Filadelfia, Penn. (Julio 10, 2017)–El invicto peso súper Devar Ferhadi will take on his toughest test when he takes on battle tested Antowyan Aikens in the eight-round main event of a great night of boxing on Viernes, 11 de agosto en El Casino SugarHouse en Filadelfia.
La tarjeta es promovida por Promociones del Rey.
Ferhadi of Frederick, Maryland was born in Iraq, and has amassed a perfect mark of 7-0 con seis nocauts.
Ferhadi has one of the unique stories in the sport as he spends about eight months out of the year as a medical student in Kurdastad, Irak.
La 22 year-old began fighting at age 14 y fue 10-2 como aficionado. He lost in an Olympic qualifying tournament.
He started coming to the United States, and his whole family still resides in Iraq.
This will be Ferhadi’s first fight in almost a year when he stopped Christopher Petty in three rounds on August 19m 2016 in Crystal City, Virginia.
Aikens de Atlantic City, Nueva Jersey tiene un registro de 11-3-1 con un solo golpe de gracia.
Aikens, que se convirtió en profesional en 2011, won his first ten fights, which was highlighted by a win over then0undefeated Sherman Artis.
Aikens went through a stretch where he went 0-3-1 against fighters who had a combined record of 29-2-2. En Mayo 19, Aikens got back in the win column in a big way when he took a six-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Amir Shabazz (4-0) en Filadelfia.
Appearing in the six-round co-feature, will be exciting bantamweight knockout artist cristiano Carto (10-0, 10 Nocáuts).
Carto’s opponent will be named shortly.
También en combates seis asaltos:
Erik Primavera (9-1-2, 1 KO) de la Lectura, PA will take on an opponent to be named in a junior middleweight bout.
David Gonzales (8-2-2, 2 Nocáuts) de Filadelfia se enfrentará a Darius Earvin (4-1) of Los Angeles in a super lightweight bout.
Marquis Taylor (6-1) of Houston will fight Vicente Floyd (3-2-1, 2 Nocáuts) of Philadelphia in a welterweight contest.
Antonio DuBose (8-2-1, 2 Nocáuts) de las batallas de Filadelfia Josh Crespo (7-4-3, 3 Nocáuts) de New Haven, CT in a super featherweight bout.
Brandon Robinson (4-1, 3 Nocáuts) of Philadelphia will take on an opponent to be named in a super middleweight bout.
En peleas de cuatro redondos:
Demetrius Williams (1-2) de Filadelfia se enfrentará a Kashon Hutchinson (2-3, 1 KO) de la Lectura, PA in a super lightweight affair.
Jerrod Taylor de Filadelfia, hará su debut profesional contra Steven López (0-1) of Philadelphia in a bantamweight fight.
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