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Preview: PBC on Showtime Super Welterweight Tripleheader

The 154-pound weight class will take center stage for Showtime’s championship tripleheader on Saturday.

In the evening’s main event, decorated Cuban Erislandy Lara will defend his WBA super welterweight world championship against Vanes Martirosyan in a rematch of their 2012 bout that ended in a technical draw. Meanwhile, Jermall Charlo will put his IBF super welterweight strap on the line against Austin Trout in another featured bout, while his brother, Jermell Charlo, will face John Jackson for the vacant WBC super welterweight world title.

The action takes place at The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas and airs on Showtime at 9 p.