Towering 6′ 9″ Kazakhstani heavyweight Ivan Dychko will return to the ring this Friday, กรกฎาคม 6, at Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & คาสิโนในฮอลลีวูด, ฟลอริด้า.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

ในเหตุการณ์ 10 รอบ, undefeated Miami-based welterweight Harold “King” Calderon (16-0, 10 คอส) takes on John David “Pretty Boy” Martinez (10-0, 8 คอส) 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 คอส) of Honolulu will face Colombian veteran Luis E. ดอกไม้ (24-9, 20 คอส).

 

Tickets for “Hometown Throwdown” cost $60, $100, $150, $250 และ $500 วีไอพี. 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, แต่ผมรู้สึกดี. ผมอยู่ในรูปร่างที่ดี. My fights last one, สอง, 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 และ 2016 Summer Olympics and went 181-18 เป็นมือสมัครเล่น, 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,"เขากล่าว. “I want to be unified champion of the world and fight the best. แอนโธนีโจชัว, 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. ในคืนต่อสู้, 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 & คาสิโนที่ตั้งอยู่ที่ 1 Seminole Way ในฮอลลีวู้ด, ฟลอริด้า.