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Non-Televised Undercard Fights For Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera March 26 + In-Arena Entertainment

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ROC NATION SPORTS ANNOUNCES NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FIGHTS

FOR ANDRE WARD VS. SULLIVAN BARRERA

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON Zaterdag, MAART 26

Bij Oracle Arena in Oakland, CALIFORNIË

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

LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® BEGIN BIJ 9:45 p.m. EN/PT

SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE

IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT TUSSEN BOUTS

NEW YORK, NY (Maart 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 KO) faces undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KO) 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. en Junior Younan samen met 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, die zal dienen als gastheer van het evenement, en sloeg meester DJ Franzen, resident DJ in 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 geprijsd op $300, $150, $100, $50 en $25, niet met inbegrip van toepasselijke servicekosten en belastingen zijn verkrijgbaar bij alle Ticketmaster locaties, online op Ticketmaster.com (bit.ly/WardBarreraTix) en opladen via de telefoon op (800) 745-3000.

 

Op Maart 26, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (19-0-2, 14 KO) risks his unbeaten record against Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas (17-5, 11 KO) 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 KO) in 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 gevechten, samenstellen van een record van 97 overwinningen en slechts 7 verliezen, met 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's) at the Orpheum Theater in St. Louis. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 en 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's) Januari 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's) op 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's) op juni 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, Californië en uitvechten van het boksen broeinest van Oxnard, ongeslagen Daniel "Twitch" Franco (12-0-3, 7 KO's) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 KO) in an eight-round featherweight bout on Maart 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, het vergaren van een amateur record van 67-15, het winnen van het kampioenschap in Oxnard PAL 2006 en de California State Silver Gloves Championship in 2007 onderweg. Tijdens de professionele debuut Franco's op december 18, 2010, versloeg hij Emanuel Machorro bij Club 401 in Ontario, Californië via een derde ronde technische knock-out. Ondanks het feit dat ingeschreven als een full-time student aan Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Franco indruk in het begin van zijn carrière, samenstellen van een ongeslagen record met twee gelijke spelen in de locaties in Californië aan het eind van 2013. Een van die trekt kwam tegen Alejandro Ochoa op Quiet Cannon in Montebello, Californië op september 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, Franco outmatched Ochoa scoren een zes-ronde unaniem besluit overwinning in het Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Op juni 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, Californië, Rudy “The Revelation” Puja. Jr. (7-0, 6 KO)looks to extend his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano (7-5, 4 KO) van 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's) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, Californië. Nu, 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 juni 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, Californië.

 

Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, ongeslagen Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 KO's) terug naar de ring op Maart 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 KO) van 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 bij Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Nu 100 procent gezond, 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, opgeleid door zijn vader Sherif, zelf een voormalig professionele bokser, began fighting competitively at age eight and only twee jaar later was called a “boxing prodigy” by the New York Times. Hij stelde een amateurrecord samen 90-5, onderweg een indrukwekkende reeks titels behaald, waaronder negen Olympische Jeugdkampioenschappen, negen Junior Metro kampioenschappen, acht New York State Silver Gloves-kampioenschappen en vijf Regional Silver Gloves-kampioenschappen. In 2011, hij werd gekroond tot National Junior Golden Gloves-kampioen en was U.S.A. Boxing's nummer één junior bokser in zijn gewichtsklasse. Minder dan een maand na de zijne 18th verjaardag, Younan maakte zijn professionele debuut op november 9, 2013, in het Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, New York, het stoppen van Kenneth Schmitz in de eerste ronde. 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 bij Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut. He followed that fight with a first round knockout of Marlon Farr on Augustus 13 the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York on Augustus 13.

Chinese heavyweight Zhang "Big Bang" Zhilei (7-0, 4 KO) joins the undercard on Maart 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, deelnemen aan de Wereldkampioenschappen. Er brak een doorbraak door 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, een evenement van hetzelfde aanzien als de Olympische Spelen 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. Op augustus 8, 2014, Zhang maakte zijn professionele debuut door het scoren van een knock-outoverwinning in de eerste ronde op Curtis Lee Tate in Fallon, Nevada in a fight that was televised live on ESPN2. Op maart 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 Juni 6. Next came a sixth round technical knockout win over Dennis Benson at The Playground in Atlantic City on Augustus 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.

