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Unbeaten Polish Heavyweight Adam Kownacki Faces Massachusetts’ Jesse Barboza While Undefeated Rising Star Heather Hardy Battles Colorado’s Kirstie SimmonsIS-SIBT fi Barclays Center fi Brooklyn
Aktar! Puerto Rican Prospect Nicklaus Flaz Added to Stacked Undercard
BROOKLYN (Ġunju 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 “Il Sħana” Hardy (16-0, 4 Kos) takes on Colorado’s Kirstie Simmons (8-1, 2 Kos) in an eight-round contest on IS-SIBT, Ġunju 25minn Barclays Center.
Il Ġunju 25 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP boxing® on CBS event, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, is headlined by the world title fight between defending world champion Keith Thurman u eks champion Shawn Porter. Kopertura televiżjoni jibda fil 9 p.m. U/6 p.m. PT. The live telecast will open with an exciting battle between undefeated super welterweight prospects Jarrett Hurd u 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 tal Nicklaus Flaz, in a four-round junior middleweight battle against Brooklyn’s Mack Babb.
Completed matchups that were previously announced include fast-rising prospect David Benavidez (14-0, 13 Kos) tieħu fuq Francy Ntetu (16-0, 3 Kos) in an eight-round light heavyweight bout and unbeaten junior welterweight Regis Prograis (17-0, 14 Kos) versus Luis Eduardo Flores (21-3, 17 Kos) fi bout 10-round.
Biljetti għall-avveniment live, li huwa promoss permezz DiBella Entertainment, tibda fil $49 u huma fuq bejgħ issa. Biljetti jistgħu jinxtraw onlajn billi żżur www.ticketmaster.com, www.barclayscenter.com jew billi ċċempel 1-800-745-3000. Biljetti huma wkoll disponibbli fl-Uffiċċju Box American Express fil Barclays Center. Iskontijiet grupp huma disponibbli billi ċċempel 844-Bklyn-GP. A popular Brooklyn fighter who competed in Barclays Center’s first-ever professional female boxing match, Hardy saret staple fil-arena peress. Fuq Ġunju 25, she will be making her seventh appearance at Barclays Center. A ftit aktar minn sentejn wara l-debutt pro tagħha, Hardy rebaħ ċinturin titolu internazzjonali fid-diviżjoni bantamweight super f'Ottubru 2014. Fl 2015, she defeated Noemi Bosques and Renata Domsodi twice. In her lone 2016 ġlieda, 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, Polonja, 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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