ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FIGHTS
FOR ANDRE WARD VS. SULLIVAN BARRERA
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON শনিবার, মার্চ 26
অকল্যান্ড ওরাকল এরিনা, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া
WARD VS. BARRERA AND JOSEPH DIAZ JR. বনাম. JAYSON VELEZ TELEVISED
LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® BEGINNING AT 9:45 বিকাল. এবং/পিটি
SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE
IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN BOUTS
নিউ ইয়র্ক, এনওয়াই (মার্চ 14, 2016) – A slate of six non-televised undercard bouts will serve as support when Two-Time World Champion and top-rated pound-for-pound fighter আন্দ্রে ওয়ার্ড (28-0, 15 কস) faces undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender সুলিভান Barrera (17-0, 12 কস) in a 12-round IBF number one position and mandatory position eliminator at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, California on March 26. Opening the HBO® telecast will be Joseph Diaz Jr. বনাম. Jayson Velez in a 10-round fight NABF Featherweight title fight.
In addition to the exciting televised lineup, some of boxing’s hottest rising stars will be featured on the non-televised undercard including Roc Nation Sports standouts মরিস হুকার, ড্যানিয়েল ফ্রাঙ্কো, রুডি বাটন জুনিয়র. এবং জুনিয়র Younan সাথে 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist ঝাঙ Zhilei and local favorite হারুন Coley who will all see action on March 26.
Roc Nation Sports will bring names from the entertainment world to the event as well, including notable event emcee, SiriusXM/Shade 45 morning show host of Sway in the Morning, Executive Producer and talent for VH1 & MTV and Oakland-native Calloway দোল, যারা ইভেন্ট এর হোস্ট হিসেবে পরিবেশন করা হবে, এবং মাস্টার আঘাত ডিজে Franzen, লাস ভেগাস 'হট এ বসবাসকারী ডিজে 97.5 and Drais Nightclub. Sway and Franzen will entertain together throughout the night to keep fans entertained between bouts at Oracle Arena.
টিকেট এর দাম $300, $150, $100, $50 এবং $25, সহ প্রযোজ্য সার্ভিস চার্জ এবং করের সব Ticketmaster অবস্থানে এ উপলব্ধ, Ticketmaster.com অনলাইনে (bit.ly/WardBarreraTix) এবং ফোন চার্জ (800) 745-3000.
উপর মার্চ 26, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (19-0-2, 14 কস) risks his unbeaten record against Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas (17-5, 11 কস) of Barranquilla, Colombia in a ten-round junior welterweight bout. Hooker, rated number seven by the WBO, is coming off of a career-best win on October 17, 2015 against his toughest opponent to date in Ghislain Maduma (17-2, 11 কস) ম্যাডিসন স্কয়ার গার্ডেন এ. Hooker successfully defended his NABO title with the 10-round decision win over Maduma on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux in a fight that was featured on the event’s “freeview” in the United States and streamed online around the world. Buelvas, a former WBA Fedebol champion, has won two of his last three bouts by knockout and fought Humberto Soto for the WBC Silver International Super Lightweight title in 2014, going the 12-round distance before losing a decision to the former World Champion.
Born and raised in Oak Cliff, টেক্সাস, a rough suburb of Dallas, Hooker found a boxing home at Maple Avenue Boxing Gym by way of an outreach program for at-risk youths. His natural talent was soon noticed resulting in him competing as an amateur, during which time he participated in over 100 মারামারি, compiling a record of 97 জয়ী এবং শুধুমাত্র 7 লোকসান, সঙ্গে 67 victories coming by way of knockout. Hooker turned professional on April 29, 2011, taking on the vastly more experienced Tyrone Chatman (7-1, 5 KO এর) at the Orpheum Theater in St. লুই. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 এবং 38-38, making the fight a split draw. Undeterred, in his next fight on June 24, 2014, Hooker scored his first professional win, knocking out Wilbert Mitchell in the first round at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, টেক্সাস. Eleven wins (eight by knockout) later, he took on undefeated Abel Ramos (8-0, 4 KO এর) জানুয়ারি 17, 2014 in a bout that was featured on ShoBox from the Cook Convention Center in Memphis. After eight close, hard-fought rounds, the judges saw the fight a draw. Hooker followed the draw with a six-round unanimous decision win over Adrian Rodriguez Garza (8-2, 6 KO এর) উপর এপ্রিল 26 at Fitzgerald’s Casino and Hotel in Tunica, মিসিসিপি. Four consecutive knockout victories would follow before he took on fellow undefeated prospect Eduardo Galindo (10-0-1, 7 KO এর) জুন 26, 2015 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas for the vacant NABO Junior Welterweight Championship. “Mighty Mo” did not disappoint his legion of hometown fans who saw him capture the title with a sixth round technical knockout victory.
