Mattice-Madera Added To Three-Fight Telecast After Logan Yoon Suffers Injury While Training
NEW YORK - január 28, 2019 – Undefeated lightweights Thomas Mattice and Will Madera will face off in the new co-feature of this Friday’s ShoBox: Nová generácia tripleheader live on SHOWTIME from Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York.
Mattice (13-0-1, 10 KO) and Madera (12-0-2, 6 KO) will meet in an eight-round co-featured bout on the telecast, ktorý začína v 10 p.m. 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 naShoBox. 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, New York. 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.
V úvodnom zápase na televízne vysielanie, former No. 1-ranked U.S. amateur Abraham Nova (14-0, 10 KO) will face fellow-unbeaten Oluwaseun Joshua Wahab (16-0, 10 KO), Ghana, in an eight-round super featherweight bout.
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