Towering 6′ 9″ Kazakhstani heavyweight Ivan Dychko will return to the ring this Friday, Ліпеня 6, at Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Казіно ў Галівудзе, Фларыда.

 

 

 

Dychko, the two-time Olympic super-heavyweight bronze medallist (6-0, 6 КО), will face long-time heavyweight gate keeper Maurice “Mo Bettah” Harris (26-21-3, 11 КО) of East Orange, Нью-Джэрсі, in an eight-round showdown on Heavyweight Factory Boxing’s “Hometown Throwdown” event.

 

 

 

У галоўным падзеі 10-раўндавым, undefeated Miami-based welterweight Harold “King” Calderon (16-0, 10 КО) takes on John David “Pretty Boy” Martinez (10-0, 8 КО) in a crosstown battle. In the 10-round super lightweight co-main event, undefeated 19-year-old WBO-NABO Youth Super Lightweight Champion Logan “The Korican Kid” Yoon (11-0, 10 КО) of Honolulu will face Colombian veteran Luis E. Кветкі (24-9, 20 КО).

 

Tickets for “Hometown Throwdown” cost $60, $100, $150, $250 і $500 VIP. Tickets are available through ticketmaster.com.

 

 

 

“My training went well,” said Dychko. “It’s sometimes hard to find sparring partners at a level that will benefit me, але я адчуваю сябе добра. Я знаходжуся ў выдатнай форме. My fights last one, два, sometimes three rounds. I’ve never been tested over the distance. I hope some of these veterans can give me some rounds and let me test myself against them and maybe teach me a few things.”

 

 

 

The power-punching Dychko, who medalled at the 2012 і 2016 Summer Olympics and went 181-18 як аматар, is on the fast-track to join his former rivals at the top of the professional side of the sport.

 

 

 

“I’m happy with my progress. I’m in the building stage right now, so everything is fine. I’m waiting to join all my former amateur rivals at the top of the division,"Ён сказаў. “I want to be unified champion of the world and fight the best. Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and some of the guys I already fought as an amateur, I would like to see them again. I think it will take me about another year and then I’ll be ready for the best in the world. One more year to get used to the professional part of the sport.”

 

 

 

Expected special guests that evening include Heavyweight Factory regulars, former heavyweight champions Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe and Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield. На бой ноччу, the action starts at 7:15 p.m. Doors open one hour prior to start time. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is located at 1 Seminole Way у Галівудзе, Фларыда.