UNDEFEATED LIGHTWEIGHTS THOMAS MATTICE AND WILL MADERA TO CLASH IN NEW CO-FEATURE OF SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION THIS FRIDAY LIVE ON SHOWTIME®

Mattice-Madera Added To Three-Fight Telecast After Logan Yoon Suffers Injury While Training

NEW YORK - Januarie 28, 2019 – Undefeated lightweights Thomas Mattice and Will Madera will face off in the new co-feature of this Friday’s ShoBox: Die nuwe generasie tripleheader live on SHOWTIME from Main Street Armory in Rochester, N.Y..

Mattice (13-0-1, 10 Uitklophoue) and Madera (12-0-2, 6 Uitklophoue) will meet in an eight-round co-featured bout on the telecast, wat begin by 10 namiddag. ET/PT and is headlined by the return of undefeated super middleweight prospect Ronald Ellis against once-beaten DeAndre Ware.

The Mattice vs. Madera bout was added to the telecast after unbeaten 140-pound prospect Logan Yoon suffered a knee injury while training to face Richard Zamora.

Mattice, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, returns for his fourth bout on the prospect developmental series. In his last fight, the 28-year-old fought to a split-draw in an immediate rematch with Zhora Hamazaryan on September 28 opShoBox. Mattice had edged Hamazaryan in a controversial split-decision in July and granted his opponent an immediate rematch. Prior to his first bout with Hamazaryan, Mattice had won six consecutive bouts via knockout.

The 28-year-old Madera is a native of Albany, N.Y.. and was a three-time New York Golden Gloves Champion. In his toughest test to date, Madera fought to a draw with then-unbeaten Wesley Ferrer in 2017. Madera, who comes forward and presses the action, will face yet another undefeated opponent in Mattice in his national television debut.

In die opening bout van die beeldsending, former No. 1-ranked U.S. amateur Abraham Nova (14-0, 10 Uitklophoue) will face fellow-unbeaten Oluwaseun Joshua Wahab (16-0, 10 Uitklophoue), van Ghana, in an eight-round super featherweight bout.

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OorShoBox: Die nuwe generasie

Sedert sy ontstaan ​​in Julie 2001, die krities bekroonde Showtime boks reeks, ShoBox: Die nuwe generasie featured jong talent wat ooreenstem taai. DieShoBox filosofie is om die beeldradio opwindende, skare-verblydend en mededingende wedstryde, terwyl die verskaffing van 'n bewys grond vir gewillig vooruitsigte vasbeslote om te veg vir 'n wêreld titel. Sommige van die groeiende lys van die 79 vegters wat verskyn opShoBox en gevorderde wêreld titels te skuur sluit: Errol Spence Jr., Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Gary Russell Jr., Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams and more.

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