NABF mā whitu Tuhinga JOSEPH Diaz JR. VU. Jayson Vélez

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Showdowns whakaritea FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 26

AT Oracle Arena I Oakland, California

Teata LIVE ON HBO®

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Credit Photo: Roc Nation Sports / Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos

Jonathan, Pērā i (March 23, 2015) - I te Rātū, March 22, Rua-Time World Champion me runga-tauanga toa pauna-no-pauna Andre Ward (28-0, 15 Koó) me te tau kotahi tauanga IBF nguha taumahamaha marama Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Koó) whai wāhi i roto i te tūmomo pāpāho i Faleva'inga o Kingi i roto i Oakland, California i roto i te mua o to ratou March 26 whawhai i Oracle Arena i Oakland. ka whakatau Ward ko Barrera i maha IBF 12-a tawhio kotahi tūranga me eliminator tūranga whakahauanga a'ee teata ora i runga i HBO World Championship Boxing® timata i 9:45 p.m. AND/PT. NABF mā whitu Champion Hohepa "Jojo" Diaz Jr. (19-0, 11 Koó) a runga-tauanga nguha mā whitu Jayson "Star" Vélez (23-1-1, 16 Koó) i hoki i roto i te haereraa i roto i te tūmomo mua o to ratou 10-a tawhio noa NABF mā whitu whawhai taitara e ka whakatuwhera ake i te telecast HBO.

 

I muri ahau nei i roto i te whakakai me he torutoru rauna i runga i te peke pahaki, whai wāhi whawhai e wha katoa i roto i ngā uiuinga ki te mau melo o te pāpāho i roto i te haereraa i. Super Bowl Champion me Oakland Māori Marshawn Lynch, he tautoko Andre Ward kaingākau, hanga he ahua motuhake i roto i te tūmomo i tautoko o Ward.

 

Kei raro ko te aha te whawhai i ki te mea i roto i te īngoa pāpāho whakamutunga:

 

Andre Ward, Rua-Time World Champion me runga-tauanga toa pauna-no-pauna:

"Ite ahau pai, me te rite ki te haere ahau. Au tae rawa ahau i te wa e tika. Ahau oaoa noa ki te tiki i te reira i runga i Rāhoroipo.

 

"Whakamahia ahau ki te pei e Oracle Arena i runga i 880 rite te koati i runga i toku ara ki a Faleva'inga a Kingi me miharo ki taea meinga e ahau te reira i reira tetahi ra, me te [kaiwhakangungu] Virgil [Hunter] whakamahia ki te mea ki te māia, 'E haere koe ki te kupu matua ki reira.' I ka ahau pakeke, whakamahia ahau ki te haere ki etahi o nga kāri hoatu ki runga ki i roto i te ao. Ko ahau tonu he runaruna me tika ahau e moemoea. mea i muri e matau koutou, i roto i te 2009, Ko ahau i roto i te whawhai totohu kaukau ranei ki Edison Miranda. Ki te riro ahau, i reira ko pea he tupono pai e e whiwhi ahau i te pere taitara me te toenga he hītori. Tenei e ano matou, te reira toku 7^th wā i Oracle me te reira tonu he manaaki.

 

"Ko reira te wa tika ki te neke ki te taumahamaha marama. Ko te he huinga o kahore he te takatu tika ki te whawhai takatu ranei kihai i e hiahia ana ki te whawhai ki ahau. e hiahia ana ahau ki te kia nui. Ko nga momo o nekehanga whai koe ki te hanga i enei. ahau he ākonga o te hākinakina me te ina ako ahau i te hākinakina, Ko tenei te mea i mahi tonu greats. neke ana ratou ake. Nga mea nui kitea he ara ki te kia meatia reira ka hiahia ahau ki te kia i roto i taua aparauraa.

 

"Ko Barrera he tinana nui. te ia māia. Mea ki te riro i te puncher pai. kihai matou i kohia ia no te mea te ia he pa ngohengohe. tangohia matou ia no te mea i haere ia ki te tiki rite ahau, ka whakaatu i ahau te mea katoa tenei akomanga taimaha e pā ana ki. Ki te titiro koe i toku mahi, i reira te he wahi mo te rangi-ups e kore i ahau i te rota o te. e hiahia ana koe ki te whawhai i te pai, a, ki te kahore koutou e whawhai i te pai, e hiahia ana koe ki te whawhai ki te maha kotahi nguha. E te aha e tatou te mahi.

