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<\/a>Main-event fighters Bocachica (left) and Reyes<\/strong><\/p>\nPhoto by Amanda Westcott\/SHOWTIME<\/strong><\/p>\n Exciting welterweight prospect Janelson Bocachica and fellow undefeated Mark Reyes Jr. both made weight a day before their main event showdown tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 17, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET\/PT from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. as ShoBox continues its 20th anniversary year showcasing boxing\u2019s rising stars matched tough.<\/p>\n Detroit\u2019s Bocachica (16-0, 11 KOs) is following up on a dominating performance in his ShoBox debut in October when by facing the power-punching Reyes (14-0, 12 KOs) from Tampa, Fla., in a 10-round welterweight bout. The co-main event will feature unbeaten Russian and Detroit-trained Vladimir Shishkin (11-0, 7 KOs) taking on Ghana\u2019s Sena Agbeko (23-1, 18 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight matchup, while Alejandro Guerrero (12-0, 9 KOs) of Houston, Texas, returns to ShoBox and faces Mexico\u2019s Abraham Montoya (19-2-1, 14 KOs) in an eight-round lightweight bout.<\/p>\n The previously announced middleweight matchup between Timur Kerefov (9-0, 4 KOs) and Argenis Espana (15-1, 14 KOs) will no longer take place. Kerefov will now face Fernando Farias (10-0-2, 4 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight non-televised scrap.<\/p>\n Barry Tompkins will call the action from ringside with boxing historian Steve Farhood and former world champion Raul Marquez serving as expert analysts. The executive producer is Gordon Hall with Richard Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.<\/p>\n The three-fight telecast is promoted by Salita Promotions.<\/p>\n FINAL WEIGHTS<\/p>\n Welterweight 10-Round Bout<\/p>\n Janelson Bocachica \u2013 146 \u00bd lbs.<\/p>\n Mark Reyes Jr. \u2013 147 lbs.<\/p>\n Referee: Danny Schiavone (Conn.); Judges: Tom Carusone (Conn.), Don Trella (Conn.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)<\/p>\n Super Middleweight 10-Round Bout<\/p>\n Vladimir Shishkin \u2013 169 lbs.<\/p>\n Sena Agbeko \u2013 168 \u00be lbs.<\/p>\n Referee: Arthur Mercante (N.Y.); Judges: Don Ackerman (N.Y.), Glenn Feldman (Conn.), John McKaie (N.Y.)<\/p>\n Lightweight Eight-Round Bout<\/p>\n Alejandro Guerrero \u2013 135 lbs.<\/p>\n Abraham Montoya \u2013 135 lbs.<\/p>\n Referee: Johnny Callas (Conn.); Judges: Tom Carusone (Conn.), John McKaie (N.Y.), Steve Weisfeld (N.J.)<\/p>\n FINAL QUOTES:<\/p>\n Janelson Bocachica<\/p>\n \u201cMy last fight on ShoBox, I feel like I surprised a lot of people. I wasn\u2019t surprised myself because I know what I have to give. I showed my skills even though I could have done a little better, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to do this fight. I won\u2019t be satisfied until I get the WBC belt.<\/p>\n \u201cI could have been better with my movement in my last fight. I wasn\u2019t totally tuned into the fight. I wanted to make him work a little bit more even though I set him up perfectly.<\/p>\n \u201cI usually don\u2019t watch much tape on my opponents. The level of opponents that he\u2019s faced doesn\u2019t match up to the fighter that I am, so there\u2019s not a whole lot that I can learn from watching tape. He won\u2019t be able to do the same things with me that he\u2019s done with the guys he\u2019s faced. I have seen a couple highlights though and he does look good. He looks like a good fighter and that\u2019s why I picked this fight.<\/p>\n \u201cWhenever I fight there\u2019s a high chance for an explosion. If he tries to pressure me and he\u2019s throwing punches, he\u2019s going to be receiving them back. I\u2019m not a walking punching bag. I tried to box in my last fight but every time somebody gives me an opening my precision is there. That\u2019s what we train for. As soon as he opens up and gets cocky with it, I\u2019ll step on the gas and get him out of there.<\/p>\n \u201cI have power in both hands. If he really wants to fight, then he can look for a fight. I just don\u2019t think a fight with me will last very long for Mark Reyes. I think I\u2019m super close to being a top contender. This fight is going to help me a lot. It\u2019s another stepping-stone and I feel like you guys are going to be seeing a lot more of me.\u201d<\/p>\n Mark Reyes Jr.<\/p>\n \u201cThis could definitely be a short fight. It may not last long. But I can definitely say I\u2019m prepared to go into the ninth and 10th round just as strong as I\u2019m coming on in the first. But if the opportunity presents itself, there\u2019s no reason to sit around and wait. If I hit anybody flush a few times, I don\u2019t think many people are going to withstand that.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like winning this fight would be a push towards making a name for myself in the welterweight division. It would definitely set me up for future fights and opportunities that I\u2019ve been wanting and looking for.