ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FIGHTS
FOR ANDRE WARD VS. සුලිවන් BARRERA
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON සෙනසුරාදා, දස මස 26
ඕක්ලන්ඩ් හි ඔරැකල්හි Arena දී, කැලිෆෝනියා
WARD VS. BARRERA AND JOSEPH DIAZ JR. VS. JAYSON VELEZ TELEVISED
LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® BEGINNING AT 9:45 ප.ව.. සහ/පී.ටී.
SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE
IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN BOUTS
නිව්යෝක්, NY (මාර්තු 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 ඇන්ඩෘ වෝඩ් (28-0, 15 Kos) faces undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender සුලිවන් Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) 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. එදිරිව. 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 Maurice Hooker, දානියෙල් ෆ්රැන්කෝ, Rudy Puga Jr. හා කනිෂ්ඨ Younan මේ සමග 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist Zhang Zhilei and local favorite ආරොන් 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 සේනාවද, මෙම අවස්ථාවට ගේ සත්කාරක ලෙස සේවය කරන, සහ ප්රධාන පහර DJ Franzen, ලාස් වේගාස් 'හොට් පදිංචි DJ 97.5 and Drais Nightclub. Sway and Franzen will entertain together throughout the night to keep fans entertained between bouts at Oracle Arena.
මිල ගණන් යටතේ ඇති ටිකට්පත් $300, $150, $100, $50 හා $25, අදාළ සේවා ගාස්තු හා බදු ඇතුළු නැහැ සියලු ටිකට් මාස්ටර් ස්ථානවල ලබා ගත හැකිය, Ticketmaster.com දී සමඟ අමුත්තන් (bit.ly/WardBarreraTix) සහ අවම දුරකථනයෙන් අය (800) 745-3000.
මත මාර්තු 26, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (19-0-2, 14 Kos) risks his unbeaten record against Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas (17-5, 11 Kos) 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 Kos) මැඩිසන් චතුරස්රය වත්ත දී. 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, ටෙක්සාස්, 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 සටන්, compiling a record of 97 එකම ජය හා 7 පාඩු, සමග 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 ගේ) at the Orpheum Theater in St. ලුවී. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 හා 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, ටෙක්සාස්. Eleven wins (eight by knockout) later, he took on undefeated Abel Ramos (8-0, 4 KO ගේ) ජනවාරි 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 ගේ) මත අප්රේල් 26 at Fitzgerald’s Casino and Hotel in Tunica, මිසිසිපි. Four consecutive knockout victories would follow before he took on fellow undefeated prospect Eduardo Galindo (10-0-1, 7 KO ගේ) ජුනි 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, කැලිෆෝනියා හා ඔක්ස්නාඩ් බොක්සිං අරාජක පිටතට සටන්, තුන් වේලම දානියෙල් "Twitch" ෆ්රැන්කෝ (12-0-3, 7 KO ගේ) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 Kos) in an eight-round featherweight bout on මාර්තු 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, ක ආධුනික වාර්තා රැස්කරගන්නා 67-15, දී ඔක්ස්නාඩ් පැවති PAL තරගාවලියේ ජයග්රාහී 2006 සහ කැලිෆෝනියා රාජ්ය රිදී අත්වැසුම් තරගාවලියේ 2007 මඟ. දෙසැම්බර් ෆ්රැන්කෝ වෘත්තීය මංගල තුළ 18, 2010, ඔහු සමාජයේ එමෑනුවෙල් Machorro පරාජය 401 ඔන්ටාරියෝවල, තුන්වන වටය තාක්ෂණික පිලිමලුන් පිටුදැකීමේ හරහා කැලිෆෝනියාවේ. Rancho Cucamonga දී Chaffey විද්යාලයේ පූර්ණ-කාලීන ශිෂ්ය ලෙස ලියාපදිංචි කර තිබිය දී, ෆ්රැන්කෝ සිය වෘත්තීය ජීවිතය තුළ මුල් පැහැදීමට, දෙකක් සමග තුන් වේලම වාර්තාවක් සම්පාදනය අවසන් වන විට කැලිෆෝනියාවේ පුරා ස්ථානයන් දිනුම් ඇදීම් 2013. එම දිනුම් ඇදීම් එක් Montebello නිහඬව කැනන් දී Alejandro Ochoa එරෙහිව පැමිණි, සැප්තැම්බර් මස කැලිෆෝනියාවේ 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, ෆ්රැන්කෝ Ochoa ලොස් ඇන්ජලීස් හූස්ටන් Bonaventure හෝටලයේ දී හයේ පුරා ඒකමතික තීරණය ජයග්රහණය ලකුණු outmatched. ජුනි මස 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 දෙසැම්බර් 21when he scored a decision victory over Hector Garcia in Tijuana, මෙක්සිකෝ.