 

"Whakaaro ahau ahau tipu ahau ki te toa tōtika. Au neke ahau, ina whai ahau ki te neke. whakaaro ahau e te te ataahua o tetahi kaipara e kore e kino i tona tinana, me te tino e tona mahi tino. kua kite ahau i te tahi mau tuhinga e kereme ngaro ahau toku pirimia. te reira haurangi ki ahau. ite ahau e ahau kia rite ki te pai rite ahau kua tonu kua. Kua ahau i roto i te omaoma mekemeke, kahore nui o te whati mo te mua 20 tau. Ua haamauruuru ahau toku roro mo te rua tau e whakamutunga. Ua haamauruuru ahau toku tinana. rua tetahi tau ai homai te reira i ahau i roto i toku mahi.

 

"E e ahau ki te kia tika ahau. Ko wai ahau he nui. e kore ahau e whai ki te whakaatu ake i mo Kovalev i te mano i runga i Rāhoroipo. Tatou noa i ki te whakatinana i te mahere kēmu. whakaaro ahau e te haere ki te tuku i te karere ngā mahara te reira ki te tukua a ki te kahore e te reira, na e tika ia [Kovalev] te tiki i te karere ka whawhai tatou.

 

"Ki te kore ahau e riro tenei whawhai, i reira te kahore iho te ara. Ki te kore ahau e riro tenei whawhai, e kore ahau i te tikanga ki te whawhai mo te taitara. Ko te te mooni o toku āhuatanga.

 

"E kore kua Barrera whawhai he taata rite ahau i te aroaro o, kia taea e ratou te kōrero i te kēmu pai. Ka taea e ratou te nuinga i te kupu matua ārahi ake ki te whawhai. Ka taea e ratou te mea i te mea patipati katoa e hiahia ana ratou ki te mea. hinaaro noa tatou ki te nuinga i te matua Rātapu ata i muri i te mea i runga i te whawhai. E te aha ahau arotahi ki runga i ahau. "

 

Sullivan Barrera, Tau kotahi tauanga nguha taumahamaha marama IBF:

"Au kaha rawa Ward ahau. E ahau te papamuri Cuban ka ako ahau te rota o te pūkenga ki reira. Neke atu i te tetahi mea, te faaotiraa ki te hinga tetahi i roto i mua o ahau e tauturu i te hinga ahau Ward i runga i March 26.

 

"Kia ahau i roto i te whakakai, te reira i toku whare.

 

"He mea katoa Ward, ka whakarite ahau ki a reira, ka taea te reira.

 

"E e ahau e rua ringa. He ia e rua ringa. E ahau he mahi ki te mahi i runga i March 26.

 

"E mohio ana ahau Ward ko Kovalev e te tino tino faatura a hanga ana e ratou he rota o te moni, me te rota o te pānga, heoi kahore ratou e mohio ki te mea Sullivan Barrera Ko te ahei o te mahi. ka whakamatau ahau e i runga i Rāhoroi.

 

"E kore au tino ahau he taata e kua ki te titiro hoki te knockout. Oku pūkenga mekemeke korero hoki ratou. Kua whawhai ahau Andre Ward me te whawhai ki konei i roto i Oakland, na e kore ahau e whakaaro ka he whakatau utu i roto i toku manako.

 

"Ki nga pā katoa, tautautefito nga pā Cuban e kua tautoko ahau pai mohio e haere mai Rāhoroi, e haere ana ahau ki te mahi i whai ahau ki te mahi i ki mai i roto i te wikitoria mea katoa. "

JOSEPH Diaz JR., NABF mā whitu Champion:

"E kore e taea e ahau e mahara ki ta Jayson i ki Ronny Rios i tenei whawhai. kua ka ahau ki te haere i roto i reira, whakamatautau ia ia i roto i, me te whakarite ina ahau i roto i te whakakai.

 

"Ki te he hakari te faingamālie ano te wahi e ngā tukino ia me kite ahau e teimaha e oku nifó ia, Na o akoranga haere ahau ki te tiki i roto i reira, kia pukuriri, me te kia tangohia e ahau ia i roto i rite wawe rite taea.

 

"Mohio ahau whiwhi i runga i te roto, tapahia ana te whakakai me tango te reira ki te tinana e tika ana atu e pakaru ia ia ki raro. te e haere ki te hanga ia e kore e neke rite nui, a muri i runga i roto i rauna taea ahau whenua whiu nanakia ki te matenga. Kei te haere ahau ki te tango i te reira ki te tinana e tika ana atu.

