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Nico Hernandez
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PARK CITY, KANSAS (Octobre 23, 2017) – 2016 médaillé de bronze olympique Nico Hernandez will be fighting for his first professional title on Samedi, Décembre 2, when he takes on Hungarian invaderJozsef “Petit rouge” Ajtai in the eight-round main event for the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Flyweight Championship, tête d'affiche “KO Night Boxing: Or & Gloire” à Hartman Arena à Park City, Kansas.
“KO Night Boxing: Or & Gloire” est une présentation de KO Night Boxing LLC., en association avec Hartman Arena, et parrainé en partie par Twister Ville Harley-Davidson Metro PCS, Cigar Bar Mort et Jimmy Egg.
L'action sera enregistrée en direct pour l'avenir sur le réseau diffusion CBS Sports.
The 21-year-old Hernandez (3-0, 2 KOs), combats de Wichita, will be fighting in a scheduled eight-round bout for the first time. His three pro fights to date were all scheduled for six rounds and each was held in Kansas, the last two in his second home, Arena Hartman.
In his last fight this past September 23e, Hernandez was forced to fight late replacement Kendrick “Uprising” Latchman who outweighed the celebrated American Olympian by more than 10 livres. Hernandez won a six-round unanimous decision by scores of 60-54 et 59-55 deux fois.
Despite being younger than Hernandez by almost a year to the day, Ajtai (19-9, 12 KOs) has already had 28 combats professionnels, including a full 10-round distance loss by decision last year to two-time Olympic gold medalist Shiming Zou, l'ancien World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion poids mouche du monde.
“By far, Nico is fighting the toughest opponent of his pro career,” Hernandez’ organisateur John Andersen (“KO Night Boxing LLC) dit. “Ajtai has much more experience as a pro than Nico, plus he went the distance against a two-time Olympic gold medalist, Zou. Ajtai is a busy fighter with a good knockout ratio (63%). This fight is going to tell us a lot about Nico, especially his power at 112 livres.
“Nico fighting for a title in only his fourth pro fight proves that all our hard efforts of KO Night Boxing and Team Nico has paid off quickly and we’re grateful that the IBA has given him this great opportunity. I didn’t realize the high quality of champions the IBA has had in the past and we’re proud that Nico can someday join this group. In the flyweight division, Nico may enter world title fight shot discussions earlier than I had originally thought, which was in his third year as a pro. An impressive performance against Ajtai could position him for a world title fight next year with less than 10 fights under his belt.”
“We’re excited to have an American Olympian fighting for our first Americas title,” IBA PresidentJ.C. Courrèges ajoutée. “Nico Hernandez is an Olympic bronze medalist and we’re hopeful that he will develop into an IBA world champion in the not too distant future. His amateur pedigree speaks for itself and we’re very happy to have this young man fighting for the IBA Americas title.”
IBA world champions during the past quarter-century include Hall-of-Famers Oscar de la Hoya,George Foreman, Roberto Duran et Arturo Gatti, ainsi que des stars telles que Roy Jones, Jr.,Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosely, James Toney, Mikkel Kessler, Eric Morales, Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Glen Johnson et Antonio Tarver.
D'autres combats sur le “Or & Gloire” card will soon be announced. Tous les combats et les combattants sont sujets à changement.
Ceci est un spectacle pour tous les âges. Les portes ouvrent à 5:00 p.m. CT avec le combat d'ouverture prévue à 6:00 p.m. CT.
INFORMATIONS:
Gazouillement: @KONightBoxing, @IBABoxing
Facebook: /NeonStar, /IBABoxing
Suivez @Nicomhernandez sur Twitter et Instagram
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