NABF featherweight iqhawe UJOSEFA Diaz JR. VS. NguJayson Velez

MEDIA TINKHULUMO Amazing IZITHOMBE

SHOWDOWNS asibekela MHLAKA, MARCH 26

AT yelizwi ARENA IN Oakland, CALIFORNIA

Isiqephu LIVE ON HBO®

Chofoza LAPHA ngoba Ama ifotho

Photo Credit: Roc Nation Ezemidlalo / Tom Hogan – Hoganphotos

Oakland, NJENGE (March 23, 2015) - Ngolwesibili, March 22, Two-Time World Champion kanye top-ukalwe ganda-for-ganda fighter Andre Ward (28-0, 15 Kos) futhi nenombolo eyodwa rated IBF ukukhanya Olwa sosondonzima Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) yenhlolokhono Amazing nabezindaba Gym King ngo-Oakland, California kusengaphambili of zabo March 26 ukulwa Oracle Arena, Oakland. Ward Barrera uzohlangana 12-round inombolo IBF eyodwa isikhundla naletibekiwe nesikhundla Eliminator iziqubu isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing® isiqala at 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. NABF featherweight Champion Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. (19-0, 11 Kos) kanye top-ukalwe Olwa featherweight Jayson "Inkanyezi" Velez (23-1-1, 16 Kos) ayewusizo futhi nalapho ababekhona ngesikhathi Amazing kuqala kunokunethezeka 10-round NABF featherweight isihloko mpi okuzobe ukuvula HBO telecast.

 

Ngemva shadowboxing esiyingini a kwamarounds ezimbalwa izikhwama isibhakela, bonke fighters ezine nengxenye emikhankasweni waxoxa namalungu nabezindaba ababekhona. Super Bowl Champion futhi Oakland bomdabu Marshawn Lynch, i ukufunda Andre Ward umsekeli, wenza ukubukeka esikhethekile phakathi Amazing ekusekeleni Ward.

 

Ngezansi lokho fighters ayekusho zokugcina nabezindaba Amazing:

 

U-André WARD, Two-Time World Champion kanye top-ukalwe ganda-for-ganda fighter:

"Ngizizwa okuhle futhi ngikulungele ukuya. Ngithathe NEKUKHULUMA ngesikhathi esifanele. Ngingumfana nje ejabulile bayithole ngomgqibeloebusuku.

 

"Ngangivame ukushayela by Oracle Arena on 880 njengoba izinyane ngiya Gym iNkosi futhi bayazibuza ukuthi ngiyoke ngikwazi ukwenza kube khona ngelinye ilanga futhi [trainer] Virgil [Hunter] esetshenziswa ukusho la mazwi ngokuqiniseka, 'Uya kwesihloko lapho.' Njengoba ngikhula, Ngangivame ukuya ezinye amakhadi wagqoka enkundleni. Ngangineminyaka namanje i amateur futhi ngingathanda nje baphupha. Into Next niyazi, in 2009, Ngangingakwazi nosinki noma ukubhukuda ekulweni Edison Miranda. Uma Nganqoba, kwakukhona cishe ithuba elihle ukuthi ngingathanda uthole shot isihloko bese siyazi ukuthi kwenzekani emva. Yithi laba aphinde, kungcono yami 7^th isikhathi at Oracle futhi kusenzima isibusiso.

 

"Kwakuyisikhathi esifanele ukuze bathuthele esigabeni sosondonzima ukukhanya. Kwakuyisikhathi inhlanganisela ngingabazi guys ilungelo ukulwa noma guys ukuthi wayengafuni ukuba alwe nami. Ngifuna ukuba mkhulu. Lezi izinhlobo uhamba kufanele wenze. Ngingumfana umfundi lo mdlalo futhi lapho ngifunda lo mdlalo, yilokhu greats oyenzile njalo. Awamukele. Yabakhulu ukuthola indlela ukukwenza futhi ngifuna kube njalo ngalolo ingxoxo.

