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Atlantic City, NJ (Mac 10, 2017)–Welterweight Anthony “Juice” Young akan mengambil Samuel Amoako Sabtu ini malam di The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City.
The show is promoted by Rising Promotions.
Young, 15-2 with six knockouts of Atlantic City will be looking for his 5th consecutive victory when he takes on Amoko (21-13, 14 Ini KO) dari Accra, Ghana.
Amoako turned professional in 2005 with a victory over contender Albert Mensah (9-2-1). Amoako, 32 years-old is the former WBO African Lightweight champion Lightweight champion.
Amoako is coming off a 4-round unanimous decision loss to Sam Teah on August 6th in Bristol, PA.
“My training is good. It’s fight week, so I am just maintaining weight. I had a good camp working on my footwork. I sparred with Danny Garcia,” kata Young.
The transition to Amoako was easy, as he was already sparring orthodox fighters, even thought original opponent Rogelio Casarez was a southpaw.
“I was sparring right handers anyway, and when Amoako came in, it was no big deal with the switch of the opponent.”
Dalam pertarungan terakhir, Young was dominating James Robinson until the final round when he got caught and eventually knocked down. Young was able to get out of the round and hang on for the victory on January 20th.
“I leaned it’s boxing, and one punch can change the fight. I need to stay sharp for the whole fight and not get lackadaisical.”
In now his 18th bout, Young is taking a minor step up against a veteran who has fought 201 professional rounds.
“This is my first official 8-round bout. I plan to put on a great performance for the fans. I am grateful for Rising promotions. They gave me a opportunity to fight in front of my fans, and I am looking for them to keep it going.”
In a 6-round bouts:
dan Pasciolla (8-2) daripada Brick, NJ akan berjuang LeMarcus Tucker (4-1,2 Ini KO) of Forrest City, Arkansas in a heavyweight bout.
Gabriel Pham (7-1, 3 Ini KO) Atlantic City, NJ mengambil Chauncey Fields (4-1, 2 Ini KO) dari Lynchburg, VA un a super middleweight bout.
Dalam serangan 4 pusingan:
Brendan Barrett (4-0-2, 4 Ini KO) Little Egg Harbor, NJ mengambil Brian Donahue (3-13) Philadelphia dalam pertarungan heavyweight.
Adrian Wilson (0-3) of Atlantic City battles Henry Tyrone Paige (0-3) of Little Rock, Arkansas in a welterweight bout.
Kevin Asmat (1-1) North Bergen, NJ akan mengambil Edgar Cortes (3-4) daripada Vineland, NJ on a super featherweight bout.
Thomas Romain (1-1) of New York will square off with Sidell Blocker (1-6-1) of Pleasantville, NJ in a lightweight fight.
In a battle of pro debuting welterweights, Cesar Francis of New York boxes Steve Moore Orange, New Jersey
There will be several amateur bouts that will precede the professional bouts beginning at 6 PM ET.
Tickets for this great evening of boxing are $150, $80 dan $55
and can be purchased at www.RSPboxing.com
