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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsLördag vid 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 Lördag, Juni 25från Barclays Center.
Den Juni 25 Showtime MÄSTERSKAP BOXNING® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman och tidigare mästare Shawn Porter. Televised täckning börjar på 9 p.m. OCH/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd och 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) kontra Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Kos) i en 10-runda bout.
Biljetter för live-event, vilket främjas av DiBella Entertainment, börja på $49 och finns det erbjudanden nu. Biljetter kan köpas på nätet genom att besöka www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com eller genom att ringa 1-800-745-3000. Biljetter finns också på American Express Box Office på Barclays Center. Grupprabatter finns genom att ringa 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy har blivit en stapelvara på arenan sedan. På Juni 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. För lite mer än två år efter sin pro debut, Hardy vann en internationell titel bälte i super bantamvikt divisionen i oktober 2014. I 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 slagsmål, 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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