a 12-round unanimous decision to Tim Tszyu in March 2022. Gausha gave Tszyu a run for his money by dropping him and outboxing him in the early rounds before he came on in the second half and won. solution.
The 14-year pro Gausha's other two losses in his career came against Erickson Lubin in 2020 and Erislandy Lara in 2017. Both of those losses were 12 round decision defeats.
The Belt and Adames' Ambitions
Adams, 30, won the full WBC 160-pound title today after previous champion Jermall Charlo was stripped of the title by the World Boxing Council. Jermall hasn't defended his title in three years, starting in 2021, and hasn't talked about making any defense anytime soon.
Adames moved quickly to defend his new WBC title next month against Gausha after being promoted just today. Like I said, Jermall hasn't defended the belt in years. It's a breath of fresh air to have a WBC middleweight champion who is a true go-getter who wants to defend the title right away rather than sit on it without a fight.
Boxing fans are hoping that if Adames wins against Gausha on June 15, he will face either WBA champion Erislandy Lara or IBF/WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly in his next unification bout. These fights will be tough for Adames, but they will give him an opportunity to increase his popularity.
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