SHOBOX on Showtime 

Thompson vs. Boone

Ortiz vs. Barrera

March 31, 2006

Maywood Activity Center

Maywood, California

11:00 PM ET/PT

Line-up (not in fight order):

Super Welterweight Bout (10 Rds)

Anthony Thompson (20-1, 15 KOs) vs. Darnell Boone (10-4-1, 4 KOs)

Super Lightweight Bout (8 Rds)

Victor Ortiz (12-1, 8 KOs) vs. Freddy Barrera (10-0, 1 KOs)

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"Shobox: The New Generation"

Once-beaten Anthony "The Messenger" Thompson (20-1, 15 KOs) of Philadelphia will try to get his

message across to Darnell Boone (10-4-1, 4 KOs) of Youngstown, Ohio, when the young super

welterweights collide in the 10-round main event on "ShoBox: The New Generation'' on SHOWTIME Friday,

March 31 (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

In the Top Rank, Inc. co-feature from the Maywood Activity Center in Maywood, Calif., southpaw Victor Ortiz

(12-1, 8 KOs) of Oxnard, Calif., faces undefeated Freddy Barrera (10-0, 1 KO) of Bellflower, Calif., in an

eight-round super lightweight bout.

- Press Release issued by Showtime's Shobox (with a little editing from us - color,  highlights).

(3/11/06)