Khurtsidze Replaces The Injured Sam Soliman
Julian Williams Takes On Marcello Matano In 154-Pound Eliminator In Main Event Of Tripleheader Live On SHOWTIME® From Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, පොදු පෙරමුනු.
නිව්යෝක් (පෙබරවාරි. 23, 2016) – Undefeated middleweight contenderඇන්ටොයින් ඩග්ලස් will face hard-hitting Avtandil Khurtsidze හි සම ලක්ෂණය තුළ SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION® සෙනසුරාදා, මාර්තු 5, ජීවත් වෙන්න ප්රදර්ශණ කාලය® (10 ප.ව.. සහ/පී.ටී.) from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, පොදු පෙරමුනු.
Khurtsidze (30-2-2, 20 Kos) steps in to face GH3 Promotions’ Douglas (19-0-1, 13 Kos) in a 10-round middleweight bout for the WBO International title after සෑම් Soliman pulled out of the fight last week with a knee injury.
Khurtsidze, බෘක්ලින් පිළිබඳ, ප්ලේන්ස් හි. by way of Kutaisi, ජෝර්ජියා, has won eight straight – including six by knockout – since dropping a controversial decision to then-unbeaten හසන් N'Dam in a bout for the vacant interim WBA World Middleweight Title in Paris in 2010.
Khurtsidze was scheduled to face N’Dam in a rematch last නොවැම්බර් 21 පැරීසියේ දී, but the event was cancelled following the tragic නොවැම්බර් 13 terror attacks in France. The rematch with the former world champion was to be contested for the IBF No. 2 spot at 160 රාත්තල්.
A pressure fighter, Khurtsidze was also slated to fight last week on a DiBella Entertainment Broadway Boxing event and has been training since the fight with N’Dam was called off. 36 හැවිරිදි, who has also campaigned at super middleweight, is coming off a knockout victory over Melvin Betancourt last August.
“Avtandil is a world class guy, a former silver titlist and has been at the top of the division for years,” ලූ DiBella පවසයි, DiBella එන්ටර්ටේන්මන්ට් ජනාධිපති. “This is a great opportunity for him and a huge step up for Douglas. Avtandil had been on his way to France to fight for the No. 2 ranking against N’Dam when the tragic terrorist attacks hit Paris, which was a terribly unfortunate situation for all. දැන්, he looks to impress in this fight against the highly regarded Douglas. The winner of this bout moves up significantly in the middleweight world rankings and will be in line for a major fight in the 160-pound division later this year.”
In the main event of the SHOWTIME BOXING: SPECIAL EDITION tripleheader, Julian “J-Rock” විලියම්ස් and once-beaten Italian Marcello Matano will square off in a 12-round IBF eliminator for the No. 1 ranking at 154 රාත්තල්. විකාශන විවෘත ඕවරයේ දී, hard-hitting prospect ටෝනි හැරිසන් will face veteran former world title challenger ප්රනාන්දු මහතා Guerrero 10 වටයේ සුපිරි welterweight තරගයට.
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