Top-10 Ranked Undefeated Bantamweights Antonio Nieves & Nikolay Potapov Clash In Co-Feature To Claressa Shields vs. Szilvia Szabados On ShoBox: 새로운 세대
더, Undefeated Welterweight Wesley Tucker Faces Once-Beaten Ed Williams; Unbeaten Detroit Bantamweight James Gordon Smith Takes on Joshua Greer, 주니어.
디트로이트 (2월. 15, 2017) – Six prospects will round out the ShoBox의: 새로운 세대 televised bouts for Salita Promotions’ “디트로이트 시티 골드” 에 금요일, 행진 10, 에 MGM 그랜드 디트로이트, 살아 쇼 타임 (10 시이. AND/PT).
In addition to the history-making six-round main event featuring two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa 보호막 (1-0) 플린트의, 미시간., 헝가리의 복용 실비아 “일몰” 난봉꾼 (15-8, 6 KOS 호텔) 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 와 39 KOS 호텔.
“디트로이트 시티 골드” 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 ShoBox의, a series that has sparked the careers of 67 미래의 세계 챔피언.
대 안토니오 니에 베스. 니콜라이 Potapov – 10-라운드 밴텀급 그럴 때
The co-main event will feature a 10-round battle between top-10 ranked bantamweight contenders 안토니오 니에 베스 (17-0-2, 9 KOS 호텔) 과 니콜라이 Potapov (16-0-1, 8 KOS 호텔). Nieves is ranked No. 4 WBO에서, while Potapov is ranked No. 9 WBO로, 하지. 10 by WBA and No. 13 IBF에 의해.
니에 베스, a top amateur, was a five-time Cleveland Metro Golden Gloves Champion. 에 2011, he was the National Golden Gloves runner-up and U.S. Nationals Bronze Medalist at 123 파운드.
프로 가입일 November 2011, he won the initial 12 fights of his career before boxing to an eight-round draw with 스테판 젊은 6 월 20, 2015. The NABO bantamweight champion, he has gone 6-0-1 since and is coming off a second-round TKO over Szilvester Ajtai 마지막 11월. 26. 8 월 2016, he fought to a 10-round split draw against Mexico’s 알레한드로 산티아고 에 ShoBox의.
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,” 사이드 니에 베스. “그는 좋은 전투기. He comes forward and throws a lot of punches. He’s got a solid foundation. I believe it’ll be a good fight but, 전체, I’ll be able to outbox him. I can make him make mistakes and take advantage of it. 나는 될 것이다 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 싸움 그는 월에 프로로 전향하기 전에 2010. 그는 갔다 13-0 as a pro in Russia before his U.S. 데뷔.
Potapov had a 14-fight winning streak ended when he boxed still-undefeated prospect 스테판 젊은 (13-0 에가는) to a 10-round majority draw on April 15, 2016, 에 ShoBox의. Potapov, who felt he had done more than enough to earn a victory, entered the ring ranked 10제 IBF에서, 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 12월. 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 행진 10.”
Wesley Tucker vs. 에드 윌리엄스 – Eight Round Welterweight Bout
또한에 ShoBox의: 새로운 세대 will be an eight-round welterweight battle between local prospects with much to prove, 웨슬리 터커 (13-0, 8 KOS 호텔) 과 에드 윌리엄스 (12-1-1, 4 KOS 호텔).
The 29-year-old Tucker, 톨레도, 오하이오, was a standout amateur. 그는이었다 2012 National Golden Gloves runner-up at 152 pounds and had over 250 아마추어 싸움. 전문가로, 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.
“기분이 좋다. Excited about the opportunity,” 사이드 터커. “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. 난 100 퍼센트 준비.”
Detroit’s Ed Williams is coming off a unanimous decision victory over then 6-1 Christon 에드워즈, 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. 아마추어, 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,” 사이드 윌리엄스. “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. 교육은 좋은 것입니다. 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. 여호수아 그리어, 주니어. – Eight Round Bantamweight Bout
Opening the telecast will be an eight-round bantamweight “Detroit vs. 시카고” 사이의 대결 제임스 스미스 (11-0, 6 KOS 호텔) 과 여호수아 그리어, 주니어. (11-1-1, 4 KOS 호텔).
The 26-year-old Smith was a standout amateur, 진행 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.
스미스, a 5-foot-4, is making his ninth start in Michigan, his seventh in Detroit and first at MGM Grand. 6 년 프로, Smith has been victorious in three consecutive matches since a no-contest on Feb. 6, 2016. 그는 이상의 두 번째 라운드 망가오고있다 섣달 그믐 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,” 사이드 스미스. “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. 나는 좋은 쇼에 넣을, no matter how it goes. I just want it to be a competitive and exciting fight.”
그리어, 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 파운드. 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 (그때 10-0, 9 KOS 호텔) 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 스티븐 풀톤 12 월 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, 앤트완 로버트슨, and he got dropped by him. And I stopped him within 24 첫 라운드의 초. 교육은 좋은 것입니다. I have the best sparring you can ask for, guys like 아드리안 그라나도, 에디 라미레즈, 행크 런디. I will be well prepared for this fight. If it was 내일, I’d be ready.”
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