 

"Barrera umzimba omkhulu. Muhle eqiniseka. Kubonakala sengathi puncher omuhle. Sasingalindeli usiyise kulowo ngoba yena a touch elithambile. We yamthola ngoba wayehamba uthole kimi ngomumo angibonise lokho kuleli kilasi isisindo imayelana. Uma ubuka career yami, kukhona indawo for kutsha-ups okuyinto Angizange eziningi. Ufuna ukuba alwe best futhi uma kungukuthi silwa best, ufuna ukuba balwe Olwa inombolo eyodwa. Yilokho esikwenzayo.

 

"Ngicabanga ukuthi ngokwemvelo nginesibindi ivela i fighter ephumelelayo. Ngiyahamba ekhaya lapho kumele ukuhambisa. Ngicabanga ukuthi ubuhle yimuphi athlete ongazali uhlukumeza umzimba wakhe futhi kuthatha ngempela izikebhe yakhe sina. Sengike ngakubona ezinye izihloko bezisholo Ngayikhumbula zokuvuthwa kwami. Akuve crazy kimi. Nginomuzwa wokuthi ngingumuntu kwafana engake. I uke waba gym wesibhakela ngaphandle esiningi nekhefu esidlule 20 Eminyakeni. Ubuchopho ami ayengibonga minyaka emibili edlule. umzimba wami wangibonga. It anginikele eminye iminyaka emibili emsebenzini wami.

 

"Kudingeka ngizikhandle ukuze nje ube nami. Who I am kwanele. Anginayo ukukhombisa up for Kovalev esixukwini ngomgqibeloebusuku. Thina nje lelisu umdlalo. Ngicabanga ukuthi kwenzekani ukuthumela umyalezo ukuthi engabe ukuthumela futhi uma asipheli, ngemva kwalokho [Kovalev] uthole umyalezo lapho silwa.

 

"Uma Angazi ukunqoba le mpi, akukho lutho phansi komgwaqo. Uma Angazi ukunqoba le mpi, I awufanelwe ukulwela isicoco. Yileso ngokoqobo isimo sami.

 

"Barrera ayikaze alwa umfana onjengami phambi, ukuze bakwazi ukukhuluma umdlalo omuhle. Bangakwazi linqobe sematheni eziholela ukulwa. Bangasho zonke izinto bahlakaniphe bafuna ukukusho. Thina nje ufuna linqobe sematheni Sunday ekuseni ngemuva kokuthi kuqubuke impi uphezu. Yilokho Ngingumfana ligxilile. "

 

SULLIVAN Barrera, Inombolo eyodwa rated IBF ukukhanya Olwa sosondonzima:

"Ngikhathazekile elinamandla kumuntu kunokubukela i Ward. I sibe nolwazi oluyisisekelo Cuban futhi ngafunda okuningi amakhono khona. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, Ukuzimisela ukunqoba lutho phambi kwami, iyongisiza anqobe Ward on March 26.

 

"Ngesinye isikhathi mina ngikuBaba ring, kungcono indlu yami.

 

"Kungakhathaliseki Ward has, Ngizokwenza ulungise kuso futhi ukuyinqoba.

 

"Enginakho, ngezandla zombili. Anakho izandla ezimbili. Nginesifo umsebenzi ukuze senze March 26.

 

"Ngiyazi Lesigceme Kovalev ehlonishwa kakhulu futhi enza imali eningi futhi abaningi abanesithakazelo, kodwa abazi ukuthi yini Sullivan Barrera okwazi ukwenza. Ngizoba ukuthi ngomgqibelo.

 

"Angiyena ngempela umfana ukuthi unakho ukuba ufune Knockout. amakhono My boxing azikhulumele. I am ekulweni Andre Ward nokulwa lapha e Oakland, ngakho angicabangi isinqumo izobe esivuna yami.

 

"Ukuze wonke abalandeli, ikakhulukazi abalandeli Cuban eziye okwangisekela sicela wazi ukuthi eze Saturday, Ngizomenzela ukwenza konke okufanele ngiyenze ukuze baphume enqobile. "

UJOSEFA Díaz JR., NABF featherweight Champion:

"Angikwazi alindele lokho nguJayson akwenza ukuze Ronny Rios phakathi kule mpi. Ngifanele khona, ayivivinye futhi ulungise uma I am in the ring.

 

"Uma ithuba livela lapho yena ubuhlungu futhi ngibona ukuthi punches ami esibekele kuye, ke Yebo Ngizofika uthole lapho, anonya futhi uqiniseke Ngithatha bayikhiphele kusenesikhathi.

