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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsDé Sathairn ag Barclays Ionad i Brooklyn
Níos mó! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Meitheamh 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 “An Teas” Hardy (16-0, 4 Kos) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Kos) in an eight-round contest on Dé Sathairn, Meitheamh 25ó Barclays Center.
An Meitheamh 25 Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP Dornálaíocht® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman agus iar-churadh Shawn Porter. Tosaíonn clúdach teilifís ag 9 p.m. AGUS/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd agus 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 ar 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) ag cur ar 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) i bout 10-bhabhta.
Ticéid le haghaidh an ócáid beo, a chur chun cinn ag DiBella Siamsaíocht, tosú ag $49 agus tá siad ar díol anois. Is féidir ticéid a cheannach ar líne trí chuairt a thabhairt www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com nó trí ghlaoch ar 1-800-745-3000. Tá ticéid ar fáil freisin ag an Oifig na dTicéad American Express ag Barclays Ionad. Tá lascainí grúpa ar fáil trí ghlaoch 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy tháinig chun bheith ina stáplacha ar an réimse ó. Ar Meitheamh 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Is beag níos mó ná dhá bhliain tar éis di tús pro, Bhuaigh Hardy an crios teideal idirnáisiúnta sa roinn bantamweight Super i mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2014. I 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 gcomhrac, 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, An Pholainn, 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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