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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsSábado no Barclays Center, en Brooklyn
Máis! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Xuño 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 Urce “The Heat” Ousado (16-0, 4 Kos) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Kos) in an eight-round contest on Sábado, Xuño 25a partir de Barclays Centro.
O Xuño 25 Showtime Championship Boxing® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman e ex-campión Shawn Porter. Cobertura televisada comeza en 9 p.m. E/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd e 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) asumindo Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Kos) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Kos) contra Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Kos) nun ataque 10-round.
Os ingresos para o evento en directo, que é promovido pola DiBella Entertainment, comeza ás $49 e xa están á venda. Os billetes pódense mercar en liña, a visitar www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com ou por teléfono 1-800-745-3000. Os ingresos tamén están dispoñibles na taquilla American Express no Barclays Center. Grupo descontos están dispoñibles por teléfono 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy tornouse un grampo na área desde. En Xuño 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. A pouco máis de dous anos despois da súa estrea profesional, Hardy gañou un cinto de campión internacional na división super galo en outubro 2014. En 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 loita, 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, Polonia, 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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