 

"Hinengaro ahau 100% rite. Ko te atamira nui i roto i toku mahi i tenei, na au hinengaro arotahi ahau. Ahau pai rite. Ahau ite rite tenei te te taime i tatari ahau mo katoa toku ora katoa. ite ahau rite ahau rite mo tenei, a e kore e taea e ahau e tatari mo March 26. whakangungua ahau rawa pakeke hoki tenei whawhai, me ahau pai rite hoki reira.

 

"Hinaaro tino e ahau ki te hanga i te tenei whawhai tauākī. e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakaatu i te ao e taea e Hohepa Diaz e te mea nui i muri i roto i te mekemeke, na ako'i ahau rawa uaua ki te hoatu i runga i te whawhai nui mo nga pā whawhai, kia tino pukuriri, me te hanga i te reira te whawhai i roto i reira. Te ti'aturi nei ahau e Jayson Vélez he 110% rite no te mea ahau e hiahia ana ia ki te hei i tona pai.

 

"Ki te riro ahau i tenei whawhai, me te hanga i te tauākī, whakaaro ahau e taea e ahau te neke ki te tūnga nguha, me te tūmanako te tiki i te taitara te ao koperea e te mutunga o tenei tau. e hiahia ana ahau ki te whawhai hoariri uaua tenei tau no te hinaaro e ahau ki te whakaatu i te ao nei ko ahau.

 

"Ite ahau ano he kararehe, ina manga ahau ki te whakakai me e taea kite ahau i te reira i roto i te mākutu. Taime atoa au ū ahau whiu whai hua, Ka taea e ahau e korero ki e ahau pupuri ahau toku hoa tauwhainga. "

Jayson Vélez, Top-rated nguha mā whitu:

"I toku taumata, nga taata Ko te nguha runga. E ahau ki te whakangungu uaua me te whakapai ake i toku korero. Kua mahi ahau i runga i taua.

 

"Ki te kite koe i toku whakamutunga e toru ranei e wha whawhai, ka kite koe e kua e ahau i tūtahi i o rauna te tokorua tuatahi, me te ka e ahau te rere i roto i te hau, Kua mahi ahau i runga i toku haamahu kia kore e e tupu i runga i March 26.

 

"Kua kite ahau i whawhai a Diaz. Kua sparred tatou o nga wa he tokorua. ngā ka ia tere. ngā ka ia he matekai. te reira tana tuatahi HBO, na tino ngā kipakipa ia, engari na ko ahau. Te haere ki te waiho i te whawhai nui.

 

"E hiahia ana ahau ki te hei toa o te kupu. e mohio ana ahau e hiahia ana ia i te reira rawa. I te Rāhoroi, ka mohio tatou ko wai te hinaaro te reira atu. e hiahia ana matou e rua ki te riro a he whakangungu e rua hoki te wini matou. He whawhai i waenganui i te mana me te tere ko te nui kēmu-ake. Kore ki te whakahua te ia Mexican, me te ahau Puerto Rican. Ka taea e koe te tūmanako he whawhai nui, me te kore te mea kotahi e hiahia ana koe ki te mahue. "

 

 

Ward vs. Barrera, he 12-a tawhio IBF maha kotahi tūranga me eliminator tūranga whakahauanga aroaro nei e Roc Nation Sports i roto i te rōpū ki te Events Main, e wahi Rāhoroi, March 26, 2016 i Oracle Arena i Oakland, California. The event is sponsored by Corona Extra, Ticketmaster, Whakahaere Travel Rangatōpū Solutions (CTMS), koa, toronga, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace, Te Waterfront Hotel ko Tirohia Oakland. Ka te hui e teata ora i runga i HBO World Championship Mekemeke timatanga i 9:45 p.m. AND/PT. Te whakatuwhera i te telecast HBO ka Hohepa Diaz Jr. vs. Jayson Vélez i roto i te whawhai 10-a tawhio noa mo te taitara NABF mā te aroaro e te Whakatairanga Boy Golden i roto i te rōpū ki Miguel cotto Whakatairanga.

