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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsRāhoroi i Center Barclays i Brooklyn
Ētahi atu! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
Brooklyn (Pipiri 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 Arama Kownacki (13-0, 10 Koó) battles hard-hitting Jesse Barboza (11-1-1, 7 Koó) in an eight-round bout while crowd-pleasing featherweight Heather “Ko te Heat” Hardy (16-0, 4 Koó) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Koó) in an eight-round contest on Rāhoroi, Pipiri 25i Pokapū Barclays.
Te Pipiri 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 me te toa o mua Shawn Porter. Haamata kapinga teata i 9 p.m. AND/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd a 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 o Nicklaus Flaz, in a four-round junior middleweight battle against Brooklyn’s Mack Babb.
Completed matchups that were previously announced include fast-rising prospect Rawiri Benavidez (14-0, 13 Koó) tango i runga i Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Koó) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Koó) versus Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Koó) i roto i te a'ee 10-a tawhio.
Tikiti mo te takahanga ora, whakatairangatia ana e te e DiBella Entertainment, tīmata i $49 a kei runga i te hoko i teie nei. Ka taea te hokona Tickets ipurangi mā te toro www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com ranei na roto i te te karanga 1-800-745-3000. E wātea ana hoki ngā tīkiti i te American Express Pouaka Office i Center Barclays. E wātea ana pä Group i karanga 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Meinga Hardy kua he tino kai ki te taiwhanga i mai. I Pipiri 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. He iti i runga i nga tau e rua i muri i tona tuatahi pro, Riro Hardy he whitiki taitara ao i roto i te wehenga whā super i roto i te Oketopa 2014. I roto i te 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 whawhai, 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, Poland, 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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