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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsSaptu di Barclays Center di Brooklyn
Tambih Deui! 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 Samah “Nu Panas” Hardy (16-0, 4 KOs) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 KOs) in an eight-round contest on Saptu, Juni 25ti Barclays Center.
Nu Juni 25 SHOWTIME Championship tinju® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman jeung urut jawara Shawn Porter. Sinyalna Televised dimimitian di 9 p.m. AND/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd jeung 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 Kang 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) nyokot dina Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 KOs) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 KOs) lawan Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 KOs) dina 10 buleud bout.
Tiket eta kanggo kajadian nu hirup, nu diwanohkeun ku DiBella Hiburan, mimitian jam $49 jeung nu diobral ayeuna. Tiket bisa dibeuli online ku ngadatangan www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com atawa ku nelepon 1-800-745-3000. Tiket ogé bisa ditempo di Box Kantor American Express di Barclays Center. Diskon Group sadia ku nelepon 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy geus jadi pokok di arena saprak. On Juni 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. A saeutik leuwih dua taun sanggeus debut pro nya, Hardy meunang hiji beubeur judul internasional di division super bantamweight dina Oktober 2014. Dina 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 gelut, 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, Polandia, 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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