 

Tickets utu i $300, $150, $100, $50 a $25, e kore tae e wātea ana utu ratonga hāngai, me te takoha i ngā wāhi Ticketmaster katoa, ipurangi i Ticketmaster.com (bit.ly/WardBarreraTix) a tenei i te waea i (800) 745-3000.

 

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ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FIGHTS

FOR ANDRE WARD VS. Sullivan Barrera

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON SATURDAY, MARCH 26

AT Oracle Arena I Oakland, California

WARD VS. BARRERA AND JOSEPH DIAZ JR. VU. JAYSON VELEZ TELEVISED

LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^® BEGINNING AT 9:45 p.m. AND/PT

SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE

IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN BOUTS

NEW YORK, NY (March 14, 2016) – A slate of six non-televised undercard bouts will serve as support when Two-Time World Champion and top-rated pound-for-pound fighter Andre Ward (28-0, 15 Koó) faces undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Koó) in a 12-round IBF number one position and mandatory position eliminator at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, California on March 26. Opening the HBO^® telecast will be Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Jayson Velez in a 10-round fight NABF Featherweight title fight.

 

In addition to the exciting televised lineup, some of boxing’s hottest rising stars will be featured on the non-televised undercard including Roc Nation Sports standouts Maurice Hooker, Daniel Franco, Rudy Puga Jr. a Junior Younan haere ki 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist Zhang Zhilei and local favorite Arona Coley who will all see action on March 26.

 

Roc Nation Sports will bring names from the entertainment world to the event as well, including notable event emcee, SiriusXM/Shade 45 morning show host of Sway in the Morning, Executive Producer and talent for VH1 & MTV and Oakland-native Tiwhaiwhai Calloway, ko wai e mahi rite te ope o te takahanga o te, a hit ariki DJ Franzen, DJ noho i Las Vegas, Hot 97.5 and Drais Nightclub. Sway and Franzen will entertain together throughout the night to keep fans entertained between bouts at Oracle Arena.

Tickets utu i $300, $150, $100, $50 a $25, e kore tae e wātea ana utu ratonga hāngai, me te takoha i ngā wāhi Ticketmaster katoa, ipurangi i Ticketmaster.com (bit.ly/WardBarreraTix) a tenei i te waea i (800) 745-3000.

 

I March 26, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (19-0-2, 14 Koó) risks his unbeaten record against Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas (17-5, 11 Koó) of Barranquilla, Colombia in a ten-round junior welterweight bout. Hooker, rated number seven by the WBO, is coming off of a career-best win on October 17, 2015 against his toughest opponent to date in Ghislain Maduma (17-2, 11 Koó) i Madison Square Garden. Hooker successfully defended his NABO title with the 10-round decision win over Maduma on the undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs. David Lemieux in a fight that was featured on the event’s “freeview” in the United States and streamed online around the world. Buelvas, a former WBA Fedebol champion, has won two of his last three bouts by knockout and fought Humberto Soto for the WBC Silver International Super Lightweight title in 2014, going the 12-round distance before losing a decision to the former World Champion.

 

Born and raised in Oak Cliff, Texas, a rough suburb of Dallas, Hooker found a boxing home at Maple Avenue Boxing Gym by way of an outreach program for at-risk youths. His natural talent was soon noticed resulting in him competing as an amateur, during which time he participated in over 100 whawhai, compiling a record of 97 te whakauru, me te anake 7 parekura, ki 67 victories coming by way of knockout. Hooker turned professional on April 29, 2011, taking on the vastly more experienced Tyrone Chatman (7-1, 5 KO o) at the Orpheum Theater in St. Louis. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 a 38-38, making the fight a split draw. Undeterred, in his next fight on June 24, 2014, Hooker scored his first professional win, knocking out Wilbert Mitchell in the first round at the Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas. Eleven wins (eight by knockout) later, he took on undefeated Abel Ramos (8-0, 4 KO o) i runga i Hānuere 17, 2014 in a bout that was featured on ShoBox from the Cook Convention Center in Memphis. After eight close, hard-fought rounds, the judges saw the fight a draw. Hooker followed the draw with a six-round unanimous decision win over Adrian Rodriguez Garza (8-2, 6 KO o) i runga i April 26 at Fitzgerald’s Casino and Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi. Four consecutive knockout victories would follow before he took on fellow undefeated prospect Eduardo Galindo (10-0-1, 7 KO o) i runga i Pipiri 26, 2015 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas for the vacant NABO Junior Welterweight Championship. “Mighty Mo” did not disappoint his legion of hometown fans who saw him capture the title with a sixth round technical knockout victory.

