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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsSábado Barclays Center en Brooklyn
Más! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Junio 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 Brezo “El Heat” Resistente (16-0, 4 KOs) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 KOs) in an eight-round contest on Sábado, Junio 25desde Barclays Center.
La Junio 25 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® on CBS event, presentado por Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman y el ex campeón Shawn Porter. La cobertura televisada comienza en 9 p.m. Y/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd y 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 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) teniendo 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 combate a 10 asaltos.
Las entradas para el evento en vivo, que es promovido por DiBella Entertainment, empieza en $49 y están a la venta. Las entradas pueden adquirirse en línea visitando www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com o llamando al 1-800-745-3000. Los boletos también están disponibles en la taquilla del American Express en el Barclays Center. Descuentos para grupos están disponibles llamando al 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy se ha convertido en un elemento básico en la arena desde. En Junio 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. A poco más de dos años después de su debut profesional, Hardy ganó un cinturón de campeón internacional en la división de peso súper gallo en octubre 2014. En 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 lucha, 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.
Un niño de dos hora de Nueva York campeón de los Guantes de Oro, Kownacki tuvo una gran 2015, logrando cuatro victorias, incluidos nocauts de Maurenzo Smith y Randy Easton. Nacido en Lomza, Polonia, el joven de 26 años ahora llama a Brooklyn su hogar. Su 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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