Top-10 Ranked Undefeated Bantamweights Antonio Nieves & Nikolay Potapov Clash In Co-Feature To Claressa Shields vs. Szilvia Szabados On ShoBox: 新一代
更多, Undefeated Welterweight Wesley Tucker Faces Once-Beaten Ed Williams; Unbeaten Detroit Bantamweight James Gordon Smith Takes on Joshua Greer, JR.
底特律 (二月. 15, 2017) – Six prospects will round out the 的ShoBox: 新一代 televised bouts for Salita Promotions’ “Detroit City Gold” 上 星期五, 三月 10, 在 底特律米高梅大酒店, 住在 开演时间 (10 P.M. AND/PT).
In addition to the history-making six-round main event featuring two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa盾 (1-0) 弗林特, 密歇根州。, taking on Hungary’s Szilvia “Sunset” Szabados (15-8, 6 科斯) for the Women’s NABF Middleweight Championship, there will be a trio of exciting bouts between rising prospects with a combined record of 80-2-5 同 39 科斯.
“Detroit City Gold” will mark the first time in history a women’s boxing match has headlined on premium television. Shields and Szabados will also be the first women’s fight on 的ShoBox, a series that has sparked the careers of 67 未来的世界冠军.
安东尼奥·涅韦斯VS. 尼古拉·波塔波夫 – 10-回合的最轻量级布特
The co-main event will feature a 10-round battle between top-10 ranked bantamweight contenders 安东尼奥·涅韦斯 (17-0-2, 9 科斯) 和 尼古拉·波塔波夫 (16-0-1, 8 科斯). Nieves is ranked No. 4 在WBO, while Potapov is ranked No. 9 由WBO, 别. 10 by WBA and No. 13 由IBF.
Nieves, a top amateur, was a five-time Cleveland Metro Golden Gloves Champion. 在 2011, he was the National Golden Gloves runner-up and U.S. Nationals Bronze Medalist at 123 英镑.
亲自十一月 2011, he won the initial 12 fights of his career before boxing to an eight-round draw with 斯蒂芬·扬 六月 20, 2015. The NABO bantamweight champion, he has gone 6-0-1 since and is coming off a second-round TKO over Szilvester Ajtai 最后 十一月. 26. 八月 2016, he fought to a 10-round split draw against Mexico’s Alejandro Santiago 上 的ShoBox.
Because they are both residents of Ohio, Nieves has long clamored for a showdown with former WBA Champion and fellow 118-lb contender Rau’shee Warren. A victory over Potapov may put him in the right position to have his wish granted later this year.
“I feel great about this opportunity and I’m going to take advantage of it,” said Nieves. “他是一个好战士. He comes forward and throws a lot of punches. He’s got a solid foundation. I believe it’ll be a good fight but, 总体, I’ll be able to outbox him. I can make him make mistakes and take advantage of it. 我会 100 percent ready to show everybody the real Antonio Nieves. I’ll use my legs more and throw a lot of combinations. I will box my way to my big shot.”
The 26-year-old Potapov was an outstanding amateur with international success. The 5-foot-4 native of Russia had around 200 fights before he turned pro in March 2010. 他去 13-0 as a pro in Russia before his U.S. 登场.
Potapov had a 14-fight winning streak ended when he boxed still-undefeated prospect 斯蒂芬·扬 (13-0 在去) to a 10-round majority draw on April 15, 2016, 上 的ShoBox. 波塔波夫, who felt he had done more than enough to earn a victory, entered the ring ranked 10日 在国际羽联, rare for a fighter at that point in his career.
Since the disappointing result against Young, Potapov has fought twice, leaving nothing in the hands of the judges by winning both by early round knockout. He’s coming off a fourth-round TKO over Alexander Saltykov last 十二月. 15.
“I have been training in Russia and am excited to be in Detroit (since Feb. 1) training at the Kronk Gym with world-class trainer Javan SugarHill Steward,” Potapov said. “Antonio Nieves is a very talented fighter and I look forward to a great exciting fight of skill and will on 三月 10.”