 

Hailing from Rancho Cucamonga, California, e whawhai i roto i te hotbed mekemeke o Oxnard, tūturu Daniel "Twitch" Franco (12-0-3, 7 KO o) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 Koó) in an eight-round featherweight bout on March 26. Featured for the second time on a Ward undercard, the sharp-boxing Franco will look to improve on his undefeated record against an opponent with literally six times his pro boxing experience. Meraz is only 29 years old but has already logged an amazing 90 professional bouts and has won four of his last six fights by knockout. He has fought current World Champion Juan Carlos Payano, Three-Time U.S. Olympian Rau’shee Warren and highly-touted prospect Gervonta Davis, going the distance with all three.

 

Franco began boxing at the age of eight, tätä i te record amateur o 67-15, toa i te Oxnard PAL Championship i roto i 2006 me nga karapu Championship California State Silver i roto i 2007 haere i te ara. I roto i te waiata ngaio o Franco i runga i Hakihea 18, 2010, patua e ia a Emanuel Machorro i Club 401 i roto i te Ontario, California mā te knockout hangarau a tawhio toru. Ahakoa te whakauru ano he ākonga wā-katoa ana i Chaffey College i roto i te Rancho Cucamonga, Maongo wawe i roto i tona mahi Franco, te whakahiato i tētahi rekoata tūturu me e rua e kumea i roto i ngā wāhi puta noa i California i te mutunga o te 2013. Kumea ka haere mai tetahi o te hunga ki a Alejandro Ochoa i te Cannon Kati i Montebello, California i runga i Mahuru 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, Nene'ihia Franco Ochoa te kaute i te ono-a tawhio noa te wikitoria whakatau loto i Westin Bonaventure Hotel i Los Angeles. I te Pipiri 20, 2015, during Ward’s return to the ring at Oracle Arena, Franco saw action in an eight-round junior lightweight bout against Jonathan Alcantara and won by unanimous decision. A hand injury suffered in that bout kept Franco out of action until Hakihea 21when he scored a decision victory over Hector Garcia in Tijuana, Mexico.

 

A promising unbeaten prospect from Salinas, California, Rudy “The Revelation” Puja. JR. (7-0, 6 Koó)looks to extend his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano (7-5, 4 Koó) of Ensenada, Mexico in a six-round middleweight bout. Puga turned in a career-best performance in his last match-up on February 12 in knocking out Alejandro Osuna (4-2, 2 KO o) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California. Na, just a little over a month later, “The Revelation” will step into the ring against a tough opponent in Lozanao, a southpaw who has never been stopped and already has a ten-round decision victory under his belt.

 

Having compiled an exceptional amateur record of 99-8, Puga made his professional debut on September 2, 2011, scoring a fourth round technical knockout victory over Raul Talamontes at the Sports Complex in his hometown. Back in the ring less than two months later, Puga Jr. raised his record to 2-0 with a first round technical knockout of Jose Jesus Hurtado at the Sherwood Inn in Salinas. I roto i te Pipiri 2012, he sent Thomas Turner to the mat four times in scoring a second round technical knockout win at the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. After a little more than a year away from the ring, he rededicated himself to the “sweet science” with a vengeance and on February 17, 2014, Puga Jr. made his comeback stopping Charon Spain in the third round with an overpowering body shot at the Salinas Storm House in his native Salinas. Promotional issues kept Puga Jr. out of the ring for the next year and injuries led to a slow 2015, but Puga Jr. scored a a fourth round technical knockout win over of Katrell Straus on April 24 and a six-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Rojas on Whiringa 21, both fights taking place at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California.

 

Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, tūturu Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 KO o) hoki ki te mowhiti i runga i March 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 Koó) o Sonora, Mexico in a four-round super middleweight fight. Younan has battled multiple nagging injuries since scoring a second round technical knockout victory over Mike Sawyer on the Miguel Cotto vs. Daniel Geale undercard on June 6, 2015 i Center Barclays i Brooklyn, New York. Na 100 percent healthy, Younan looks to make Solozano his third straight knockout victim. Solorzano, a naturally bigger fighter, has campaigned in the light heavyweight division and is coming off of a knockout win.

