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Nico Hernandez
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PARK CITY, KANSAS (Oktoba 23, 2017) – 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez will be fighting for his first professional title on Jumamosi, Desemba 2, when he takes on Hungarian invaderJozsef “Little Red” Ajtai in the eight-round main event for the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Flyweight Championship, iliyoitwa “KO Boxing Night: Dhahabu & Utukufu” katika Hartman Arena katika Park City, Kansas.
“KO Boxing Night: Dhahabu & Utukufu” ni kuwasilisha KO Night Boxing LLC., kwa kushirikiana na Hartman Arena, na kufadhiliwa kwa kiasi na Twister City Harley-Davidson metro PCS, Mort’s Cigar Bar na Jimmy Egg.
hatua taped kuishi kwa airing ya baadaye ya CBS Sports Network.
The 21-year-old Hernandez (3-0, 2 Kos), kupambana na nje ya Wichita, will be fighting in a scheduled eight-round bout for the first time. His three pro fights to date were all scheduled for six rounds and each was held in Kansas, the last two in his second home, Hartman Arena.
In his last fight this past September 23rd, Hernandez was forced to fight late replacement Kendrick “Uprising” Latchman who outweighed the celebrated American Olympian by more than 10 paundi. Hernandez won a six-round unanimous decision by scores of 60-54 na 59-55 mara mbili.
Despite being younger than Hernandez by almost a year to the day, Ajtai (19-9, 12 Kos) has already had 28 mapambano pro, including a full 10-round distance loss by decision last year to two-time Olympic gold medalist Shiming Zou, zamani World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight bingwa wa dunia.
“By far, Nico is fighting the toughest opponent of his pro career,” Hernandez’ promoter John Andersen (“KO Night Boxing LLC) alisema. “Ajtai has much more experience as a pro than Nico, plus he went the distance against a two-time Olympic gold medalist, Zou. Ajtai is a busy fighter with a good knockout ratio (63%). This fight is going to tell us a lot about Nico, especially his power at 112 paundi.
“Nico fighting for a title in only his fourth pro fight proves that all our hard efforts of KO Night Boxing and Team Nico has paid off quickly and we’re grateful that the IBA has given him this great opportunity. I didn’t realize the high quality of champions the IBA has had in the past and we’re proud that Nico can someday join this group. In the flyweight division, Nico may enter world title fight shot discussions earlier than I had originally thought, which was in his third year as a pro. An impressive performance against Ajtai could position him for a world title fight next year with less than 10 fights under his belt.”
“We’re excited to have an American Olympian fighting for our first Americas title,” IBA PresidentJ.C. Courreges aliongeza. “Nico Hernandez is an Olympic bronze medalist and we’re hopeful that he will develop into an IBA world champion in the not too distant future. His amateur pedigree speaks for itself and we’re very happy to have this young man fighting for the IBA Americas title.”
IBA world champions during the past quarter-century include Hall-of-Famers Oscar de la Hoya,George Foreman, Roberto Duran na Arturo Gatti, as well as stars such as Roy Jones, Jr.,Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosely, James Toney, Mikkel Kessler, Eric Morales, Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Glen Johnson na Antonio Tarver.
Other fights on the “Dhahabu & Utukufu” card will soon be announced. All mapambano na wapiganaji ni chini ya mabadiliko.
Hii ni wote-umri kuonyesha. Milango wazi katika 5:00 p.m. CT with the opening bout scheduled at 6:00 p.m. CT.
MAELEZO:
Twitter: @KONightBoxing, @IBABoxing
Facebook: /NeonStar, /IBABoxing
Kufuata @Nicomhernandez kwenye Twitter na Instagram
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