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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsSetu ing Barclays Center ing Brooklyn
Liyane! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Juni 21, 2016) – The stacked undercard for the highly anticipated Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter welterweight showdown is complete and will feature a pair of popular Brooklyn fighters as heavyweight Adam Kownacki (13-0, 10 KOs) battles hard-hitting Jesse Barboza (11-1-1, 7 KOs) in an eight-round bout while crowd-pleasing featherweight Heather “Ing Kalor” Hardy (16-0, 4 KOs) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 KOs) in an eight-round contest on Setu, Juni 25saka Barclays Center.
Ing Juni 25 BANDILA juara boxing® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman lan mantan juara Shawn Porter. Jangkoan televisi wiwit ing 9 P.M. Lan/6 P.M. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd lan Oscar Molina.
Additional undercard action features unbeaten prospect Jonathan Alonso taking on Los Angeles native Brian Jones in a junior welterweight match, Bronx native Josue Vargas opposing Oklahoma’s David Nelson in a four-round welterweight bout and a recent addition to the card, Puerto Rico kang Nicklaus Flaz, in a four-round junior middleweight battle against Brooklyn’s Mack Dambekodi.
Completed matchups that were previously announced include fast-rising prospect David Benavidez (14-0, 13 KOs) njupuk ing Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 KOs) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 KOs) mungsuh Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 KOs) ing 10-babak bab.
Tiket acara urip, kang disedhiyakake dening DiBella Hiburan, miwiti ing $49 lan ing sale saiki. Tiket bisa dituku online kanthi ngunjungi www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com utawa dening nelpon 1-800-745-3000. Tiket uga kasedhiya ing Box Office American Express ing Barclays Center. Discounts Group kasedhiya dening nelpon 844-BKLYN-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy wis dadi pokok ing ajang wiwit. On Juni 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. A little liwat rong taun sasampuning debut pro dheweke, Hardy menang lan sabuk gelar ing divisi super bantamweight in October 2014. Ing 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 perang, she stopped Anna Donatella Hultin in the fourth round. She will be opposed by Aurora, Colorado’s Simmons who has won nine fights in a row after losing her pro debut.
A two-time New York Golden Gloves champion, Kownacki had a big 2015, notching four victories including knockouts of Maurenzo Smith and Randy Easton. Born in Lomza, Poland, the 26-year-old now calls Brooklyn home. His 2016 campaign began in January at Barclays Center when he defeated Danny Kelly in front of a raucous Polish crowd. He will take on Barboza out of Hyannis, Massachusetts. The 29-year-old Barboza was a three-time New England Heavyweight Golden Gloves champion.
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