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Rising junior featherweight contender Adam Lopez will square off with Danny Roman on Jan. 20 in the main event of the first ShoBox: The New Generation card of 2017, Showtime announced on Monday.The fight will headline a quadrupleheader (Showtime, 10 p.m. ET/PT) at Ballys Atlantic City Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Lopez (16-0-1, 8 KOs), of San Antonio, has faced increasingly more difficult opposition in his four previous bouts on the series and now will face Los Angeles Roman (21-2-1, 7 KOs).This will be my toughest fight. It is all about levels and progressing, said Lopez, 26. Roman is a very good fighter and Im ready for a tough fight. Hes progressed a lot. Hes a good puncher, counterpuncher, and works the body. But Im ready for whatever he brings. A win would be huge (because) it puts me in contention to fight a world champion.Roman, also 26, has won 13 fights in a row since an eight-round decision loss in 2013.Ive been extremely active over the last few years and now all the hard work is starting to pay off, Roma said. This is a tremendous opportunity and the type of fight Ive been preparing for. Adam Lopez is a great fighter, and hes highly ranked just like me. We are going to give the fans an exciting fight.I can box, I can brawl. I give the fans what they want. I think people are going to be impressed with how I fight. People want to see a fight and I know Im going to bring it. Boxing fans are going to know who Danny Roman is on Jan. 20.There are also three scheduled eight-round bouts on the telecast:Super middleweight Ronald Ellis (13-0-1, 10 KOs), 27, of Lynn, Massachusetts, will face Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 KOs), 25, of Philadelphia.I need this to further my career and put me in main event fights, said Ellis, the older brother of rising welterweight Rashidi Ellis. Ive seen Brooker fight a few times. Hes a tough guy who comes forward and comes to fight, and that is perfect for me. Brooker will be there for me to hit, and it will give me a great opportunity to showcase my talents.Brooker is looking to rebound from his first defeat, a 10th-round knockout to Ronald Gavril on Oct. 8. Im ready and excited to get back in the ring, Brook said. I cant wait to fight another undefeated fighter on ShoBox. Im still looking to get to the next level. I was at Ellis last fight, and I saw an average fighter compared to the guys Ive fought. Hes solid, throws nice, short punches, but runs out of gas.Chicago junior welterweight Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 KOs), 22, a 2013 U.S. national amateur champion, will take on Wellington Romero (12-0-1, 6 KOs), a 2012 Olympian from the Dominican Republic.This is the biggest fight of my career, said Sims, who will be boxing in his first scheduled eight-round bout. I will be prepared for anything that I have to do. Ive seen videos of Romero and I know he is a good fighter. I fought world champions in the amateurs so its not a big deal to fight him. I need to take care of business and get my win on national television. Its as simple as that.Sims was a main sparring partner for Manny Pacquiao when Pacquiao was getting set to fight Floyd Mayweather in their 2015 megafight. He also served as a Mayweather sparring partner when he was preparing for his retirement fight against Andre Berto later in 2015. 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