Unbeaten Maravillabox Promotions’ Prospect Jon Fernandez To Face Juan Reyes; Hidup Pada SHOWTIME^® From Turning Stone Resort Casino In Verona, N.Y..

2017 Hall of Fame Inductees Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood To Be Joined By Fellow Hall of Famers Al Bernstein and Jimmy Lennon Jr.

NEW YORK (Bulan Juni 2, 2017) – SHOWTIME Sports^® has announced undefeated Maravillabox Promotions’ prospect Jon Fernandez will meet super featherweight Juan Reyes in an eight-round matchup in the opening bout of ShoBox: Generasi Baru Hari Jumat, Bulan Juni 9, hidup di SHOWTIME (10:30 p.m. DAN/PT), dari Turning Stone Resort Casino di Verona, N.Y..

 

The addition of Sergio Martinez’s protégé, Jon “Jonfer” Fernandez, (12-0, 10 Biaya), in a 130-pound scrap against Juan “Pochito” Reyes (14-3-3, 2 KO) upgrades the previously announced ShoBox to a tripleheader.

 

Kartu, which takes place during the 2017 Hall of Fame Weekend where longtime ShoBox analysts Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, features undefeated super lightweights Regis “Rougarou” Prograis (19-0, 16 Biaya) dan Joel Diaz Jr. (23-0, 19 Biaya) di acara utama 10-round. The winner will be thrust from talented prospect to legitimate contender. Both fighters have developed on the series—this will be Prograis’ fourth start and Diaz’s third.

 

Dalam co-fitur, Steve Rolls kelas menengah super Kanada yang tak terkalahkan (15-0, 9 Biaya) membuat start keduanya pada ShoBoxketika dia menghadapi Demond Nicholson yang berbahaya (17-1-1, 16 Biaya) dalam delapan putaran pertarungan.

 

Tiket untuk acara, dipromosikan bersama oleh DiBella Entertainment (DBE) dan Pemecah Rekor AASHA, adalah harga di $65 for ringside, $50, $40 dan $30 (dapat dikenakan biaya tambahan) dan tersedia di Turning Stone Box Office, dengan menelepon 877-833-SHOW, atau online di Ticketmaster.com. Pintu akan terbuka di 6:30 p.m., dengan pertarungan pertama dijadwalkan untuk 7:30 p.m.

 

“This is another big opportunity for me to show everybody that I am one of the best super featherweights in the world,” said Fernandez, who will fight for just the third time in the United States. “The fight against Garza was an amazing experience and I was happy to give the audience in the U.S. such an exciting performance.

 

“In my last fight, I won the Spanish title, something that I am very proud to have achieved, now I will travel back to the U.S. to face anybody that my promoter puts in front of me. I am very confident in my skills and my team is doing great work with my career.”

 

“This is the opportunity I have been waiting for my entire career,” kata Reyes. “I make real wars out of my fights because that is my style and it works for me. Jon Fernandez will have his hands full because I am coming to win.”

 

“I want to thank to Lou DiBella and SHOWTIME for another great opportunity for Jon Fernández,” said Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, promoter and former unified middleweight world champion. “Jonfer is a talented and hard-working young man that will archive great things. He’s destined for greatness.”

 

“With his potential and work ethic, I have no doubt he’ll be a world champion one day. I will take it a step further and say that he will become next pound-for-pound champion. He is ready to win this fight by knockout and call out the top names in his weight class.”

 

The 21-year old Fernandez is coming off of a second-round TKO victory versus previously unbeaten Ismael Garcia to seize the Spanish 130-pound title in his hometown of Bilbao, País Vasco, Spanyol, pada tanggal Bulan April 21. In his last stateside appearance on Feb.10 tahun ini, Fernandez made his ShoBox debut with an impressive third-round knockout against formerly once-beaten Ernesto Garza in Miami, Okla.

 

Reyes is a 27-year-old from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Meksiko, now training out of Bell Gardens, Kalif. He will be making hisShoBox and New York debut—he has never fought outside of Southern California. Reyes’ last two fights resulted in unanimous decision wins as he beat Miguel Angel Mendoza on Bulan Maret 3 of this year and Cesar Villarraga in October 2016.

 

Rekan Hall of Famers Al Bernstein dan Jimmy Lennon Jr. akan bergabung dengan siaran Farhood dan Tompkins selama edisi khusus Hall of Fame dari seri berorientasi prospek. Lennon Jr. kembali ke Canasota untuk induksi anumerta ayahnya, world-renowned ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Sr.

Tompkins akan memanggil ShoBox aksi dari ringside dengan Farhood dan mantan juara dunia Raul Marquez menjabat sebagai analis ahli. The executive producer is Gordon Hall with Rich Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.

 

Tompkins and Farhood will be inducted in the “Observer” category pada hari Minggu sebagai bagian dari 2017 kelas yang dipimpin oleh petinju hebat Evander Holyfield, Marco Antonio Barrera dan Johnny Tapia.

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