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Doubleheader of World Title Fights Featured on
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING
(11 p.m. THIAB/8 p.m. PT)
MASHANTUCKET, I (Plaub Hlis Ntuj 11, 2016) – A stacked undercard of action featuring former world champion “Phem” Chad Dawson (33-4, 18 Kos), featherweight contender Ryan Kielczweski (24-1, 7 Kos) and undefeated prospects Antonio Russell (5-0, 4 Kos) thiab Carlos Gongora (4-0, 3 Kos) los mus rau Foxwoods Resort Twv txiaj yuam pov nyob rau hauv Mashantucket, I., rau Saturday, Plaub Hlis Ntuj 16.
The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader of world title fights: Qhov Featherweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib Gary Russell Jr. battles Ireland’s Patrick “Lub Punisher” Hyland and IBF Junior Lightweight World Champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza takes on top contender Stephen “Swifty” Smith from the UK, nrog uas tawm hauv TV kev pab them nqi pib nyob rau Showtime ntawm 11 p.m. THIAB/8 p.m. PT.
Dawson will face the veteran Cornelius White (23-4, 17 Kos) nyob rau hauv ib tug 10-round lub teeb heavyweight bout, Kielczweski enters the ring for eight rounds of featherweight action, Gongora competes in a super middleweight attraction while Russell takes on Leonardo Reyes (3-9, 1 KO) in a bantamweight fight.
Also entering the ring is popular super bantamweight contender Shelley Vincent (16-0, 1 KO) out of Providence, RI., who will have plenty of support behind her when she takes on New Mexico’s Elizabeth Anderson (4-7, 1 KO) nyob rau hauv ib tug rau-round sib ntau sib tw.
Rounding out the action are a pair of prospects making their pro debuts as Providence’s Anthony Marsella Jr. fights in a four-round junior welterweight match and Connecticut’s Mykquan Williams in a four-round welterweight contest. Williams is a highly touted local prospect who fought to a 45-13 amateur record including three gold medal performances at the Ringside World Tournament.
Ib tug qub lub ntiaj teb champion ntawm lub teeb heavyweight, Dawson returns to the ring looking for the 34th yeej ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm zoo. Lub 33-xyoo-laus twg yeej tshaj yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no champions Bernard Hopkins, Antonio Tarver and Tomasz Ademek and most recently defeated Shujaa El Amin in December 2015. The veteran owns a 17-1 record in fights in his home state of Connecticut. He takes on the veteran White out of Houston who picked up victories in his last two starts over Marcus Oliveira and William Johnson.
Ib tug khiav-up nyob rau hauv lub 2008 Lub teb chaws Golden hnab looj tes kev sib tw, lub 25-xyoo-laus Kielczweski has become a staple fighting in his native New England. Yug thiab tsa nyob rau hauv Quincy, Loj., he bounced back from his first defeat to deliver a first-round knockout over Anthony Napunyi in May 2015 and followed that up with a victory over veteran contender Rafael Vazquez in October of last year. During this camp, Kielczweski served as a chief sparring partner of the 126-pound champion Russell Jr.
Twice a National Golden Gloves runner up, Russell won the national championship in 2013 and he now looks to follow in the footsteps of his older brother and current 126-pound world champion Gary. A 23-year-old fighting out of Washington, D.C., Antonio has won four of his five fights inside of the distance. He faces the 22-year-old Mexican Reyes.
Fighting out of Brooklyn but originally from Esmereldas, Ecuador, Gongora was an Olympian in 2008 thiab 2012. Txij li thaum tig pro nyob rau hauv 2015, the 26-year-old has picked up four victories, including a fourth-round stoppage of Derrick Adkins in his most recent triumph in January.
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