Hailing from Rancho Cucamonga, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া এবং Oxnard এর বক্সিং hotbed আউট যুদ্ধ, অপরাজিত ড্যানিয়েল "পিটপিট্" ফ্রাঙ্কো (12-0-3, 7 KO এর) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 কস) in an eight-round featherweight bout on মার্চ 26. Featured for the second time on a Ward undercard, the sharp-boxing Franco will look to improve on his undefeated record against an opponent with literally six times his pro boxing experience. Meraz is only 29 years old but has already logged an amazing 90 professional bouts and has won four of his last six fights by knockout. He has fought current World Champion Juan Carlos Payano, Three-Time U.S. Olympian Rau’shee Warren and highly-touted prospect Gervonta Davis, going the distance with all three.
Franco began boxing at the age of eight, একটি অপেশাদার রেকর্ড amassing 67-15, Oxnard পাল চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ বিজয়ী 2006 এবং ক্যালিফোর্নিয়ার স্টেট সিলভার গ্লাভস চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ 2007 পথ ধরে. ডিসেম্বর ফ্রাঙ্কো এর পেশাদার আত্মপ্রকাশ সময় 18, 2010, তিনি ক্লাবে ইমানুয়েল Machorro পরাজিত 401 অন্টারিও, একটি তৃতীয় রাউন্ড প্রযুক্তিগত নকআউট মাধ্যমে ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া. Rancho Cucamonga মধ্যে Chaffey কলেজে পুরো সময় ছাত্র হিসাবে নাম নথিভুক্ত হওয়া সত্ত্বেও, ফ্রাঙ্কো তাঁর কর্মজীবনের প্রথম থেকেই প্রভাবিত, দুই সঙ্গে একটি অপরাজিত রেকর্ড কম্পাইল শেষে ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া সারা স্থানগুলোতে স্বপক্ষে 2013. তাদের মধ্যে অন্যতম Montebello নীরবতাই ক্যানন এ আলেজান্দ্রো Ochoa বিপক্ষে স্বপক্ষে, সেপ্টেম্বর ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, ফ্রাঙ্কো Ochoa লস এঞ্জেলেস ওয়েস্টিন Bonaventure হোটেলে একটি ছয় রাউন্ড সর্বসম্মত সিদ্ধান্ত বিজয় রান outmatched. জুন 20, 2015, during Ward’s return to the ring at Oracle Arena, Franco saw action in an eight-round junior lightweight bout against Jonathan Alcantara and won by unanimous decision. A hand injury suffered in that bout kept Franco out of action until ডিসেম্বর 21when he scored a decision victory over Hector Garcia in Tijuana, মেক্সিকো.
A promising unbeaten prospect from Salinas, ক্যালিফর্নিয়া, Rudy “The Revelation” Puja. জুনিয়র. (7-0, 6 কস)looks to extend his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano (7-5, 4 কস) Ensenada এর, Mexico in a six-round middleweight bout. Puga turned in a career-best performance in his last match-up on February 12 in knocking out Alejandro Osuna (4-2, 2 KO এর) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, ক্যালিফর্নিয়া. এখন, just a little over a month later, “The Revelation” will step into the ring against a tough opponent in Lozanao, a southpaw who has never been stopped and already has a ten-round decision victory under his belt.
Having compiled an exceptional amateur record of 99-8, Puga made his professional debut on September 2, 2011, scoring a fourth round technical knockout victory over Raul Talamontes at the Sports Complex in his hometown. Back in the ring less than দুই মাস পরে, Puga Jr. raised his record to 2-0 with a first round technical knockout of Jose Jesus Hurtado at the Sherwood Inn in Salinas. জুন মাসে 2012, he sent Thomas Turner to the mat four times in scoring a second round technical knockout win at the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, নেভাদা. After a little more than a year away from the ring, he rededicated himself to the “sweet science” with a vengeance and on February 17, 2014, Puga Jr. made his comeback stopping Charon Spain in the third round with an overpowering body shot at the Salinas Storm House in his native Salinas. Promotional issues kept Puga Jr. out of the ring for the next year and injuries led to a slow 2015, but Puga Jr. scored a a fourth round technical knockout win over of Katrell Straus on এপ্রিল 24 and a six-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Rojas on নভেম্বর 21, both fights taking place at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, ক্যালিফর্নিয়া.
Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, অপরাজিত Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 KO এর) রিং ফিরে মার্চ 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 কস) Sonora এর, Mexico in a four-round super middleweight fight. Younan has battled multiple nagging injuries since scoring a second round technical knockout victory over Mike Sawyer on the Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale undercard on June 6, 2015 ব্রুকলিন বার্কলে সেন্টার, নিউ ইয়র্ক. এখন 100 percent healthy, Younan looks to make Solozano his third straight knockout victim. Solorzano, a naturally bigger fighter, has campaigned in the light heavyweight division and is coming off of a knockout win.
