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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsSamstag bei Barclays Center in Brooklyn
Mehr! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Juni 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 Heidekraut “Die Hitze” Winterhart (16-0, 4 KOs) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 KOs) in an eight-round contest on Samstag, Juni 25von Barclays Center.
Die Juni 25 Showtime Championship Boxing® on CBS event, präsentiert von Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman und Ex-Champion Shawn Porter. Fernsehen Schutz beginnt jeweils mit 9 p.m. UND/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd und 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) Annahme Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 KOs) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 KOs) gegen Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 KOs) in einem 10-Runden-Kampf.
Karten für das Live-Event, die von DiBella Entertainment gefördert wird, ab $49 und sind jetzt im Verkauf. Tickets können online erworben werden durch den Besuch www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com oder telefonisch unter 1-800-745-3000. Tickets sind auch an der American Express Box Office auf Barclays Center. Gruppenrabatte sind telefonisch unter 844-BKLYN-GP verfügbar. Eine beliebte Kämpferin aus Brooklyn, die am ersten professionellen Boxkampf für Frauen im Barclays Center teilgenommen hat, Hardy hat sich zu einem Grundnahrungsmittel in der Arena seit. Auf Juni 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Etwas mehr als zwei Jahre nach ihrem Profidebüt, Hardy gewann einen internationalen Titel Gürtel im Superbantamgewicht Division im Oktober 2014. In 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 Kampf, 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, Polen, the 26-year-old now calls Brooklyn home. Seine 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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Barclays Center Brooklyn Boxen ™ Programmierplattform ist von AARP vorgestellt. PBC wird gesponsert von Corona, Feinste Bier.
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