Philadelphia, PA (August 24, 2015) – Boxcino 2015 mampoli John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson o saennweng ho tobana le Krrish Liam Smith bakeng sa lolea WBO lefatše Refresh. Middleweight tlotla ka October 10 a Manchester, Engelane.

Thompson oona o kopanela Willie Monroe Refresh. e le 2nd Boxcino 'mampoli ho loanela lefatšeng le tlotla a tse hlano khoeli nako.

Thompson (17-1, 6 KO oa) ea Newark, New Jersey tla ho kopanela hae pele ea lefatše tlotla bout.

Thompson e sebedisana buelloa ke Vito Mielnicki ea GH3 ho phahamiswa le ho Arthur Pelullo ea Banner ho phahamiswa.

Thompson ile le monyetla oa ka matla ea ho hapa le Boxcino 2015 Refresh. Middleweight kgaisano le hlolang ka Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) le 2nd ho pota-pota stoppage ka Brandon Adams (17-1).

“Ke nyakalletse. These doors keep opening, 'me ke feela tsamaea ba le ho koala ba. I have to do my job. I am going into this fight making sure that I am in tip-top shape. Molemong oa ka, le Boxcino kgaisano e ne e le monyetla o moholo ho thehwa. It is a strong platform to show my talents. I fought very tough competition, le Ke ne ke tseba ho tloha qalong hore kamoo o fumana lokiselitsoeng le mefuta eno ya ho tlisa lintoa,” o ile a re Thompson.

“Ke 'na motlotlo ka John. He was a last minute replacement in Boxcino. He went on to win to the tournament in style by scoring a spectacular knockout over the heavily favored Brandon Adams. When the opportunity came about to fight Liam Smith for the title, John ile ka qhomela tsohle tsa 'me a re etsa hore ho etsahala. John is a real fighter and understands when these types of opportunities come up, ba 'maloa hōle pakeng tsa, 'me o ile ka qhomela ka le monyetla oa ho loanela WBO Refresh. Middleweight lefatše mampoli,” o ile a re Arthur Pelullo ea Banner ho phahamiswa

Re Vito Mielnicki, E le mopresidente oa GH3 ho phahamiswa, “John e ne e le pele oke ke saennweng ka GH3 ho phahamiswa. He always has taken the tough fights as you look at his history. I feel he is by far the more dominant fighter in this fight, 'me o tla bontša hore o talenta ka October 10. It won’t matter that he his going into Smith’s Backyard, John tla apara ho se e khōlō tshebetso.”

The bout e buelloa ke Frank Warren ea Queensberry ho phahamiswa, kamanong le Arthur Pelullo ea Banner ho phahamiswa le ho Vito Mielnicki ea GH3 ho phahamiswa.

The Smith – Thompson bout tla ba le WBO Middleweight tlotla ntoa pakeng tsa Andy Lee le Billy Joe Saunders, hammoho le Terry Flanagan ho sireletsa hae WBO bobebe tlotla khahlanong le Diego Magdaleno, e leng wil etsa le mampoli hararo-platform ka October 10 ho tloha Manchester, Engelane.