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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsDissabte Barclays Center a Brooklyn
Més! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Juny 21, 2016) – The stacked undercard for the highly anticipated Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter welterweight showdown is complete and will feature a pair of popular Brooklyn fighters as heavyweight Adam Kownacki (13-0, 10 KOs) battles hard-hitting Jesse Barboza (11-1-1, 7 KOs) in an eight-round bout while crowd-pleasing featherweight Bruc “El Heat” Resistent (16-0, 4 KOs) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 KOs) in an eight-round contest on Dissabte, Juny 25des Barclays Center.
La Juny 25 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman i l'excampió Shawn Porter. La cobertura televisada comença a 9 p.m. I/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd i Oscar Molina.
Additional undercard action features unbeaten prospect Jonathan Alonso taking on Los Angeles native Brian Jones in a junior welterweight match, Bronx native Josue Vargas opposing Oklahoma’s David Nelson in a four-round welterweight bout and a recent addition to the card, Port Ric de Nicklaus Flaz, in a four-round junior middleweight battle against Brooklyn’s Mack Babb.
Completed matchups that were previously announced include fast-rising prospect David Benavidez (14-0, 13 KOs) tenint en Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 KOs) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 KOs) versus Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 KOs) en un combat a 10 assalts.
Les entrades per a l'esdeveniment en viu, que és promogut per DiBella Entertainment, comença a $49 i estan a la venda. Les entrades es poden adquirir en línia visitant www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com o trucant al 1-800-745-3000. Les butlletes també estan disponibles a la taquilla de l'American Express al Barclays Center. Descomptes per a grups estan disponibles trucant al 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy s'ha convertit en un element bàsic en la sorra des. En Juny 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. A poc més de dos anys després del seu debut professional, Hardy va guanyar un cinturó de campió internacional en la divisió de pes súper gall a l'octubre 2014. En 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 lluita, she stopped Anna Donatella Hultin in the fourth round. She will be opposed by Aurora, Colorado’s Simmons who has won nine fights in a row after losing her pro debut.
A two-time New York Golden Gloves champion, Kownacki had a big 2015, notching four victories including knockouts of Maurenzo Smith and Randy Easton. Born in Lomza, Polònia, the 26-year-old now calls Brooklyn home. His 2016 campaign began in January at Barclays Center when he defeated Danny Kelly in front of a raucous Polish crowd. He will take on Barboza out of Hyannis, Massachusetts. The 29-year-old Barboza was a three-time New England Heavyweight Golden Gloves champion.
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