 

Lokale Hayward, California favoriete Aaron Coley (12-1-1, 6 KO's) faces a very stern test in a six-round junior middleweight bout against Gevolgd Ryskeldiev (11-3-2, 7 KO) of West Hollywood, Californië, a Kyrgyzstan native who is undefeated in his last seven fights.

 

Op Maart 26, Coley will look follow his most recent victory, a unanimous decision over Jeremy Ramos onJanuari 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, vindt plaats op zaterdag, Maart 26, 2016 bij Oracle Arena in Oakland, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, Ticketmaster, Corporate Travel Management Solutions (CTMS), Blij, hijs-, Zappos, BodyArmor, SAN Nutrition, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. Het evenement zal live worden uitgezonden op HBO World Championship Boxing begin bij 9:45 p.m. EN/PT. Het openen van de HBO-uitzending zal Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Jayson Velez in een 10-round strijd voor de NABF vedergewicht titel door Golden Boy Promotions gepresenteerd in samenwerking met Miguel Cotto Promotions.

 

Voor meer informatie, kunt u terecht op www.rocnation.com, www.mainevents.com,www.goldenboypromotions.com, www.promocionesmiguelcotto.com, www.hbo.com/boxing, Volg ons op Twitter en Instagram @rocnation, @belangrijkste gebeurtenissen, @goldenboyboxing, @cottopromotions en @HBOBoxing en word fan op Facebook op www.facebook.com/RocNation,www.facebook.com/MainEventsBoxing, www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing enwww.facebook.com/HBOBoxing.

 

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TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION ANDRE WARD AND UNDEFEATED SULLIVAN BARRERA SET FOR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON SATURDAY, MAART 26 Bij Oracle Arena in Oakland, CALIFORNIË

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Live uitgezonden op HBO ®

NEW YORK, NY (Februari 9, 2016) - Roc Nation Sport is verheugd aan te kondigen dat twee keer wereldkampioen en top-rated pound-for-pond vechter Andre Ward (28-0, 15 KO) zal op terug te keren naar de ring Zaterdag, Maart 26, to begin his assault on the light heavyweight division when he takes on undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera (17-0, 12 KO) in a 12-round bout at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, Californië. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® vanaf 9:45 p.m. EN/PT.

 

Tickets geprijsd op $300, $150, $100, $50 en $25, niet met inbegrip van toepasselijke diensten en belastingen, go on sale Tuesday, Februari. 9 bij 5:00 PM PT and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, online op Ticketmaster.com en heffing op telefoonnummer (800) 745-3000.

 

“I don’t really have much to say other than this. Op maart 26, it will be very simple. I’ll be in a new weight class against a tough opponent but I’m coming with the same approach,"Zei Ward. “I’ll be in great shape and ready for battle. Sullivan Barrera has had a lot to say lately and I love it. He’s going to have an opportunity to back up every word that he has spoken. These are the type of challenges I like and on March 26, it’s go time.”

 

“We as a team had a tough choice to make – crash the party by taking out Ward first or wait for the mandatory and take out Kovalev,” said Barrera. “We decided that the time is now. Ward will fall first and then we will go after the belts.”

 

“Having cleaned out the super middleweight division, Andre’s next challenge is to become the best light heavyweight in the world, and that challenge begins with the IBF’s number one rated contender in Sullivan Barrera,"Zei David Itskowitch, COO of Boxing Roc Nation Sports. “With both fighters having their sights set on an eventually showdown with Unified Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey Kovalev, there’s a lot on the line in this fight, but only one man will move on. Maart 26 is a night of boxing that no fan should miss.”

 

“I’m excited to be on Team Ward as we enter the light heavyweight division. No weapons formed against us shall prosper,” said James Prince, Ward’s manager.