Wesley Tucker vs. Ed Williams – Eight Round Welterweight Bout
同样在 的ShoBox: 新一代 will be an eight-round welterweight battle between local prospects with much to prove, Wesley Tucker (13-0, 8 科斯) 和 Ed Williams (12-1-1, 4 科斯).
The 29-year-old Tucker, 托莱多, 俄亥俄, was a standout amateur. 他是 2012 National Golden Gloves runner-up at 152 pounds and had over 250 业余打架. 作为一个专业, he’s stayed relatively active since his debut in February 2013, but the 5-foot-8 southpaw has been virtually untested. Tucker will be looking to score his first significant professional victory against Williams.
“我感觉很好. Excited about the opportunity,” said Tucker. “He’s a tough fighter from Detroit. But I’m better. I’ve seen every kind of style there is. You can expect fireworks that night. 我 100 percent ready.”
Detroit’s Ed Williams is coming off a unanimous decision victory over then 6-1 克里斯顿·爱德华兹, last July at the MGM in Las Vegas. The 27-year-old suffered his lone career loss in November 2015 via unanimous decision to Marcus Beckford in Beckford’s home state of Louisiana. 作为一个业余爱好者, Williams was a two-time Michigan State Champion and a two-time Detroit Golden Gloves Champion.
“I feel like this is a great opportunity to fight at home and on TV,” 威廉斯说. “It’s the first fight at the MGM, first women’s bout to headline. There’s a lot of firsts going on that night and it’s a big stage, but I’m not afraid of anything. I don’t know much about Tucker other than he’s from Oho and he’s shorter than me. I’m just going to prepare for everything. One thing about me — I’m a gladiator. If he doesn’t show up to go to war, I will get him out of there. 培训会很大. I’m in Houston for this camp. I’m working on a lot of things and getting sharper and staying busy.”
James Gordon Smith vs. 约书亚·格里尔, JR. – Eight Round Bantamweight Bout
Opening the telecast will be an eight-round bantamweight “Detroit vs. 芝加哥” 之间的对决 詹姆斯·史密斯 (11-0, 6 科斯) 和 约书亚·格里尔, JR. (11-1-1, 4 科斯).
The 26-year-old Smith was a standout amateur, 去 110-9 en route to a bronze medal at the National Golden Gloves. He holds an amateur win over current top-10 bantamweight Antonio Nieves.
工匠, a 5-foot-4, is making his ninth start in Michigan, his seventh in Detroit and first at MGM Grand. A six-year pro, Smith has been victorious in three consecutive matches since a no-contest on Feb. 6, 2016. 他在度过了第二轮将军澳 Szilveszter Ajtai last Jan. 22 in his fourth consecutive scrap at Masonic Temple in Detroit.
“This is a great opportunity to better my career and keep moving it into the right place,” 史密斯说. “A victory would get me ranked and keep me moving up the ladder. Plus the world will get to see me for the first time. 我想上演一场好戏, no matter how it goes. I just want it to be a competitive and exciting fight.”
Greer, a 22-year-old Chicago native, was a Chicago Golden Gloves Champion. He will be coming down in weight to face Smith, having normally campaigned around 120 英镑. He was last seen stopping Cristian Renteria in the fifth round in October of last year. Before that he took the undefeated record of the Dominican Republic’s Juan Gabriel Medina (然后 10-0, 9 科斯) via unanimous six-round decision.
Greer suffered the lone loss of his career in the fifth fight of his career, a majority four-round decision against fellow unbeaten 斯蒂芬·富尔顿 十二月 2015.
“I feel really good about this. I’m ready and can’t wait for it to happen,” said Greer. “I don’t know much about James Smith, but I know we fought the same opponent, Antwan Robertson, and he got dropped by him. And I stopped him within 24 在第一轮的秒. 培训会很大. I have the best sparring you can ask for, guys like 阿德里安·格拉纳多斯, 埃迪·拉米雷斯, 汉克·伦迪. I will be well prepared for this fight. If it was 明天, I’d be ready.”
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