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Nico Hernandez
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Park City, KANSAS (Oktoba 23, 2017) – 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez will be fighting for his first professional title on Asabar, Disamba 2, when he takes on Hungarian invaderJozsef “little Red” Ajtai in the eight-round main event for the vacant International Boxing Association (Iba) Flyweight Championship, headlining “KO Night dambe: Gold & Tsarki ya tabbata” a Hartman Arena a Park City, Kansas.
“KO Night dambe: Gold & Tsarki ya tabbata” ne a gabatar da KO Night dambe LLC., a cikin tarayya, tare da Hartman Arena, kuma] auki nauyin a bangare ta Twister City Kawasaki-Davidson Metro inji mai kwakwalwa, Mort’s Cigar Bar da kuma Jimmy Egg.
A mataki za a taped live domin nan gaba airing a kan CBS Sports hanyar sadarwa.
The 21-year-old Hernandez (3-0, 2 Kos), yaki daga 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, Hartman Arena.
In his last fight this past September 23RD, Hernandez was forced to fight late replacement Kendrick “Uprising” Latchman who outweighed the celebrated American Olympian by more than 10 fam. Hernandez won a six-round unanimous decision by scores of 60-54 da kuma 59-55 sau biyu.
Despite being younger than Hernandez by almost a year to the day, Ajtai (19-9, 12 Kos) has already had 28 pro ta faɗa, including a full 10-round distance loss by decision last year to two-time Olympic gold medalist Shiming Zou, tsohon Duniya dambe Organization (WBO) flyweight zakaran duniya.
“By far, Nico is fighting the toughest opponent of his pro career,” Hernandez’ mai kiran kasuwa John Andersen (“KO Night Boxing LLC) ya ce. “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 fam.
“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. Courreges kara da cewa. “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 da kuma Arturo Gatti, as well as stars such as Roy Jones, Jr.,Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosely, James Toney, Mikkel Kessler, Eric Morales, Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Glen Johnson da kuma Antonio Tarver.
Other fights on the “Gold & Tsarki ya tabbata” card will soon be announced. Duk ta faɗa da mayakan ne batun canjin.
Wannan sigar duk-daban nuna. Doors bude a 5:00 p.m. CT tare da bude fadan shirya a 6:00 p.m. CT.
BAYANIN:
Twitter: @KONightBoxing, @IBABoxing
Facebook: /NeonStar, /IBABoxing
Bi @Nicomhernandez a kan Twitter kuma Instagram
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