 

Younan, trained by his father Sherif, a former professional boxer himself, began fighting competitively at age eight and only two years later was called a “boxing prodigy” by the New York Times. He compiled an amateur record of 90-5, racking up an impressive series of titles along the way including nine Junior Olympic championships, nine Junior Metro championships, eight New York State Silver Gloves championships and five Regional Silver Gloves championships. I roto i te 2011, he was crowned National Junior Golden Gloves champion and was U.S.A. Boxing’s number one rated junior boxer in his weight class. Less than a month after his 18^th rā whānau, Younan made his professional debut on November 9, 2013, at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, New York, stopping Kenneth Schmitz in the first round. Younan would go on to knockout his next three opponents before going the distance for the first time against Azamat Umarzoda on July 2, 2014 i Foxwoods Resort Casino i Mashantucket, Connecticut. He followed that fight with a first round knockout of Marlon Farr on August 13 the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York on August 13.

Chinese heavyweight Zhang “Big Bang” Zhilei (7-0, 4 Koó) joins the undercard on March 26 in a four-round bout against an opponent yet to be determined. The Silver Medalist from the 2008 Beijing Olympics continues to infuse excitement into the heavyweight division and is coming off of a first round technicalknockout win over David Koswara on February 20 at the Lanzhou Sports Arena in Lanzhou, China.

 

Born on May 2, 1983 in Henan, Zhang began his amateur career in 2003, participating in the World Championships. A breakthrough came in 2007 at the World Championships where Zhang defeated the trio of Nurpais Torobekov, Rustam Rygebayev and Daniel Beahan en route to the semifinals where he lost to Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov. By capturing a bronze medal and finishing the competition in third place, he qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Chinese powerhouse nearly reached the zenith of amateur success in the summer of 2008, entering the super heavyweight finals at the Summer Olympics in Beijing against Italy’s Roberto Cammarelle. It was not to be as Zhang suffered his first defeat of that Olympiad, losing to Cammarelle, but proudly adding to the host country’s medal total with a Silver. I roto i te 2009, Zhang captured a gold medal at the China National Games, an event of equal prestige to the Olympics in China. 2013 saw yet another gold medal winning performance in the China National Games, setting the stage for “Big Bang” to embark on a professional career while basing himself in the United States. I te August 8, 2014, Zhang made his professional debut by scoring a first-round knockout win over Curtis Lee Tate in Fallon, Nevada in a fight that was televised live on ESPN2. I te Maehe 14, 2015, Zhang beat Eric George via a four-round unanimous decision at the Armory in Jersey City, New Jersey. He followed that with another four-round unanimous decision win, this time over Glenn Thomas on the highly anticipated Cotto-Geale undercard at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Pipiri 6. Next came a sixth round technical knockout win over Dennis Benson at The Playground in Atlantic City on August 15. To end the year, Zhang was featured on the undercard of the Whiringa 21 Cotto vs. Canelo mega-fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, where scored a four-round unanimous decision victory over Juan Goode.

 

Paetata Hayward, California tino Arona Coley (12-1-1, 6 KO o) faces a very stern test in a six-round junior middleweight bout against Ryskeldiev aru (11-3-2, 7 Koó) of West Hollywood, California, a Kyrgyzstan native who is undefeated in his last seven fights.

 

I March 26, Coley will look follow his most recent victory, a unanimous decision over Jeremy Ramos onJanuary 23 at the Marriott on Broadway in Oakland, with another win in front of his hometown fans. Prior to his January win he scored two unanimous decision triumphs, including his June 20, 2015 performance against Yusmani Abreu (who Ryskeldiev defeated by technical knockout in September) on the undercard of Ward’s last fight. Considered a promising prospect in boxing circles, Coley’s lone loss came via decision to one of boxing’s hottest prospects in Ievgen Khytrov in a bout that was televised live on Showtime’s ShoBox on April 10, 2015 from The Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York.

Ward vs. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, e wahi Rāhoroi, March 26, 2016 i Oracle Arena i Oakland, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, Ticketmaster, Whakahaere Travel Rangatōpū Solutions (CTMS), koa, toronga, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. Ka te hui e teata ora i runga i HBO World Championship Mekemeke timatanga i 9:45 p.m. AND/PT. Te whakatuwhera i te telecast HBO ka Hohepa Diaz Jr. vs. Jayson Vélez i roto i te whawhai 10-a tawhio noa mo te taitara NABF mā te aroaro e te Whakatairanga Boy Golden i roto i te rōpū ki Miguel cotto Whakatairanga.

 

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