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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsLørdag ved Barclays Center i Brooklyn
Mer! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Juni 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 Lørdag, Juni 25fra Barclays Center.
Den Juni 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 og tidligere mester Shawn Porter. TV-dekning begynner på 9 pm. OG/6 pm. 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 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) tar på 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 en 10-runde bout.
Billetter til direktesendingen, som er fremmet av DiBella Entertainment, starter på $49 og er i salg nå. Billetter kan kjøpes på nettet ved å gå www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com eller ved å ringe 1-800-745-3000. Billetter kan også kjøpes på American Express billettkontoret på Barclays Center. Gruppe rabatter er tilgjengelig ved å ringe 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy har blitt et fast innslag på arenaen siden. På Juni 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Litt over to år etter hennes pro debut, Hardy vunnet en internasjonal tittel beltet i super bantamvekt divisjon i oktober 2014. I 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 fight, 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, Polen, 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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