 

Op Maart 26, before a hometown crowd, pound for pound star Andre Ward returns to HBO in his light heavyweight debut against undefeated Sullivan Barrera” said Peter Nelson, Executive Vice President, HBO Sport. “With a perfect record dating back to the age of 12 jaar oud, Andre has risen to every challenge as both an amateur and a professional, including world titles and an Olympic gold medal. Nu, he takes on Barrera, one of the toughest challengers as Ward moves up the scale. Boxing fans won’t want to miss it.”

 

Bekend om zijn sterke karakter en integriteit buiten de ring en het instinct van zijn krijger erin, Ward's vaardigheid en talent waren duidelijk in het begin van zijn uitstekende amateur-carrière. Hij pijnigde tot elke titel in de boeken, met als hoogtepunt een gouden medaille in het licht zwaargewicht divisie in het 2004 Olympische Spelen in Athene. Als de enige mannelijke Amerikaanse bokser om Olympisch goud sinds claimen 1996, Ward toegetreden tot de wil van Mohammed Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard en Oscar De La Hoya. Hij draaide zich professioneel op december 18, 2004, het scoren van een tweede ronde technische knock-out overwinning op Chris Molina bij Staples Center in een strijd die live werd uitgezonden op HBO. Hij is gegaan op rack up 27 meer overwinningen sindsdien, het bouwen van een steeds groeiende legioen van fans in het proces. Nadat hij de Ring Magazine en WBA super middengewicht wereldkampioen, oplopend tot de nummer twee plek op de lijst pound-for-pond en het winnen van de 2011 Vechter van het Jaar Award (ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Ring Magazine en de Boxing Writers Association of America), werd aangekondigd dat Ward in januari een exclusieve promotie-overeenkomst getekend met Roc Nation Sport 2015, het openen van een nieuw hoofdstuk in zijn legendarische bokscarrière. De Bay Area product terug naar de ring op juni 20, 2015 op de Oracle Arena in de voorkant van zijn geboortestad fans in Oakland, Californië en scoorde een negende ronde knock-out over Paul Smith, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 13-year-old amateur. Ward onlangs ging voor de camera voor een geheel andere rol, a part in the New Line/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. feature “Creed.” Fellow Bay Area natives, director Ryan Coogler en de film ster Michael B. Jordanië, reikte Ward, zodat hij zijn expertise zou kunnen bieden voor de film. Naast het werken voor de camera met Ward, Jordan tijd doorgebracht in Ward's huis sportschool in voorbereiding op zijn rol als Apollo Creed's zoon. Now it’s time for Ward to get back to his day job when he faces the undefeated Barrera on Maart 26.

 

Born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Barrera had an impressive amateur run with a record of 285-27. Als amateur, he was able to earn World Amateur Championships in Germany, Cuba, Venezuela and Central America. During his amateur career he also defeated former Light Heavyweight World Champions Chad Dawson and Beibut Shumenov. Following his defection from Cuba, where he was a member of the country’s national team, Barrera made his professional debut in 2009 with a first round technical knockout win over Anthony Adorno in his adopted hometown of Miami, Florida. He would go on to knockout the first five opponents he faced in his professional career in either the first or second round. Barrera made his television debut in January of 2015 with his appearance on ESPN’sVrijdag Night Fights, when he scored a fourth round knockout win over former Super Middleweight World Champion Jeff Lacy. Barrera quietly rose through the ratings of the light heavyweight division until he was afforded the opportunity to fight former Light Heavyweight World Title Challenger Karo Murat to become the IBF’s number one rated light heavyweight contender. Barrera seized the opportunity, knocking out Murat in the fifth round on December 12, 2015 in his HBO Latino Boxing debut at the Civic Auditorium in Glendale, Californië. Sullivan is trained by legendary trainer, Abel Sanchez, who is best known for his work with middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. When he is not at The Summit in Big Bear Lake, California training with Sanchez, Barrera resides in Miami, Florida.

 

Ward vs. Barrera, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, vindt plaats Zaterdag, Maart 26, 2016 bij Oracle Arena in Oakland, California and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:45 p.m. EN/PT. Follow the conversation using #WardBarrera.

 

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