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of my power comes from my timing. Sometimes, the biggest punchers have a habit of relying on their power too much. You\u2019ll see that with time, there are guys that are able to withhold and weather the storm and actually end up knocking those guys out. I would say the most important thing is if you are a powerful puncher, you definitely want to rely on timing and speed just as much as you do your natural abilities.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got in the gym right away making sure that we got our rounds in sparring. Obviously, we all know that sparring is a different type of conditioning. You can do all your running and all your training, but if you\u2019re not having the right quality of sparring and getting those rounds in you might second guess yourself when you get into those later rounds. That\u2019s definitely something that I wanted to make sure that I was ready for. I\u2019m absolutely ready to go 10 rounds. If this was a 12-round fight, I would be ready to go 12 rounds.<\/p>\n \u201cA win over this guy would definitely place me in a good position for my future fights this year. The long-term goal is to fight for a world title within the next two years. If I am able to move and grow steadily, then that\u2019s the plan. I have to take the right fights and make sure that I\u2019m always learning, always growing, and if the opportunities present themselves, I am definitely willing to take them.\u201d<\/p>\n Vladimir Shishkin<\/p>\n \u201cAgbeko is a solid fight for me. He is physically strong and he will come to fight. He\u2019s a good boxer and he\u2019s a big featherweight. I will have to put in a good performance to score a victory. My plan is to just listen to my trainer, L.J. Harrison, and if I listen and follow the plan the result will be perfect.<\/p>\n \u201cI made the move to train with L.J. and stop working with SugarHill Steward because I have a very good relationship with L.J. I have a great connection with him and I believe a lot in what I\u2019m learning and what he\u2019s teaching me. I am more flexible, he\u2019s teaching me distance and balance. I feel that I am improving and it\u2019s going to pay off in this fight.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that I\u2019m an elite fighter and I want to show on February 17 that I can compete at an elite level. I think that I am ready to face the best in the super middleweight division. I have already beaten guys that were ranked in the top 15 at the time like Nadjib Mohammedi and DeAndre Ware. I am ready for guys like Canelo and the best in the division.\u201d<\/p>\n Sena Agbeko<\/p>\n \u201cThis fight is coming at the perfect time for me. I\u2019m ready to launch myself and possibly challenge for a world title soon. I feel like I really need to get going with my career. There have been so many starts and stops and I\u2019m ready to be done with that and just have a more consistent flow with the fights.<\/p>\n \u201cTraining with people like Badou Jack and Caleb Plant, you get to understand the discipline that is required to perform at that level. Prior to that, the assumption was just to go out there and try to make a statement, but the certain patience and discipline that you have to adhere to at the highest level is what I learned. You get punished for even the simplest mistakes, so sparring with them got me a lot of experience.<\/p>\n \u201cBack in 2014 when I first came to the U.S., I feel that I was mentally very underdeveloped. I had a very different perception of the sport. I feel that I wasn\u2019t quite ready. I didn\u2019t understand what it took mentally to be at the level I wanted to be at. That was the biggest difference. Now, I\u2019m more mature and I\u2019ve been around the U.S. I\u2019ve been to different camps all around the country \u2013 New York, Miami, Las Vegas, Houston \u2013 and through it all I\u2019ve learned to deal with the mental aspect of the sport. My mental preparation and being in a calm state of mind ready to perform is the biggest difference.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t see myself as the B-side. I actually like playing the role of the underdog. One of my biggest strengths is my ability to adapt in the ring and being the best that I can be. I have a plethora of tools to use and as the fight goes on, I will be able to adjust to whatever I need to adjust to. The goal is to win and I\u2019m not going to wait until it\u2019s too late. Every step of the way, I am going to do things that will put me ahead.<\/p>\n \u201cI was informed on Tuesday that my opponent from my last fight, Roy King, passed away on Monday night. It\u2019s unfortunate. Roy is somebody that was doing a lot for his city, Johnson City, in Tennessee. When I met him at the weigh-in, I talked to him and he was very nice. It\u2019s so unfortunate that this happened. I did go to see him in the hospital shortly after our fight and I was expecting him to recover, but unfortunately, he passed away after a year of dealing with it.