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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsDydd Sadwrn yn Barclays Center yn Brooklyn
Mwy! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Mehefin 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 Heather “Mae'r Gwres” Hardy (16-0, 4 Kos) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Kos) in an eight-round contest on Dydd Sadwrn, Mehefin 25o Barclays Center.
Y Mehefin 25 Showtime PENCAMPWRIAETH BOCSIO® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman a chyn bencampwr Shawn Porter. Sylw ar y teledu yn dechrau am 9 p.m. A/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd ac 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 yn 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) cymryd ar Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Kos) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Kos) yn erbyn Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Kos) mewn pwl o 10-rownd.
Mae tocynnau ar gyfer y digwyddiad yn fyw, sy'n cael ei hyrwyddo gan DiBella Adloniant, yn dechrau am $49 ac ar werth yn awr. Gellir prynu tocynnau ar-lein drwy ymweld www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com neu drwy ffonio 1-800-745-3000. Mae tocynnau ar gael hefyd yn y Swyddfa Docynnau American Express yn Barclays Center. Gostyngiadau grwpiau ar gael drwy ffonio 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy wedi dod yn stwffwl yn y maes ers. Ar Mehefin 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Ychydig dros ddwy flynedd ar ôl ei début pro, Enillodd Hardy gwregys deitl rhyngwladol yn yr is-adran Pwysau Bantam super ym mis Hydref 2014. Yn 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 frwydr, 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, Gwlad Pwyl, 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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