A press conference was held in Los Angeles to announce that Joseph King Kong Agbeko will defend his IBF bantamweight world championship against undefeated rising star Abner Mares, who defends his WBC Silver bantamweight championship in the eagerly awaited finals of The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All on Saturday, April 23 LIVE on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) from Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. In what will be a hotly contested co-feature, former two-division world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan and former IBF bantamweight world champion Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez will clash in the tournament consolation bout.

Commenting on his bout, Vic Darchinyan said that he is a pure fighter. “I will beat Perez by knockout and show that I am much stronger. I am looking forward to this fight and will be in great shape. I will have no excuses and will prevail,” fightnews.com quoted Darchinyan as saying.