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ATLANTIC CITY ( Jan.10, 2017) — GH3 Promotions undefeated up-and-comers Leroy davila y Keenan Smith will head an impressive list of prospects that will be featured in non-televised action on Viernes noche, Jan. 20 en Ballys Atlantic City Hotel & Casino that will precede a tremendous quadrupleheader that will be televised live on ShoBox: La Nueva Generación en la tarjeta SHOWTIME.
En el evento estelar a 12 asaltos, undefeated WBA No. 3-ranked super bantamweight Adán López (16-0-1, 8 KOs) will face the WBA’s No. 4-clasificado Danny Roman (20-2-1, 7 KOs) in a title elimination bout.
En la pelea co-estelar, invicto súper mediano Ronald Ellis (13-0-1, 1 NC, 10 KOs) se enfrentará con Christopher Brooker (11-2, 5 KOs) in an eight-round 168-pound matchup of ShoBox veterans.
In another eight-round featured bout, former national amateur champion Kenneth Sims Jr. (10-0, 3 KOs) y Emmanuel Robles (15-1-1, 5 KOs) will clash in a matchup of promising, unbeaten super lightweights making their ShoBox debuts in their toughest assignments to date.
En la primera pelea de la transmisión por televisión, undefeated bantamweight Stephon joven (15-0-3, 6 KOs) adquiere Elton Dharry (21-5-1, 14 Nocáuts) en una pelea de ocho asaltos. Davila (4-0, 2 Nocáuts) de Nuevo Brunswick, New Jersey will take on fellow undefeated Anthony Taylor (4-0, 1 KO) of Warren, Ohio in a six-round bantamweight bout.
Davila, un 2016 United States Olympic Alternate is beginning his second year as a professional and is coming off a 4-round unanimous decision over Damon Simon on Noviembre. 11en Filadelfia.
Taylor, 25, has been a professional for two years, and is coming off a third-round stoppage over Jajuan Gills last Julio 23 in Youngstown, Ohio.
Herrero, de Filadelfia, tiene un registro de 9-0 con 3 nocauts, and will take on Marquis Hawthorne (4-5, 1 KO) of Waco, Texas in a welterweight bout scheduled for six-rounds.
La 26 year-old Smith is a seven-year professional. In recent bouts, he has stepped up the competition. He holds a second-round knockout over previously undefeated Lavell Hadley (2-0). En su última pelea, Smith won an eight-round unanimous decision over Benjamin Whitaker (10-1-1) en noviembre. 6, 2015 in Las Vegas, por ShoBox.
Hawthorne, 25, is a two-year pro and holds a win over previously undefeated Francisco Cruz (5-0). He will be looking to break a three-fight losing streak, with the latest being a four-round unanimous decision to undefeated Jeremy Nichols (6-0) en Siete. 30 in Las Vegas.
Also seeing action in a 6-round bout is local favorite Antonio “Jugo” Joven (14-2, 6 Nocáuts) of Atlantic City who will take on James Robinson (4-5-4, 1 KO) de Brooklyn, N.Y., in a welterweight scrap.
Former amateur standout, darman Roca (6-0, 4 Nocáuts) de Filadelfia se enfrentarán Solomon Maye (3-7-2, 3 Nocáuts) de New Haven, Connecticut in a six-round heavyweight bout.
En los combates de cuatro redondos, Hafiz Montgomery (3-1, 2 Nocáuts) de Toms River, N.J. adquiere Tracey Johnson (4-5-4) of Boston in a cruiserweight battle; Jeff Lentz (5-1, 1 KO) de Lanoka Harbor, N.J. luchará Jeff Souffrant (3-1, 1 KO) de Fort Lauderdale, Fla. en una pelea de peso welter.
Las entradas para el espectáculo, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (el evento principal) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, son $125, $100 $75 & $50 y se pueden adquirir en www.ticketmaster.com o llamando al 1-800-745-3000
Barry Tompkins llamará a la acción de ShoBox desde el ringside con Steve Farhood y el ex campeón mundial Raúl Márquez como analistas expertos. El productor ejecutivo es Gordon Hall con Richard Gaughan produciendo y Rick Phillips dirigiendo. |
