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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsSabado sa Barclays Center sa Brooklyn
Pa! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
Brooklyn (Hunyo 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 “Ang Heat” Matipuno (16-0, 4 Kos) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Kos) in an eight-round contest on Sabado, Hunyo 25mula sa Barclays Center.
Ang Hunyo 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 at dating kampeon Shawn Porter. Televised coverage ay magsisimula sa 9 p.m. AT/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd at 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) paglalaan sa Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Kos) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Kos) laban sa Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Kos) sa isang 10-ikot labanan.
Mga tiket para sa live na kaganapan, na kung saan ay na-promote sa pamamagitan ng DiBella Aliwan, Magsisimula sa $49 at sa pagbebenta ngayon. Tiket ay mabibili sa online sa pamamagitan ng pagbisita sa www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com o sa pamamagitan ng pagtawag 1-800-745-3000. Tiket ay magagamit din sa mga American Express Box Office sa Barclays Center. Diskuwento Group ay makukuha sa pamamagitan ng pagtawag sa 844-bklyn-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy ay naging isang sangkap na hilaw sa arena dahil. Sa Hunyo 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Ang isang maliit na higit sa dalawang taon pagkatapos ng kanyang pro pasinaya, Nanalo Hardy isang internasyonal belt pamagat sa super bantamweight division sa Oktubre 2014. Sa 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 lumaban, 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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