 

"Ngiyazi zingangeni ngaphakathi, ukusika esiyingini okufaka emzimbeni ngaso leso sikhathi ngeke kumdikibalise phansi. Lokho uya amenze akusenzi esiningi kamuva emahlandla Angikwazi umhlaba amagalelo ngonya ikhanda. Ngizofika niwayise umzimba kwesokudla away.

 

"Engqondweni I am 100% ngomumo. Lena sigaba enkulu emsebenzini wami, ngakho Ngithathe egxile ngengqondo. Ngikhathazekile walungisa kahle. Ngizizwa like leli mzuzu sengilinde wonke kukho konke ukuphila kwami. Ngizizwa sengathi ngisemgodini selikulungele lokhu futhi angikwazi ukulinda ngoba March 26. Ngaqeqeshwa kanzima kakhulu kule mpi, futhi nginesiqiniseko ukulungele kahle ngoba.

 

"Ngangimhlonipha ngempela ufuna ukwenza isitatimende kule mpi. Ngifuna ukukhombisa izwe ukuthi uJosefa Diaz kungaba into enkulu ezayo ekushayeni isibhakela, ngakho ngaqeqeshwa kanzima kakhulu ukuze agqoke empini enkulu for the abalandeli ukulwa, anonya kakhulu futhi enze kube khona impi lapho. Ngithemba ukuthi nguJayson Velez kuyinto 110% ukulungele ngaye ngoba ngifuna ukuba zihlalisane best yakhe.

 

"Uma ngimehlula kule mpi nokuthi wenze isitatimende, Ngicabanga bathuthele isimo Olwa futhi ngethemba ukuthola isihloko izwe amdubula ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Ngifuna ukulwa izimbangi ezinzima kulo nyaka ngoba ngifuna ukukhombisa izwe ukuthi ngingubani.

 

"Ngizizwa ngiyisithunywa isilo lapho mina angene ring futhi angikwazi ukukubona sparring. Noma nini Ngithathe kokufika amagalelo ngempumelelo, Ngingakutshela ukuthi engikuyala awokulimaza esitheni sami. "

NguJayson Velez, Top angcolile Olwa featherweight:

"Ezingeni yami, zonke guy is a Olwa top. I lokuqeqesha nzima futhi sithuthukise ngiziphendulele. Bengilokhu ngisebenza ngalolo.

 

"Uma ubona yami kule minyaka emithathu noma emine kulwelwa, uzobona ukuthi bengilokhu ubusa in umbhangqwana wokuqala ka emahlandla bese mina run out of gas, Bengisebenza on amandla ami ukuze ngeke kwenzeke March 26.

 

"Ngalokho ngikubonile lokho kulwelwa Diaz sika. Sike sparred izikhathi ezimbalwa. Ufanele isivinini. Ufanele indlala. Kuba HBO okokuqala yakhe, ngakho nakanjani okushukunyiswa, kodwa kanjalo am I. It kuzoba empini enkulu.

 

"Ngifuna ukuba iqhawe izwi. Ngiyazi ukuthi kakhulu afuna. Ngomgqibelo, siyobe sazi ukuthi ubani ofuna it more. Thina bobabili bafuna ukuwina sobabili ukuqeqeshelwa win. A mpi phakathi kwamandla kanye nesivinini omkhulu match-up. Ingasaphathwa yena Mexican mina nginengu Puerto Rican. Ungalindela empini enkulu futhi akunjalo ofuna miss. "

 

 

Ward vs. Barrera, 12-round IBF inombolo eyodwa isikhundla naletibekiwe isikhundla Eliminator okuyinto eyethulwe Roc Nation Sports sikanye Events Main, ithatha indawo Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena e Oakland, California. The event is sponsored by Corona Extra, Ticketmaster, Izikhangibavakashi Corporate Management Solutions (CTMS), Jabulile, ifayela ye-log, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace, I Waterfront Ihhotela futhi Vakashela Oakland. Lo mcimbi uzobe isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing ekuqaleni 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. Ukuvula HBO telecast kuyoba Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. NguJayson Velez in a 10-round mpi isihloko NABF featherweight eyethulwe Golden Boy Promotions sikanye Miguel Cotto Promotions.

