ON 星期六, AUGUST 6 AT ORACLE ARENA IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
WARD VS. BRAND TO BE TELEVISED LIVE
ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®
BEGINNING AT 10:35 P.M. AND/PT
纽约, 纽约 (七月 26, 2016) – Two-Time World Champion and top-rated pound-for-pound fighter Andre Ward (29-0, 15 科斯) 将返回到环上的 星期六, 八月 6, to continue his conquest of the light heavyweight division when he takes on power-punching Colombian Alexander Brand (25-1, 19 科斯) at Oracle Arena in Oakland, 加利福尼亚州. 本次活动, which will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:35 P.M. AND/PT, will now include six bouts of non-televised action for ticketed fans to enjoy before the main showdown.
The promising undercard lineup will feature East Bay familiar, Bilal Mahasin and a collection of Roc Nation Sports’ brightest prospects including, 丹尼尔“抽搐”佛朗哥, Rudy “The Revelation” Puga Jr. 和 Darmani “Rock Solid” Rock. Roc Nation Sports’ sparkplug 莫里斯“强大的莫”胡克 also looks to ignite Oracle Arena as the card’s co-feature in a 10-round NABO Junior Welterweight Title clash against Tyrone Barnett.
莫里斯“强大的莫”胡克 (20-0-2, 15 科斯) was born and raised in Oak Cliff, 得克萨斯州, a suburb of Dallas, where he 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 打架, 编制记录 97 胜只 7 损失, 同 67 victories coming by way of knockout. Hooker turned professional on April 29, 2011, taking on the vastly more experienced Tyrone Chatman at the Orpheum Theater in St. 圣路易斯. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 和 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, 得克萨斯州. Eleven wins (eight by knockout) 后来, he took on undefeated Abel Ramos on January 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. Four consecutive knockout victories would follow before he took on fellow undefeated prospect Eduardo Galindo on June 26, 2015 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas for the vacant NABO Junior Welterweight Championship. “Mo” did not disappoint his legion of hometown fans who saw him capture the title with a sixth round technical knockout victory. 在十月 17, 2015, Hooker successfully defended his title at Madison Square Garden in New York City against his toughest opponent to date in Ghislain Maduma. The 10-round decision win came on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux and was featured on the event’s “freeview” as well as streamed online around the world. “Mighty Mo” made his debut under the Roc Nation Sports banner on the undercard of Andre Ward vs. 沙利文巴雷拉, this past March at Oracle Arena in Oakland, 例如, where he annihilated opponent Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas of Columbia in the first round of a 10-round junior welterweight bout by way of technical knockout. Hooker looks to advance his undefeated record when he takes on Tyrone Barnett (23-4-1, 15 科斯) 上 八月 6 在甲骨文球馆. Barnett was in action this past February, with a technical knockout victory over Daniel Attah at the Walter E. 华盛顿会议中心. The D.C. native is eager to stop Maurice Hooker’s momentum and take home the NABO title.
从滨江海陵, 加利福尼亚州和战斗了奥克斯纳德的拳击温床, 不败初中轻量级 丹尼尔“抽搐”佛朗哥 (13-0-3, 8 科斯) 拳击开始在八岁的时候, 积累的业余纪录 67-15, 赢得奥克斯纳德PAL锦标赛 2006 并在加利福尼亚州银手套锦标赛 2007 沿途. 在佛朗哥的专业首演于十二月 18, 2010, 他击败了伊曼纽尔在Machorro俱乐部 401 安大略, 通过第三轮技术击倒加州. 佛朗哥留下深刻的印象在他早期的职业生涯, 编译不败的纪录,两场平局在整个场地由加州的结束 2013. 其中之一平局来了反对亚历杭德罗·奥乔亚在蒙特贝罗安静炮, 加州在九月 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, 佛朗哥虫对抗奥乔亚打进了六轮一致决定胜利在威斯汀酒店文德洛杉矶. 六月 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. In his most recent fight on March 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on the Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera undercard, the unbeaten Twitch met Mexico’s German “Panteonero” Meraz in an eight-round featherweight bout. Franco scored a technical knockout over the veteran fighter in the final round of the fight.八月 6 will be Franco’s third appearance at Oracle when he takes on Renton, Washington’s Marcelo Gallardo (7-3-2, 3 科斯). The 26-year-old Gallardo has been known to play the spoiler role, scoring unanimous decision victories over unbeaten prospects Christopher Diaz and Vic Pasillas in 2015.
Having compiled an exceptional amateur record of 99-8, Rudy “The Revelation” Puga. JR. (8-0, 7 科斯), the promising prospect from Salinas, California 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. 在六月 2012, he sent Thomas Turner to the mat four times scoring a second round technical knockout win at the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, 内华达. 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. Puga Jr. rounded out 2015 with a four-round technical knockout of Katrell Straus and a six-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Rojas. 上 二月 12, Puga Jr. extended his undefeated streak to 7 fights by knocking out Alejandro Osuna in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, 加利福尼亚州. In his most recent fight on March 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California on HBO’s Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera undercard, Puga Jr. extended his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano by way of a technical knockout in the sixth round. The Southern California native returns to the Bay Area on 八月 6 to face an opponent to be announced.
