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Atlantic City, NJ (Feb. 16, 2016) – Despite the fight being added just two weeks ago, many boxing insiders feel that the opening eight-round super middleweight between undefeated John Magda thiab Christopher Brooker no Friday, Feb. 19 nyob rauSHOWTIME (10 p.m. THIAB/PT, ncua nyob rau hauv lub sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv) could steal the show onShoBox: Tshiab Tiam quadrupleheader that is loaded with talent.
Unbeatens Adas “Mantequilla” Lopez (14-0, 7 Kos), ntawm San Antonio, Texas, by way Phoenix, Ariz., thiab Mario “Yayo” Muñoz (16-0-1, 10 Kos), ntawm Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, will face their toughest opponents to-date when they meet in the 10-round super bantamweight main event from the Adrian Phillips Ballroom nyob rau hauv Historic Boardwalk Hall nyob rau hauv Atlantic City, N.J.
In other televised bouts, all scheduled for eight rounds, Ronald “Flatline” Ellis (12-0, 10 Kos), of Dorchester, Loj., takes on Washington D.C.’s Jerry “Tus huab tais tus Tub” Odom (13-2, 12 Kos) in a clash of hard-hitting super middleweights, and southpawLavisas “Red” Williams (8-0-1, 3 Kos), ntawm Rochester, N.Y.. risks his undefeated record against O’Shaquie “Ice Water” Foster (9-1, 6 Kos), txiv kab ntxwv, Texas, in a super featherweight scrap.
Tickets for the GH3 Promotions event are priced at $25, $50, $75, $100 thiab $150 and are available for purchase online at
www.Ticketmaster.com and over the phone at
(800) 736-1420.
The bout between Magda and Brooker has a bit of the territorial rivalry feel as Magda will be fighting close to his Rutherford, N.J. home while Brooker will be making the one-hour trek on the Atlantic City Expressway from his residence in Philadelphia.
Both Magda and Brooker are 24-years old.
Magda has built his reputation on his volume punching that has catapulted him to a perfect mark of 11-0
with seven knockouts.
The former New Jersey Junior Olympic champion is coming off the best win,
a unanimous decision over Dionisio Miranda.
Brooker has a record of 7-1 with five knockouts and is an aggressive puncher with good power. Brooker stepped on late notice and scored an upset when he defeated previously undefeated Leo Hall on Dec. 29.
