Pizarro Battles Jerome Rodriguez; Rosa Takes On Veteran German Meraz

費城 — 十一月 7, 2018 — Two members of the Hard Hitting Promotions stable will fight for NBA title belts on the non-televised undercard of a ShoBox: The New Generation event on Friday, 十一月 16 在 2300 競技場在費城.

 

 

 

Junior welterweight Branden Pizarro will take on Jerome Rodriguez in an eight-round bout for the NBA Intercontinental title, while undefeated super featherweight Gadwin Rosa faces German Meraz in a six-round bout for the NBA Intercontinental title.

 

 

 

Those bouts will precede a ShoBox: The New Generation tripleheader live on SHOWTIME® (9:35 P.M. ET / PT) that will feature an all-Philly showdown between undefeated Jaron Ennis and veteran Raymond Serrano. 在電視的共同特徵, Hard Hitting Promotions’ Samuel Teah will face Kenneth Sims Jr. in a junior welterweight bout. Opening the telecast will be a super bantamweight matchup between Arnold Khegai and Jorge Diaz.

 

 

 

“The NBA belt is a great springboard title, and to have two of our young prospects fight for titles on this great card is terrific for them,” said Manny Rivera of Hard Hitting Promotions. “The NBA has a long history of champions which include Roy Jones and Hector Camacho, so we definitely think that this will be the first of many titles for Branden and Gadwin.”

 

 

 

Pizarro, 費城, 有創紀錄 12-1 六擊倒, and the 19-year-old keeps improving with each fight. 羅德里格斯 (7-10-3, 2 科斯), 阿倫敦, 佩恩。, is battle tested and has wins over two undefeated fighters, including world-ranked Avery Sparrow.

 

 

 

羅莎 ,奧卡拉, 佛羅里達州。, 是 8-0 七擊倒. The unbeaten super featherweight will look to continue his knockout prowess as he fights the 113-fight veteran German Meraz, who has faced numerous top prospects and contenders. For Rosa, this fight will be a solid indicator of where the talented youngster stands as he climbs the 130-pound ladder.

 

 

 

In more non-televised action:

 

 

 

Kieran Hooks (3-1-1, 1 KO), 費城, will fight Gledwin Ortiz (5-2, 4 科斯), 布朗克斯, 紐約州, 在次中量級回合.

 

 

 

Christian Tapia (6-0, 5 科斯). of Coamo, 波多黎各, fights Darnell Pettis (3-12), 克利夫蘭, in a super featherweight contest.

 

 

 

Light heavyweight Benny Sinakin (1-0), 費城, will face Darren Gibbs (1-5, 1 KO), of Ferndale, 我.

 

 

 

Also seeing action against opponents to be named will be super bantamweight Angel Pizarro, 費城, and light heavyweight David Stevens, 讀, 佩恩。, who will make his professional debut in a cruiserweight fight.

 

 

 

Tickets for the show, which is promoted by Victory Promotions in association with Hard Hitting Promotions, 售價 $50, $75 和 $125 可以在以下位置購買 2300arena.com 和 hardhittingpromotions.com.