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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsSabado sa Barclays Center sa Brooklyn
More! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Hunyo 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 Adan Kownacki (13-0, 10 KOs) battles hard-hitting Jesse Barboza (11-1-1, 7 KOs) in an eight-round bout while crowd-pleasing featherweight Heather “Ang Heat” Hardy (16-0, 4 KOs) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 KOs) in an eight-round contest on Sabado, Hunyo 25gikan sa Barclays Center.
Ang Hunyo 25 Showtime kampyonato sa boxing nga® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman ug kanhi champion Shawn Porter. Televised coverage magsugod sa 9 sa gabii. UG/6 sa gabii. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd ug 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, Puerto Rico 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) pagkuha sa Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 KOs) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 KOs) batok Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 KOs) sa usa ka 10-round bout.
Ang mga tiket alang sa live event, nga gipasiugdahan sa DiBella Entertainment, magsugod sa $49 ug sa sale karon. Tiket mahimong gipalit online pinaagi sa pagbisita sa www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com o pinaagi sa pagtawag 1-800-745-3000. Tiket anaa usab sa sa American Express Box Office sa Barclays Center. Group diskwento anaa pinaagi sa pagtawag sa 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy nahimong usa ka pagkaon sa arena sukad. Sa Hunyo 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Usa ka gamay nga sa duha ka tuig human sa iyang pro debut, Hardy midaog sa usa ka internasyonal nga titulo sa super bantamweight division sa Oktubre 2014. Sa 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 away, 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, Poland, 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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