A promising unbeaten prospect from Salinas, කැලිෆෝනියාවේ, Rudy “The Revelation” Puja. Jr. (7-0, 6 Kos)looks to extend his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano (7-5, 4 Kos) of Ensenada, 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 ගේ) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, කැලිෆෝනියාවේ. දැන්, 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 two months later, Puga Jr. raised his record to 2-0 with a first round technical knockout of Jose Jesus Hurtado at the Sherwood Inn in Salinas. ජුනි මාසයේදී 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, නෙවාඩා. 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 අප්රේල් 24 and a six-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Rojas on නොවැම්බර් 21, both fights taking place at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, කැලිෆෝනියාවේ.
Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, තුන් වේලම Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 KO ගේ) මත මුද්ද කිරීමට ප්රතිලාභ මාර්තු 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 Kos) Sonora පිළිබඳ, 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 බෘක්ලින් බාක්ලේස් මධ්යස්ථානයේ දී, නිව්යෝක්. දැන් 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 වසර දෙකකට පසුව was called a “boxing prodigy” by the New York Times. He compiled an amateur record of 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. දී 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 18වන උපන් දිනය, Younan made his professional debut on November 9, 2013, at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, නිව්යෝක්, 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 දී Foxwoods රිසෝට් කැසිනෝ දී, කනෙක්ටිකට්. He followed that fight with a first round knockout of Marlon Farr on අගෝස්තු 13 the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York on අගෝස්තු 13.
Chinese heavyweight Zhang “Big Bang” Zhilei (7-0, 4 Kos) joins the undercard on මාර්තු 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, චීනය.
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. දී 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. අගෝස්තු මස දින 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. මාර්තු 14, 2015, Zhang beat Eric George via a four-round unanimous decision at the Armory in Jersey City, නිව් ජර්සි. 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 ජූනි මස 6. Next came a sixth round technical knockout win over Dennis Benson at The Playground in Atlantic City on අගෝස්තු 15. To end the year, Zhang was featured on the undercard of the නොවැම්බර් 21 Cotto එදිරිව. Canelo mega-fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, where scored a four-round unanimous decision victory over Juan Goode.
පළාත් ෙහේවර්ඩ්, කැලිෆෝනියාවේ ප්රියතම ආරොන් Coley (12-1-1, 6 KO ගේ) faces a very stern test in a six-round junior middleweight bout against අනුගමනය Ryskeldiev (11-3-2, 7 Kos) of West Hollywood, කැලිෆෝනියාවේ, a Kyrgyzstan native who is undefeated in his last seven fights.
මත මාර්තු 26, Coley will look follow his most recent victory, a unanimous decision over Jeremy Ramos onජනවාරි 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, නිව්යෝක්.
වෝඩ් එදිරිව. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, සෙනසුරාදා සිදු, මාර්තු 26, 2016 ඕක්ලන්ඩ් හි ඔරකල් ඇරිනා දී, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, ටිකට් මාස්ටර්, ආයතනික සංචාරක කළමනාකරණ විසඳුම් (CTMS), සතුටු, ඉසිලීම, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN පෝෂණ, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. මෙම අවස්ථාවට පටන් කරමින් HBO ලෝක ශූරතාව බොක්සිං සජීවීව විකාශය කිරීමට ද නියමිතය 9:45 ප.ව.. සහ/පී.ටී.. ඇතුළත HBO විකාශය විවෘත ජෝශප් ඩයස් Jr වනු ඇත. එදිරිව. මිගෙල් Cotto ප්රවර්ධන සමග එක්ව ගෝල්ඩන් බෝයි ප්රවර්ධන විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති NABF Featherweight ශීර්ෂය සඳහා 10-වටය සටන තුල Jayson Velez.
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