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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsLaugardagur á Barclays Center í Brooklyn
Meira! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Júní 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 “The Heat” Hardy (16-0, 4 Kos) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Kos) in an eight-round contest on Laugardagur, Júní 25frá Barclays Center.
The Júní 25 Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP Hnefaleikar® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman og fyrrverandi meistari Shawn Porter. Sjónvarpað umfjöllun hefst á 9 p.m. OG/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd og 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 er 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) taka á Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Kos) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Kos) móti Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Kos) í 10-umferð lota.
Miðar á viðburð í beinni, sem er kynntur með DiBella Skemmtun, byrja á $49 og eru á sölu núna. Miðar hægt að kaupa á netinu með því að fara www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com eða með því að hringja 1-800-745-3000. Miðar eru einnig í boði á American Express Box Office á Barclays Center. Group afslætti eru í boði með því að hringja 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy hefur orðið hefta í vettvangi síðan. Á Júní 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Rúmlega tvö ár eftir atvinnumaður frumraun hennar, Hardy vann alþjóðlega titil belti í frábær bantamweight deild í október 2014. Í 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 berjast, 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, Pólland, 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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