ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FIGHTS
FOR ANDRE WARD VS. سلیوان BARRERA
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON ہفتہ, مارچ 26
آکلینڈ اوریکل ایرینا میں, CALIFORNIA
WARD VS. BARRERA AND JOSEPH DIAZ JR. VS. JAYSON VELEZ TELEVISED
LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® BEGINNING AT 9:45 بجے. AND/PT
SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE
IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN BOUTS
NEW YORK, NY (مارچ 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 آندری وارڈ (28-0, 15 کوس) faces undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender سلیوان Barrera (17-0, 12 کوس) 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. بنام. 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, ڈینیل فرانکو, Rudy Puga Jr. اور جونیئر یونان اس کے ساتھ 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist جانگ Zhilei and local favorite ہارون کولی 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 اثر انداز, جو واقعہ کے میزبان کے طور پر کام کرے گا, اور ماسٹر مارا DJ Franzen, لاس ویگاس 'ہاٹ میں رہائشی DJ 97.5 and Drais Nightclub. Sway and Franzen will entertain together throughout the night to keep fans entertained between bouts at Oracle Arena.
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پر مارچ 26, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (19-0-2, 14 کوس) risks his unbeaten record against Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas (17-5, 11 کوس) 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 کوس) میڈیسن اسکوائر گارڈن میں. 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, ٹیکساس, 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 لڑائی, compiling a record of 97 جیت اور صرف 7 نقصانات, سے 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 کی) at the Orpheum Theater in St. لوئس. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 اور 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, ٹیکساس. Eleven wins (eight by knockout) later, he took on undefeated Abel Ramos (8-0, 4 KO کی) جنوری 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 کی) پر اپریل 26 at Fitzgerald’s Casino and Hotel in Tunica, مسیسپی. Four consecutive knockout victories would follow before he took on fellow undefeated prospect Eduardo Galindo (10-0-1, 7 KO کی) جون 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, کیلی فورنیا اور Oxnard کی باکسنگ گڑھ سے باہر لڑ, ناقابل شکست لوٹے ڈینیل "مروڑ" فرانکو (12-0-3, 7 KO کی) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 کوس) in an eight-round featherweight bout on مارچ 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, کے ایک شوکیا ریکارڈ ڈھیر جمع 67-15, Oxnard PAL چیمپئن شپ میں جیت 2006 اور کیلیفورنیا اسٹیٹ سلور دستانے چیمپئن شپ میں 2007 راستے میں. دسمبر فرانکو کی پیشہ ورانہ پہلی دوران 18, 2010, انہوں نے کلب میں ایمینوئل Machorro شکست دے دی 401 اونٹاریو میں, ایک تیسرے راؤنڈ تکنیکی ناک آؤٹ کے ذریعے کیلی فورنیا. ریںچو Cucamonga میں Chaffey کالج میں ایک کل وقتی طالب علم کے طور پر اندراج ہونے کے باوجود, فرانکو نے اپنے کیریئر میں ابتدائی متاثر, دو کے ساتھ ایک ناقابل شکست ریکارڈ کی تالیف کے آخر تک کیلیفورنیا بھر جگہوں میں مدد دیتی ہے 2013. ان میں سے ایک Montebello میں خاموش تپ اوپر سے Alejandro Ochoa کی خلاف آیا کرتی, ستمبر کو کیلی فورنیا 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, فرانکو Ochoa کی لاس اینجلس میں ویسٹن بوناوینچر ہوٹل میں چھ گول متفقہ فیصلہ فتح اسکور outmatched. جون 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 دسمبر 21when he scored a decision victory over Hector Garcia in Tijuana, میکسیکو.
A promising unbeaten prospect from Salinas, کیلی فورنیا, Rudy “The Revelation” Puja. جونیئر. (7-0, 6 کوس)looks to extend his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano (7-5, 4 کوس) 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 کی) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, کیلی فورنیا. اب, 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. جون میں 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, نیواڈا. 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 اپریل 24 and a six-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Rojas on نومبر 21, both fights taking place at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, کیلی فورنیا.
Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, ناقابل شکست لوٹے Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 KO کی) پر انگوٹی واپس مارچ 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 کوس) سونورا کے, 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 بروک لین میں بارکلیز سینٹر میں, نیو یارک. اب 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. 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. میں 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 18ویں سالگرہ کی, Younan made his professional debut on November 9, 2013, at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, نیو یارک, 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 میں foxwoods جوئے ریزورٹ کیسینو میں, کنیکٹیکٹ. He followed that fight with a first round knockout of Marlon Farr on اگست 13 the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York on اگست 13.
Chinese heavyweight Zhang “Big Bang” Zhilei (7-0, 4 کوس) joins the undercard on مارچ 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, چین.
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. میں 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. اگست 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. مارچ 14, 2015, Zhang beat Eric George via a four-round unanimous decision at the Armory in Jersey City, نیو جرسی. 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 جون 6. Next came a sixth round technical knockout win over Dennis Benson at The Playground in Atlantic City on اگست 15. To end the year, Zhang was featured on the undercard of the نومبر 21 Cotto بمقابلہ. Canelo mega-fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, where scored a four-round unanimous decision victory over Juan Goode.
مقامی ہیورڈ, کیلی فورنیا پسندیدہ ہارون کولی (12-1-1, 6 KO کی) faces a very stern test in a six-round junior middleweight bout against بعد Ryskeldiev (11-3-2, 7 کوس) of West Hollywood, کیلی فورنیا, a Kyrgyzstan native who is undefeated in his last seven fights.
پر مارچ 26, Coley will look follow his most recent victory, a unanimous decision over Jeremy Ramos onجنوری 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, نیو یارک.
وارڈ بمقابلہ. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, جگہ ہفتے کے روز لیتا ہے, مارچ 26, 2016 آکلینڈ میں اوریکل ایرینا میں, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, Ticketmaster, کارپوریٹ ٹریول مینجمنٹ سلوشنز (CTMS), مجھے خوشی ہے, لفٹنگ, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN غذائیت, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. تقریب میں یچبیو ورلڈ چیمپئن شپ میں باکسنگ آغاز پر براہ راست نشر کی جائے گی 9:45 بجے. AND/PT. HBO نشریات افتتاحی یوسف ڈیاز جونیئر ہو جائے گا. بنام. میگوئل Cotto پروموشنز ساتھ ایسوسی ایشن میں گولڈن لڑکے پروموشنز طرف سے پیش NABF ہلکا پھلکا عنوان کیلئے 10 راؤنڈ جنگ میں Jayson کی ویلیز.
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