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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsJumamosi katika Kituo cha Barclays katika Brooklyn
Zaidi! 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 “Joto” Hardy (16-0, 4 Kos) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Kos) in an eight-round contest on Jumamosi, Juni 25kutoka Barclays Center.
The Juni 25 Showtime CHAMPIONSHIP ndondi® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman na aliyekuwa bingwa Shawn Porter. Televisheni chanjo huanza saa 9 p.m. NA/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd na 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, Pwetoriko ya 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) kuchukua Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Kos) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Kos) dhidi ya Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Kos) katika bout raundi 10.
Tiketi kwa ajili ya tukio kuishi, ambayo ni kukuzwa na DiBella Entertainment, kuanza saa $49 na ni juu ya kuuza sasa. Tiketi inaweza kununuliwa online kwa kutembelea www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com au kwa kupiga 1-800-745-3000. Tiketi zinapatikana pia katika American Express Box Ofisi katika Barclays Center. Group punguzo zinapatikana kwa kupiga 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy imekuwa kikuu katika uwanja wa tangu. On Juni 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. kidogo zaidi ya miaka miwili baada ya kwanza pro yake, Hardy alishinda taji ukanda kimataifa katika mgawanyo super bantamweight mwezi Oktoba 2014. Katika 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 kupambana, 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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Barclays Center ya BROOKLYN ndondi ™ programu jukwaa zimetolewa na AARP. PBC is sponsored by Corona, Finest Bia.
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