\u201d<\/p>\n Alejandro Guerrero<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think the layoff will have any effect on me. If anything, I\u2019m going to come back harder and stronger. It wasn\u2019t a big issue being laid off. I had more time to train. I was training harder and doing things the right way. This is my first fight where I\u2019ve been completely focused on boxing. I haven\u2019t been working a fulltime job like I normally was, so physically, I feel I\u2019m in the best shape of my life. I feel like I can take on the world.<\/p>\n \u201cMy last fight on ShoBox with no crowd felt totally off. I\u2019m used to the crowd going crazy when I land a nice combination. I\u2019m a crowd-pleaser. That\u2019s what motivates me to continue going harder and harder.Not having a crowd, there isn\u2019t a huge issue, but at the same time it does kind of change the whole setting of the fight.<\/p>\n \u201cIn that last fight against Angulo, I had him hurt in the last three rounds but I just didn\u2019t have the opportunity to completely take him out of the way. He was strong. He was taking all my hits. I feel that I wasn\u2019t at my best in that fight and I didn\u2019t do everything the correct way. This fight, I\u2019m coming back stronger and tougher and I\u2019m not going to need any judges..<\/p>\n \u201cAnybody who has seen me fight knows that I like to come forward. I like to throw a lot of shots. I always see myself as the big dog in the ring. I like to take control of the fight. I\u2019m just going to take all my movement and power and skills to another level and it\u2019s going to be more explosive. You are going to see a totally different \u2018Pork Chop\u2019 that\u2019s way better than I was in my last fight.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been getting great work in sparring. I started off by sparring people around my weight but I was taking them out. They couldn\u2019t last more than four rounds so I\u2019ve been using heavier, stronger guys for this camp. I know this guy that I\u2019m facing has nothing compared to the guys that I\u2019ve been sparring. That\u2019s why I\u2019m so confident. I\u2019m going in with everything I have. It\u2019s not going to be an easy fight but I\u2019m going to make it look easy.\u201d<\/p>\n Abraham Montoya<\/p>\n \u201cI am a very offensive fighter naturally, but I\u2019m also the type of fighter that is always willing to adapt and adjust to my opponent\u2019s style. The plan is to just go out there, listen to the bell ring and get close to my opponent and get to work. I will read him, adjust as I need to and do what I have to do.<\/p>\n \u201cNormally, fighters change weight classes when they have defeats. But for me, I am not coming off a loss. I decided to start fighting at lightweight because it was just the right time. I was the national champion and North American champion at super featherweight. I spent all last year looking or good opportunities but I didn\u2019t find any. That\u2019s why I am so excited for this opportunity and why I decided to move to lightweight.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have watched Guerrero and we are aware that he is a very aggressive fighter. He\u2019s the type of opponent that will come to clash. He has a lot of fire. Getting a win against him is going to be a big deal for me and my career. I have faced better opposition than Guerrero, so I may be considered a favorite, but I feel like an underdog. When I\u2019m the underdog, that just gives me even more motivation.<\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t born yet when my father Eduardo fought for a world title. There weren\u2019t a ton of cameras around back then so I haven\u2019t been able to watch a lot of video of his fights. What I rely on is the stories that he and everybody who knew him tell me. That\u2019s what motivated me to become a fighter.<\/p>\n \u201cFor my fight against Yakubov in Russia, we were negotiating for four weeks. It took a long time. I accepted the fight and it was finally finalized with just 18 days\u2019 notice. I did the best I could with that time but I was not 100 percent prepared for that fight. For this fight, of course I am 100 percent prepared. I\u2019ve been preparing for the fight since the first week of January. I am the type of fighter that is 24\/7, always training. There are no excuses this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [AdSense-A] Main-event fighters Bocachica (left) and Reyes Photo by Amanda Westcott\/SHOWTIME Exciting welterweight prospect Janelson Bocachica and fellow undefeated Mark Reyes Jr. both made weight a day before their main event showdown tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 17, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET\/PT from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. as ShoBox continues its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25562,25564],"class_list":["post-100641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-janelson-bocachica-vs-mark-reyes","tag-jr-meet-wednesday-night-on-showtime-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100641"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}