Showtime Sports presents The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Take All this Sat, Dec 11th at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma. In addition to the two main bouts, there will be 5 undercard fights. The show starts at 5 PM local time with the undercard, with the main card starting at 6 PM and aired LIVE on SHOWTIME®

(9 p.m. ET/PT - delayed on the West Coast). Tickets are available at Ticketmaster. More info at emeraldqueen.com or halquistproductions.com.

The exciting, eagerly anticipated two-stage, single-elimination Bantamweight tournament begins tomorrow/Saturday, Dec. 11, on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) at Emerald Queen. The winners of each semifinal will clash in the final in 2011 with the losing boxers competing in a consolation fight. 

In the opening 12-round bout on the telecast, two-time division titlist Vic Darchinyan (35-2-1, 27 KOs) and undefeated, world-ranked Abner Mares (29-0-1) will clash for the World Boxing Council Silver Belt.

Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan (l) vs  Abner Mares (r)

International Boxing Federation 118-pound champion Yonnhy Perez (20-0-1, 14 KOs) will defend against former IBF belt-holder and the boxer he dethroned, Joseph Agbeko (27-2, 22 KOs), in the second fight.

Joseph King Kong Agbeko (l) vs Yonnhy "El Colombiano" Perez  (r)

FIGHT CARD (Bout order subject to change)

Junior Featherweights - 8/10 Rounds
Chris Avalos (17-1, 14 KO's - Lancaster CA) 

vs Cecilio Santos (25-13-3, 15 KO's - Mexico City)

Bantamweights - 10 Rounds
Eric Morel (42-2, 21 KO's - Madison WI) 

vs Juan Jose Beltran (22-18-3, 13 KO's - Los Mochis Mexico)

Main Event - IBF Bantamweight Title - 12 Rounds
Yonnhy Perez (20-0-1, 14 KO's - Cartagena Columbia) 

vs Joseph Agbeko (27-2, 22 KO's - Bronx NY)
  

Co-Main Event - IBO & Vacant WBC Silver Bantamweight Titles - 12 Rounds
Vic Darchinyan (35-2-1, 27 KO's - Sydney Australia) 

vs Abner Mares (20-0-1, 13 KO's - Hawaiian Gardens CA)

  

Swing Bout - Middleweights - 6 Rounds
Fred Tukes (8-1-1, 5 KO's - Tacoma WA) 

vs Timothy Hall (5-8, 4 KO's - Athens GA)

Junior Lightweights - 4 Rounds
Jorge Espinoza (6-0, 3 KO's - Marysville CA) 

vs Rob Diezel (4-1, 1 KO - Seattle)

Vacant NABO Junior Bantamweight Title - 10 Rounds

Ernie Marquez (9-7-1, 3 KO's - Fort Morgan CO)

vs Cesar Seda (19-0, 14 KO's - Ponce Puerto Rico)