WBA Super Middleweight World Championship – 12 Rounds
David Morrell Jr. – 166 ½ lbs.
Aidos Yerbossynuly – 167 ¼ lbs.
Referee: Tony Weeks; Judges: Mike Fitzgerald (Wis.), Patrick Morley (Ill.) Don Trella (Conn.)
Middleweight Bout – 10 Rounds
Jeison Rosario – 160 lbs.
Brian Mendoza – 159 ¼ lbs.
Referee: Mark Calo-Oy; Judges: Scott Erickson (Minn.), John Mariano (Minn.), Gary Ritter (Okla.)
Fiodor Czerkaszyn – 158 ¾ lbs.
Nathaniel Gallimore – 158 ½ lbs.
Referee: Gary Ritter; Judges: Mark Calo-Oy (Texas), Brian Cosgrove (Minn.), Mike Fitzgerald (Wis.)
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Light Heavyweight Bout – 10 Rounds
Andre Dirrell – 174 lbs.
Yunieski Gonzalez – 174 lbs.
Referee: Dave Smith; Judges: Patrick Morley (Ill.), Kyle Shiely (Minn.), Don Trella (Conn.)
Middleweight Bout – Eight Rounds
Julian Williams – 159 ½ lbs.
Rolando Mansilla – 158 lbs.
Referee: Mark Calo-Oy; Judges: Brian Cosgrove (Minn.), John Mariano (Minn.), Gary Ritter (Okla.)
Super Lightweight Bout – Eight Rounds
Kent Cruz – 143 lbs.
Enriko Gogokhia – 141 ½ lbs.
Referee: Gary Ritter; Judges: Scott Erickson (Minn.), Kyle Shiely (Minn.), Don Trella (Conn.)
Note: Contracted weight is 143 pounds.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast begins at 9:10 p.m. ET/6:10 p.m. PT immediately following the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva replay. Veteran sportscaster Brian Custer will host the telecast while versatile combat sports voice Mauro Ranallo will handle blow-by-blow action alongside Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and three-division world champion Abner Mares. Three Hall of Famers round out the telecast team – Emmy® award winning reporter Jim Gray, world-renowned ring announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr. and boxing historian Steve Farhood as unofficial scorer. The executive producer is four-time Emmy award winner David Dinkins, Jr. The producer is Ray Smaltz III and the director is Chuck McKean. Sportscaster Alejandro Luna will call the action with former junior middleweight world champion and SHOBOX® analyst Raúl “El Diamante” Marquez serving as expert analyst in Spanish on Secondary Audio Programming (SAP). SHOBOX announcer and combat sports expert Brian Campbell and his MORNING KOMBAT co-host Luke Thomas will call the action during the live-stream bouts.
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ABOUT MORRELL JR. VS. YERBOSSYNULY
Morrell Jr. vs. Yerbossynuly will see unbeaten WBA Super Middleweight Champion and Minneapolis fan-favorite David Morrell Jr. return to action against undefeated mandatory challenger Aidos Yerbossynuly in a 12-round duel that headlines live on SHOWTIME Saturday, November 5 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from The Armory in Minneapolis.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast will begin at 9:10 p.m. ET/6:10 p.m. PT and features former unified champion Jeison Rosario taking on veteran contender Brian Mendoza in a 10-round middleweight attraction in the co-main event, plus unbeaten middleweight Fiodor Czerkaszyn battles the hard-hitting Nathaniel Gallimore in the 10-round telecast opener.
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