A professional boxing match could take place at Alcatraz this summer: Report
Historic landmarks may host Professional boxing match This summer.
According to the ring, WBO junior welterweight champion Theo Fimolopez is close to agreement to enter the ring Alcatraz Island.
The ring tells ESPN that Riad season promoter Torki Aralschuff recently wanted to hold a fight at the museum that became a museum one day. Lopez fights for the brand.
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Alcatraz Island can host championship boxing matches this summer. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)
“You know, sometimes I go inside my mind. I want another place (a battle). Sometimes in the mountains, sometime in the pyramids of Mexico, someday in the Eiffel Tower of France, (the Italian Colosseum). ) said Alalshikh.
It’s unclear whether the title will be directed at the glove, but that seems likely given Lopez defended the title twice last year.
The prison opened in 1934, but lasted for less than 30 years.
Considering the 1.25 miles to the coast, the Bay Area island was considered essentially an escape, but 14 documented escapes were made.
The most notorious was the escape of John, Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris on June 11, 1962.Run away from Alcatraz. ”
Teofimo Lopez celebrates after beating Jamaine Ortiz in the WBO junior welterweight world title match at Michelob Ultra Arena. (Joe CamporeAle/USA Today Sports)
Whether the three of them survived by reaching the coast remains a mystery. The FBI concluded that the escape owned due to the harsh conditions.
The three prisoners carved out the escape route from their prison and erected the makeshift mache heads.
The final escape attempt from prison nearly six months later inspired what became the “Escape from Alcatraz” triathlon swimming route.
Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly spent time in prison.
On September 16, 2020, as the boat sails in Berkeley, California, a low mist swirls around Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge under clear skies. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
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Lopez is 21-1 with 13 knockouts, but hasn’t competed since June. It was a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Steve Clagett.
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