Cleveland indfødte Kærlighed, who was originally scheduled to fight on a non-televised undercard bout on Februar. 2, erstatter Wellington Romero, who was forced to withdraw mandag with a back injury.
Ja (12-1-1, 5 KOS) vs. Kærlighed (8-0, 4 KOS), is an eight-round super lightweight matchup that will serve as the opening bout of what is now a three-fight ShoBox telecast.
I Fredagens main event, ubesejrede 168-pund udsigter Ronald Ellis (14-0-1, 10 KOS) og Junior Younan (13-0, 9 KOS) will clash in a 10-round super middleweight bout. I co-feature, Thomas Mattice (10-0, 8 KOS) will face two-time ShoBox winner Rolando Chinea (15-1-1, 6 KOS) i en otte-runde letvægts matchup.
BEMÆRK: A previously announced matchup between Devin Haney and Harmonito Dela Torre was pulled from the ShoBox telecast after the Filipino Dela Torre encountered visa issues.
Kærlighed var en dygtig amatør, der samlet en 174-13 rekord og vandt en bronzemedalje ved 2012 Nationale mesterskaber i gyldne handsker. The 22-year-old southpaw recently sparred with Adrien Broner and served as head sparring partner for Robert Easter Jr. som IBF Letvægts verdensmester forberedt til sin titel forsvar mod Javier Fortuna den jan. 20.
Ja, af Philadelphia i form af Liberia, has won five in a row and owns a 2015 ShoBox victory over previously undefeated O’Shaquie Foster.
Arrangementet bliver fremmet af GH3 Kampagner i samarbejde med Roc Nation Sports, Victory Kampagner, og Ringside Ticket. Billetter er bare $10 general admission prior to the event and $20 på Februar. 2. For more information call: 1.800.HOT.WINN ext. 7117.
Barry Tompkins will call the ShoBox action from ringside with Steve Farhood and former world champion Raul Marquez serving as expert analysts. Den udøvende producent Gordon Hall med Richard Gaughan producere og Rick Phillips dirigere.