Brooklyn’s undefeated Junior “The Young God” Younan (9-0, 7 科斯) 被认为是纽约市的最好的拳击前景1. 尤南, 经过培训由他的父亲谢里夫, 一位前职业拳击手自己, began fighting competitively at age eight and only two years later was called a “boxing prodigy” by the New York Times. 他编写的业余纪录 90-5, 费尽了令人印象深刻的一系列头衔以及包括九家少年奥林匹克锦标赛的方式, 9少年地铁锦标赛, 八个新的纽约州银手套冠军和5个区域银手套冠军. 在 2011, 他被加冕全国青少年金手套冠军,是美国. 拳击的头号额定少年拳击手在他的重量级别. 一个多月后减了 18日 生日, 尤南上月他的专业首演 9, 2013, 在布鲁克林的飞行员体育和活动中心, 纽约, 在第一轮停肯尼思·施米茨. During his recent match up on the Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera undercard that took place March 26, 2016, Younan scored a four round unanimous decision over Christian Solarzano, pitching a shutout on all three scorecards. Facing his stiffest test to date on May 13, 2016 on the undercard of throne boxing’s Dusty Hernandez-Harrison vs. Mike Dallas, JR. on BET and Tidal.com, Younan overwhelmed Rodrigo Almeida of Woburn, Massachusetts with a technical knockout in the first round at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. Returning to Oakland on the Ward vs. Brand undercard, Younan is set to take on Jaime “Zarco” Solorio (5-2-2, 4 科斯) 上 八月 6. Fighting out of Baja, 加利福尼亚州, the Mexico native is riding an undefeated streak in his last six fights.
在年龄 20, 达尔曼岩 (3-0, 3 科斯) is already drawing comparisons to former heavyweight greats of the past. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Rock was brought to a local boxing ring by his father at age twelve after he lost a street fight to neighborhood bullies. Standing at 6’4”, he moves with an unparalleled lightness and speed for a fighter his size. Rock earned nation-wide accolades following a banner year in 2014 when he took home the USA Boxing Junior and Youth Open, Youth Continental and Youth World super heavyweight titles. During the 2014 Junior and Youth Open in Reno, 内华达, Rock shut out the 2013 National Youth Champion, John Luna, 3-0. This impressive performance was followed by another super heavyweight title at the Youth Continental Championships in March 2014 in Quito, Ecuador where he defeated Argentina’s Kervin Espinola 3-0. Rock then took home the gold medal at the prestigious World Youth Championships in Bulgaria in April 2014 由 2-1 decision over Germany’s Peter Kadiru. Rock also took home the 2014 World Junior Amateur Championship and capped off 2014 by being named Philadelphia’s Amateur Boxer of the Year at the annual Briscoe Awards. His most noteworthy win, 然而, came in May 2015 when he beat Cam Awesome in Las Vegas for the National Golden Gloves title. Rock also captured the 2015 中美. National Amateur super heavyweight championship. He ended his amateur career as the number one rated super heavyweight in the United States (and the number five rated super heavyweight in the world) 去 19-5 in national tournaments. Rock made his highly anticipated professional debut, after signing an exclusive promotional agreement with Roc Nation Sports, against Rockville, Maryland’s Carlos Black on May 13, 2016, as the co-feature of Roc Nation’s throne boxing card at the Armory in Washington, D.C. Following a devastating left hook, Rock brought his opponent to the floor with a right-left combination at the 1:54 在第一轮的标记. Without wasting any time, Rock followed his impressive debut by demolishing his next two opponents, Bobby Favors and Hassan Lee, both by way of knockout in the first round of the respective bouts. Making his Oracle Arena debut on 八月 6, Rock looks to keep his fierce win streak alive when he takes on 迈克·凯尔 (1-2-1, 1 KO). The Boise, Idaho native seeks to reaffirm the impression he has set on Oakland where he scored his first career win and knockout over James Kirby this past January.
Bilal “Rebellious” Mahasin (8-3-1, 1 KO) is no stranger to Oakland fight fans. A resident of the Bay Area’s eastern shore, Mahasin made his professional debut in 2002 with great promise, winning his first three fights. 十一月 10, 2013, he fought one of the area’s top junior welterweight fighters, Moris Rodriguez, at the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento, 加利福尼亚州. East Bay supporters made the trek to the state’s capital for Mahasin’s triumphant return which came by way of a six-round unanimous decision. Mahasin has accrued a ring record with a majority of the results coming as wins, and has transitioned up a weight class to super welterweight. He last fought on June 11, 2016 在 16日 Street Rail Station in Oakland, going the distance with a six-round unanimous decision over Vincente Guzman. Mahasin is ready to take on journeyman 路易斯·阿尔弗雷多·卢戈 (14-25-1, 5 科斯) 上 八月 6 at Oracle Arena in front an ever-steadied fanfare.
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