Younan, trained by his father Sherif, a former professional boxer himself, began fighting competitively at age eight and only two years later was called a “boxing prodigy” by the New York Times. তিনি একটি অপেশাদার রেকর্ড সংকলন 90-5, racking up an impressive series of titles along the way including nine Junior Olympic championships, nine Junior Metro championships, eight New York State Silver Gloves championships and five Regional Silver Gloves championships. মধ্যে 2011, he was crowned National Junior Golden Gloves champion and was U.S.A. Boxing’s number one rated junior boxer in his weight class. Less than a month after his 18ম জন্মদিন, Younan made his professional debut on November 9, 2013, at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, নিউ ইয়র্ক, stopping Kenneth Schmitz in the first round. Younan would go on to knockout his next three opponents before going the distance for the first time against Azamat Umarzoda on July 2, 2014 Mashantucket মধ্যে Foxwoods রিসোর্ট ক্যাসিনো এ, কানেকটিকাট. He followed that fight with a first round knockout of Marlon Farr on অগাস্ট 13 the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York on অগাস্ট 13.
Chinese heavyweight Zhang “Big Bang” Zhilei (7-0, 4 কস) joins the undercard on মার্চ 26 in a four-round bout against an opponent yet to be determined. The Silver Medalist from the 2008 Beijing Olympics continues to infuse excitement into the heavyweight division and is coming off of a first round technicalknockout win over David Koswara on February 20 at the Lanzhou Sports Arena in Lanzhou, চীন.
Born on May 2, 1983 in Henan, Zhang began his amateur career in 2003, participating in the World Championships. A breakthrough came in 2007 at the World Championships where Zhang defeated the trio of Nurpais Torobekov, Rustam Rygebayev and Daniel Beahan en route to the semifinals where he lost to Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov. By capturing a bronze medal and finishing the competition in third place, he qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Chinese powerhouse nearly reached the zenith of amateur success in the summer of 2008, entering the super heavyweight finals at the Summer Olympics in Beijing against Italy’s Roberto Cammarelle. It was not to be as Zhang suffered his first defeat of that Olympiad, losing to Cammarelle, but proudly adding to the host country’s medal total with a Silver. মধ্যে 2009, Zhang captured a gold medal at the China National Games, an event of equal prestige to the Olympics in China. 2013 saw yet another gold medal winning performance in the China National Games, setting the stage for “Big Bang” to embark on a professional career while basing himself in the United States. আগস্ট 8, 2014, Zhang made his professional debut by scoring a first-round knockout win over Curtis Lee Tate in Fallon, Nevada in a fight that was televised live on ESPN2. মার্চ 14, 2015, Zhang beat Eric George via a four-round unanimous decision at the Armory in Jersey City, নিউ জার্সি. He followed that with another four-round unanimous decision win, this time over Glenn Thomas on the highly anticipated Cotto-Geale undercard at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on জুন 6. Next came a sixth round technical knockout win over Dennis Benson at The Playground in Atlantic City on অগাস্ট 15. To end the year, Zhang was featured on the undercard of the নভেম্বর 21 Cotto বনাম. Canelo mega-fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, where scored a four-round unanimous decision victory over Juan Goode.
স্থানীয় হেওয়ার্ড, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া প্রিয় হারুন Coley (12-1-1, 6 KO এর) faces a very stern test in a six-round junior middleweight bout against অনুসরণ Ryskeldiev (11-3-2, 7 কস) of West Hollywood, ক্যালিফর্নিয়া, a Kyrgyzstan native who is undefeated in his last seven fights.
উপর মার্চ 26, Coley will look follow his most recent victory, a unanimous decision over Jeremy Ramos onজানুয়ারী 23 at the Marriott on Broadway in Oakland, with another win in front of his hometown fans. Prior to his January win he scored two unanimous decision triumphs, including his June 20, 2015 performance against Yusmani Abreu (who Ryskeldiev defeated by technical knockout in September) on the undercard of Ward’s last fight. Considered a promising prospect in boxing circles, Coley’s lone loss came via decision to one of boxing’s hottest prospects in Ievgen Khytrov in a bout that was televised live on Showtime’s ShoBox on April 10, 2015 from The Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, নিউ ইয়র্ক.
ওয়ার্ড বনাম. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, জায়গা শনিবার লাগে, মার্চ 26, 2016 অকল্যান্ড মধ্যে ওরাকল এরিনা, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, Ticketmaster, কর্পোরেট ট্রাভেল ম্যানেজমেন্ট সলিউশন (CTMS), আনন্দিত, উদ্ধরণ, Zappos, BodyArmor, সান পুষ্টি, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. অনুষ্ঠানে এইচবিও বিশ্ব চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ বক্সিং শুরুতে উপর লাইভ টেলিভিশনে হবে 9:45 বিকাল. এবং/পিটি. খোলা এইচবিও প্রচারিত জোসেফ ডিয়াজ জুনিয়র হবে. বনাম. মিগুয়েল Cotto প্রচারের সঙ্গে অ্যাসোসিয়েশন গোল্ডেন বয় প্রচার দ্বারা উপস্থাপিত NABF ফেদারওয়েট শিরোনামটি একটি 10-বৃত্তাকার সংগ্রামে জেসন Velez.
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