 

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ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FIGHTS

FOR ANDRE WARD VS. SULLIVAN Barrera

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON MHLAKA, MARCH 26

AT yelizwi ARENA IN Oakland, CALIFORNIA

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

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

SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE

IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN BOUTS

I-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 Kos) faces undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 Kos) 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. futhi Junior Younan kanye 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist Zhang Zhilei and local favorite Aaron 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 Sway Calloway, ozoba isingathe umcimbi sika, futhi hit master DJ Franzen, DJ ohlala at Zezıhlabane Las Vegas ' 97.5 and Drais Nightclub. Sway and Franzen will entertain together throughout the night to keep fans entertained between bouts at Oracle Arena.

Amathikithi ontengo yakhe yayinqunyiwe at $300, $150, $100, $50 futhi $25, angafaki esebenzayo ukushajwa ngamasevisi okungenzeka kanye nezintela ayatholakala kuzo zonke izindawo Ticketmaster, online at Ticketmaster.com (bit.ly/WardBarreraTix) futhi babize ngocingo at (800) 745-3000.

 

On March 26, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (19-0-2, 14 Kos) risks his unbeaten record against Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas (17-5, 11 Kos) 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 Kos) at 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 ukulwa, compiling a record of 97 onqobayo futhi kuphela 7 ukulahleka, kanye 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 sika) at the Orpheum Theater in St. Louis. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 futhi 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 sika) ngoJanuwari 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 sika) on 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 sika) on June 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 nokulwa aphume hotbed wesibhakela of Oxnard, Ezingakanqotshwa Daniel "Twitch" Franco (12-0-3, 7 KO sika) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 Kos) 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, ngokuqongelela i irekhodi amateur of 67-15, kokuwina Oxnard PAL Championship e 2006 kanye California State Silver Gloves Championship e 2007 endleleni. Ngesikhathi aseqala Franco professional ngoDisemba 18, 2010, wanqoba Emanuel Machorro at Club 401 e Ontario, California nge yesithathu nxazonke Knockout technical. Naphezu kokuba wabhalisa njengomfundi umfundi full-time at Chaffey College e Rancho Cucamonga, Franco umxhwele lapho ngisaqala emsebenzini wakhe, wokubhala i irekhodi Ezingakanqotshwa kanye ezimbili udonsa ezindaweni kulo California by ekupheleni 2013. Omunye walabo udonsa ephuma ukulwa Alejandro Ochoa ngesikhathi Cannon Quiet in Montebello, California on September 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, Franco outmatched Ochoa beshaya at Westin SaseBonaventure Hotel a eziyisithupha-round isinqumo ngazwilinye ukunqoba Los Angeles. Ngo-June 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 December 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 Kos)looks to extend his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano (7-5, 4 Kos) 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 sika) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California. Manje, 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. In June 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 November 21, both fights taking place at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, California.

 

Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, Ezingakanqotshwa Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 KO sika) esebuyele ring on March 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 Kos) of 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 at Barclays Center e Brooklyn, I-New York. Manje 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. In 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 birthday, Younan made his professional debut on November 9, 2013, at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, I-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 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in 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 Kos) 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. In 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. On 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. On March 14, 2015, Zhang beat Eric George via a four-round unanimous decision at the Armory in Jersey City, E-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 June 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 November 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.

 

Hayward Local, California intandokazi Aaron Coley (12-1-1, 6 KO sika) faces a very stern test in a six-round junior middleweight bout against Ryskeldiev balandela (11-3-2, 7 Kos) of West Hollywood, California, a Kyrgyzstan native who is undefeated in his last seven fights.

 

On 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, I-New York.

Ward vs. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, senzeka ngoMgqibelo, March 26, 2016 at Oracle Arena e Oakland, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, Ticketmaster, Izikhangibavakashi Corporate Management Solutions (CTMS), Jabulile, ifayela ye-log, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. Lo mcimbi uzobe isiqephu bukhoma ku-HBO World Championship Boxing ekuqaleni 9:45 p.m. KANYE/PT. Ukuvula HBO telecast kuyoba Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. NguJayson Velez in a 10-round mpi isihloko NABF featherweight eyethulwe Golden Boy Promotions sikanye Miguel Cotto Promotions.

 

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