Atlantic NROOG ( Jan.10, 2017) — GH3 Promotions undefeated up-and-comers LeRoy Davila thiab Keenan Smith will head an impressive list of prospects that will be featured in non-televised action on Friday hmo ntuj, Jan. 20 ntawm Ballys Atlantic City Hotel & Twv txiaj yuam pov that will precede a tremendous quadrupleheader that will be televised live on ShoBox: Tshiab Tiam card rau SHOWTIME®.
In the 12-round main event, undefeated WBA No. 3-ranked super bantamweight Adas Lopez (16-0-1, 8 Kos) will face the WBA’s No. 4-ranked Danny Roman (20-2-1, 7 Kos) in a title elimination bout.
Nyob rau hauv lub co-feature, undefeated super middleweight Ronald Ellis (13-0-1, 1 NC, 10 Kos) will face off with 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) thiab 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.
Nyob rau hauv lub qhib sib ntau sib tw ntawm cov telecast, undefeated bantamweight Stephon Hluas (15-0-3, 6 Kos) yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv Elton Dharry (21-5-1, 14 KO lub) nyob rau hauv ib yim-round bout. Davila (4-0, 2 KO lub) of New Brunswick, New Jersey will take on fellow undefeated Anthony Taylor (4-0, 1 KO) of Warren, Ohio in a six-round bantamweight bout.
Davila, ib tug 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 Nov. 11nyob rau hauv Philadelphia.
Taylor, 25, has been a professional for two years, and is coming off a third-round stoppage over Jajuan Gills last Lub Xya hli ntuj 23 in Youngstown, Ohio.
Smith, ntawm Philadelphia, muaj ib cov ntaub ntawv ntawm 9-0 nrog 3 knockouts, and will take on Marquis Hawthorne (4-5, 1 KO) of Waco, Texas in a welterweight bout scheduled for six-rounds.
Lub 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). Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntau sib tw, Smith won an eight-round unanimous decision over Benjamin Whitaker (10-1-1) rau Nov. 6, 2015 nyob rau hauv Las Vegas, on 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) rau Xya. 30 nyob rau hauv Las Vegas.
Also seeing action in a 6-round bout is local favorite Anthony “Kua txiv” Hluas (14-2, 6 KO lub) of Atlantic City who will take on James Robinson (4-5-4, 1 KO) ntawm Brooklyn, N.Y., in a welterweight scrap.
Former amateur standout, Darmani Rock (6-0, 4 KO lub) ntawm Philadelphia yuav sib ntaus sib tua Solomon Maye (3-7-2, 3 KO lub) New Haven, Connecticut in a six-round heavyweight bout.
Nyob rau hauv plaub-round bouts, Hafiz Montgomery (3-1, 2 KO lub) ntawm Toms dej, N.J. yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv Tracey Johnson (4-5-4) of Boston in a cruiserweight battle; Jeff Lentz (5-1, 1 KO) ntawm chaw nres nkoj Lanoka, N.J. yuav tua Jeff Souffrant (3-1, 1 KO) ntawm Fort Lauderdale, Fla. nyob rau hauv ib tug Welterweight sib ntau sib tw.
Tickets for the show, which is promoted by GH3 Promotions, Kings Promotions in association with Thompson Boxing (the main event) and Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, yog $125, $100 $75 & $50 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com los sis hu rau 1-800-745-3000
Barry Tompkins will call the ShoBox action from ringside with Steve Farhood and former world champion Raul Marquez serving as expert analysts. Cov thawj tsim yog Gordon Hall nrog Richard Gaughan ua thiab Rick Phillips coj. |
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