Plis, Super Lightweight Contender Anthony Peterson Faces Luis Florez And Unbeaten Prospects Richardson Hitchins, Dylan Price & Keeshawn Williams Enter the Ring
in Separate Bouts
BROOKLYN (Janvye 12, 2018) – Unbeaten middleweight contender and IBF No. 1 pwovokatè Sergey Derevyanchenko (11-0, 9 Ko, WSB: 23-1, 7 Ko) will enter the ring for an eight-round bout as part of an exciting undercard on Samdi, Janvye 20soti nan barkley Sant, kay la nan BROOKLYN boksè®.
The Premier Boxing Champions event is headlined by welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. taking on two-division champion Lamont Peterson ap viv sou Chotim (9 p.m. AK/6 p.m. PT). Lightweight world champion Robert Paksquares up against two-division champion Javier Fortuna.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP telecast will be available in Spanish via secondary audio programming (SAP).
Biyè pou evènman an ap viv, ki se ankouraje pa DiBella te Lwazi ak TGB Pwomosyon, yo pwi kòmanse nan $50, epi yo sou vant kounye a. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com, barclayscenter.com, at the American Express Box Office at Barclays Center or by calling 800-745-3000. Rabè Gwoup yo disponib lè w rele 844-BKLYN-GP. Additional action inside of the arena will see the brother of Lamont Peterson, yon fwa-bat Anthony Peterson (37-1, 24 Ko), fè fas a Luis Florez (23-7, 19 Ko) in a 10-round super lightweight matchup plus once-beaten welterweight Ivan Golub (13-1, 11 Ko) in an eight-round fight against Colombia’s Fidel Monterrosa (38-14-1, 30 Ko).
Undercard fights continue with undefeated 2016 Ayisyen zolenpik Richardson Hitchins(3-0, 1 KO) entering the ring for a four-round welterweight fight against Preston Wilson(4-2-1, 3 Ko), Philadelphia’s Dylan Price (4-0, 4 Ko) competing in a four-round super flyweight bout against Nestor Ramos (7-7, 3 Ko) and welterweight prospect Keyshawn Williams (1-0, 1 KO) pran sou Denis Okoth (1-0, 1 KO) in a four-round matchup.
Rounding out the night is a four-round showdown between unbeaten Desmond Jarmon and Dallas-native Charles Clark plus New Jersey’s Matye Gonzalez in a six round middleweight fight against Alexander Serna.
A highly decorated amateur who represented his native Ukraine in the 2008 Olympics, Derevyanchenko now lives and trains in Brooklyn and most recently earned the top spot in the IBF rankings with an impressive 12th round stoppage over Tureano Johnson. The 32-year-old also defeated previously unbeaten Kemahl Russell in 2017 after his 2016 saw him earn a TKO victory over Mike Guy in March before stopping former champion Sam Soliman in the second round of a world title eliminator in July. The unbeaten fighter defeated a slew of experienced contenders in 2015 with wins over Elvin Ayala, Alan Campa, Vladine Biosse and a third-round stoppage of Jessie Nicklow.
Derevyanchenko and Golub make it a pair of Ukrainian sluggers fighting out of Brooklyn who will compete on the undercard looking to put on impressive performances in their adopted hometown.
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