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Exciting Matchups Feature Unbeaten Fighters as Jarrett Hurd Faces Oscar Molina &
David Benavidez Takes On Francy Ntetu
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Brooklyn Fan Favorites Heather Hardy & Adam Kownacki Return
Hape! Undefeated Prospect Regis Prograis, 2012 Spanish Olympian
Jonathan Alonso & Unbeaten Josue Vargas
As Part of Exciting Night of Action
Brooklyn (Ka 19, 2016) – A stacked undercard featuring top rising talent and local favorites will light up the ring at Barclays Center in Brooklyn as part of an extraordinary night of action on Moqebelo, June 25.
The June 25 Showtime Championship Boxing® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the highly anticipated welterweight showdown between world champion Keith Thurman le pele e neng e 'mampoli Shawn Porter. Televised kgaso qala ka 9 p.m. LE/6 p.m. PT with an exciting battle between featherweight world champion Jesu Cuellar le pele e neng e tse tharo karohano lefatše 'mampoli Abnere Mares.
A undercard bohato, Krrish bartolomeo welterweights, Maryland oa Jarrett Hurd (17-0, 11 Kos), and California’s Oscar Molina (13-0, 10 Kos), will collide in a 10-round bout while undefeated light heavyweights, Arizona’s David Benavidez (14-0, 13 Kos) le Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Kos), will mix it up in an eight-round fight.
Two staples of Brooklyn boxing will also enter the ring on June 25 e le Heather “The Heat” Hardy (16-0, 4 Kos) competes in an eight-round super bantamweight attraction while Polish bruiser Adama Kownacki (13-0, 10 Kos) competes in a heavyweight bout.
Also in action on June 25 is hard-hitting, highly regarded 140-pound prospect Régis Prograis (17-0, 14 Kos) in a 10-round fight, 2012 Spanish Olympian Jonathan Alonso(8-0, 4 Kos) in a six-round super lightweight scrap and Mayweather Promotions prospectJosue Vargas (4-0, 3 Kos) in a four-round fight.
Ditekete tsa e phelang ketsahalo, e khothalletsa ka DiBella Entertainment, qala ka $49 'me li ka Sale hona joale. Tickets ka rekoa Inthaneteng ho etela www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com kapa ka bitsa 1-800-745-3000. Tickets boetse ho na le teng ka fa American Express Lebokose le leqepheng la Office ka Barclays Center. Group litheolelo di a fumaneha ka bitsa 844-BKLYN-GP. Loantša ho tsoa Accokeek, Md., Hurd o na le se na sekoli professional rekoto ho tloha ka ho retelehela lan a 2012. Ba 25 ba ea lilemo li bula 2015 ka karolo ea boraro ho pota stoppage ea veteran Eric Mitchell 'me ba latela wa bosupa ho pota stoppage ea pele e neng e unbeaten Jeff Lentz a August. He stepped up in competition last November when he faced Frank Galarza in Las Vegas and was able to show off his considerable skill by stopping the previously unbeaten fighter in the sixth round of perhaps a career-best performance.
Ho emela Mexico, ea 2012 Olympian Molina loanela ho tsoa Norwalk, Dorella., and is unbeaten in his brief professional career. Tse 26 ea lilemo li reteleha lan a 2013 'me ka mor'a ho hapa qeto la hae la pele bout, a tsoela pele ho kokota tsoa tse tšeletseng bahanyetsi ba ka tatellano. His last bout came against fellow unbeaten Domonique Dolton and featured exciting back-and-forth action before the fight was ruled a majority draw.
The younger brother of undefeated Jose Benavidez, David has racked up a perfect 14 wins in 14 starts at just 19-years-old. Fighting out of Phoenix, Benavidez picked up four victories via stoppage in 2015 and kicked off his 2016 with a knockout of Kevin Cobbs in January. Morao ka ho fetisisa, he scored a second round knockout of Phillip Jackson Benson in April. The next challenge for Benavidez is the 33-year-old Ntetu, who won three times in 2015. Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he fights out of Montreal and will be making his fifth appearance in the U.S. ka June 25.
A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy e se e le tloaelehileng ka lebaleng la boithabiso ho tloha ka. Ka June 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. Ka holimonyana ho lilemo tse peli ka mor'a hae lan qalo, Hardy hlōla ea machaba sehlooho lebanta la a le bartolomeo bantamweight karohano a October 2014. A 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 ntoa, she stopped Anna Donatella Hultin in the fourth round.
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.
Originally from New Orleans but fighting out of Houston, Prograis continues to work his way up the 140-pound rankings as he takes down veteran contenders. The 27-year-old looked sensational in his last outing as he scored a first round knockout over Mexico’s Aaron Herrera. Already named on of ESPN’s top prospects in 2015, he will look to cement his contender status in 2016.
A hlaha ka Dominican Republic, Alonso moved to Spain at seven-years-old and would eventually represent the country at the 2012 Liolimpiki. Now training in Brooklyn, the 25-year-old is undefeated since turning pro in 2014 while splitting time fighting in New York and Spain. He is coming off a victory over Ricardo Maldonado in February.
Vargas began boxing at age eight and by by age 13 the New York Daily News dubbed him a “prodigy.” Fighting out of New York, the 17-year-old Vargas recently signed to the Mayweather Promotions stable and will make his debut with his new promoter on June 25.
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