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LIVE FROM BARCLAYS CENTER
BEGINNING AT 9:00 P.M. E/6:00 P.M. PT
Máis, Undercard Action Featuring
Staten Island’s 2012 Olympian Marcus Browne Battling Cornelius White
& Brooklyn’s Heather Hardy Facing Noemi Bosques
BROOKLYN (Maio 21, 2015) – An electric showdown between Javier Fortuna (27-0-1, 20 Kos) e Bryan Vasquez (35-1, 18 Kos) will open up the Premier Boxeo League en Espigão telecast taking place Venres, Maio 29 no Barclays Centro.
The 12-round junior lightweight bout between Fortuna and Vasquez will lead into the highly anticipated contest between former world champions Amir Khan e Chris Algieri. The Spike telecast begins at 9 p.m. E/6 p.m. PT.
Undercard action will also feature a slew of exciting local prospects competing in tough fights. 2012 U.S. Olímpico “Señor” Marcus Browne (14-0, 11 Kos) of Staten Island will take on the experienced Cornelius White (21-2, 16 Kos) nunha 10 round light heavyweight bout while Urce “The Heat” Ousado (12-0, 2 Kos) rostros Bosques Noemi (8-2-2) in eight rounds of featherweight action.
Also on the card are Wesley Ferrer (8-0, 5 Kos) asumindo Jose Miguel Castro (4-2, 2 Kos) in a six round lightweight attraction, Noel Murphy (1-0) batalhando Michael Black(0-1) in four rounds of welterweight action, Adam Kownacki (9-0, 9 Kos) peitando Ytalo Perea (5-1-1, 3 Kos) in an eight round heavyweight fight and the eight round cruiserweight battle between Keith Tapia (14-0, 9 Kos) e Leo Pla (5-4-2, 2 Kos).
Rounding out the action is the professional debut of Chris Colbert mentres loita Marquis Pierce (1-5) in a four round featherweight bout and Luis Franco (12-1-1, 8 Kos) asumindo Guillermo Sanchez (15-15-1, 6 Kos).
Os ingresos para o evento en directo, promoted by DiBella Entertainment and Star Boxing, custa $250, $150, $75, e $45, non incluíndo encargos de servizo aplicables e os impostos, e xa están á venda. Os billetes están dispoñibles no www.barclayscenter.com, www.ticketmaster.com e na taquilla American Express no Barclays Centro. Para cargar por teléfono, chame a Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000. Para billetes de grupo, por favor, chame 800-GROUP-BK.
An amateur standout who participated in the first Pan American Junior Championships in 2003, a 25-year-old Fortuna (27-0-1, 20 Kos) owns victories over Abner Cotto, Miguel e Patrick Hyland Zamudio. The undefeated rising star out of La Romana, Dominican Republic holds four knockouts over his last six fights as he looks to put on another great show on Maio 29.
The 27-year-old Vasquez (35-1, 18 Kos) is quickly becoming known as the preeminent pugilist from Costa Rica. The San Jose-native is the winner of his last five fights, including a stoppage of Sergio Thompson in Dec. 2014. Vasquez does not shy from any competition and will not back down when he faces his toughest test to date in Javier Fortuna on Spike TV.
As he approaches his record ninth appearance at Barclays Center, o 2012 U.S. Olímpico Browne (13-0, 10 Kos) está facendo sinónimo de máis nova meca do boxeo. Invicto como profesional, with six knockouts at Barclays Center, o nativo de Staten Island mostrou o que el ama loitar no seu curro, most recently scoring a sixth round stoppage over Aaron Pryor Jr. at Barclays Center in April. The 24-year-old faces the 34-year-old White (21-3, 16 Kos) from Houston.
Xa o gañador do primeiro absoluto profesional loita de boxeo feminino no Barclays Centro,Ousado (12-0, 2 Kos) retorna en Maio 29 looking to bounce back from a frustrating no contest on Abril 11. Súa vitoria anterior do Barclays Centro veu en xuño 2014 cando ela gañou unha decisión dividida sobre Jackie Trivilino. Her most recent victory was a dominant unanimous decision against Elizabeth Anderson in December 2014. Ela mira para manter ese impulso suceder Maio 29 when she faces the 32-year-old Bosques out of Saint Petersburg, Florida.
An accomplished amateur out of Brooklyn, Ferrer owns a 2012 New York Amateur Boxing Championship and a 2013 New York Daily News Golden Gloves Championship. The 22-year-old has already won twice in 2015, scoring a second round TKO over Bryan Timmons in April. He prepares to face the 27-year-old Castro out of Carolina, Puerto Rico.
A 20-year-old prospect out of Woodlawn, Nova York, Murphy turned pro in November of last year with a unanimous decision over Anthony Smith. He returns to the ring on Maio 29para loitar Black out of Las Vegas.
Originally from Lomza, Polonia, pero loitando fóra de Brooklyn, Kownacki é un 2006 e 2009 New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champion. The 26-year-old delivered a first round knockout in April over Randy Easton and returns to the ring in his adopted hometown looking for his 10th professional victory. He faces the 21-year-old 2012 Olímpico Pereafrom Ecuador.
An undefeated prospect from Santurce, Puerto Rico, Tapia aims to build on his previous two outings, which both ended in first round knockouts. The 24-year-old will battle with the 33-year-old Pla de Wichita, Kansas.
Making his professional debut on Maio 29, Brooklyn propia Colbert will face off against the 25-year-old Pierce out of Newark, New Jersey.
An accomplished amateur who represented Cuba in the 2004 Xogos Olímpicos, Franco won a Junior World Championship in 2003. The 33-year-old, who now fights out of Miami, will take on the 26-year-old Sánchez out of Buffalo, Nova York.
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