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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsSamdi nan Barkley Sant nan Brooklyn
Plis! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Jen 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 Adan Kownacki (13-0, 10 Ko) battles hard-hitting Jesse Barboza (11-1-1, 7 Ko) in an eight-round bout while crowd-pleasing featherweight Heather “Chalè an” Hardy (16-0, 4 Ko) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Ko) in an eight-round contest on Samdi, Jen 25soti nan Barkley Sant.
Nan Jen 25 Chotim chanpyona boksè® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman ak ansyen chanpyon Shawn Porter. Pwoteksyon televize kòmanse nan 9 p.m. AK/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd ak 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 a 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 Ko) pran sou fransi Ntetu (16-0, 3 Ko) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Ko) kont Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Ko) nan yon bout 10-wonn.
Biyè pou evènman an ap viv, ki se ankouraje pa DiBella Lwazi-, kòmanse nan $49 epi yo sou vant kounye a. Biyè kapab achte sou entènèt pa vizite www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com oswa lè w rele 1-800-745-3000. Biyè yo disponib tou nan Biwo Box American Express nan Barkley Sant. Rabè Gwoup yo disponib lè w rele 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy te vin devni yon diskontinu nan tèren an depi. Sou Jen 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Yon ti kras plis pase de ane apre premye pro l ', Hardy te genyen yon senti tit entènasyonal nan divizyon an super bantamweight nan mwa Oktòb 2014. Nan 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 batay, 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, Polòy, 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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