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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. סאַליוואַן באַררעראַ

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON שבת, מאַרץ 26

ביי אָראַקלע ארענע אין אָוקלאַנד, California

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

LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® BEGINNING AT 9:45 פּ.ם. און/פּט

SWAY CALLOWAY & DJ FRANZEN TO PROVIDE

IN-ARENA ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN BOUTS

נייַ יארק, ניו יאָרק (מאַרץ 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 אַנדרע קעסטקינד (28-0, 15 קאָס) faces undefeated and number one rated IBF light heavyweight contender סאַליוואַן באַררעראַ (17-0, 12 קאָס) 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. ווס. 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, דניאל פראַנקאָ, Rudy Puga Jr. און Junior Younan צוזאמען מיט 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight Silver Medalist זשאַנג זשילעי and local favorite אהרן קאָליי 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 סוויי קאַללאָווייַ, וואס וועט דינען ווי דער געשעעניש ס באַלעבאָס, און שלאָגן בעל דדזש פראַנזען, טוישעוו דדזש בייַ לאַס וועגאַס 'הייס 97.5 and Drais Nightclub. Sway and Franzen will entertain together throughout the night to keep fans entertained between bouts at Oracle Arena.

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אויף מאַרץ 26, NABO Junior Welterweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker (19-0-2, 14 קאָס) risks his unbeaten record against Wilfrido “La Roca” Buelvas (17-5, 11 קאָס) 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 קאָס) בייַ מאַדיסאָן קוואדראט גאַרדאַן. 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, טעקסאַס, 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 פייץ, compiling a record of 97 ווינס און בלויז 7 לאָססעס, מיט 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 קאָ ס) at the Orpheum Theater in St. לוי. After four rounds, the judges saw the fight 40-36, 37-39 און 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, טעקסאַס. Eleven wins (eight by knockout) later, he took on undefeated Abel Ramos (8-0, 4 קאָ ס) אויף יאנואר 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 קאָ ס) אויף אַפּריל 26 at Fitzgerald’s Casino and Hotel in Tunica, מיסיסיפּי. Four consecutive knockout victories would follow before he took on fellow undefeated prospect Eduardo Galindo (10-0-1, 7 קאָ ס) אויף יוני 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 און מלחמה אויס פון די באָקסינג כאַטבעד פון אָקסנאַרד, ונדעפעאַטעד דניאל "טוויטש" פראַנקאָ (12-0-3, 7 קאָ ס) meets Mexican veteran German “Panteonero” Meraz(52-37-1, 30 קאָס) in an eight-round featherweight bout on מאַרץ 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, אַמאַסינג אַ ליבהאָבער רעקאָרד פון 67-15, ווינינג די אָקסנאַרד כאַווער טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ אין 2006 און די California שטאַט זילבער גלאָוועס טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ אין 2007 צוזאמען די וועג. בעשאַס פראַנקאָ ס פאַכמאַן דעבוט אויף דעצעמבער 18, 2010, ער דעפעאַטעד ימאַניואַל מאַטשאָרראָ בייַ קלוב 401 אין אָנטאַריאָ, California דורך א דריט קייַלעכיק טעכניש נאַקאַוט. טראָץ ווייל ענראָולד ווי אַ פול-צייַט תּלמיד בייַ טשאַפפיי קאַלידזש אין ראַנטשאָ קוקאַמאָנגאַ, פראַנקאָ ימפּרעסט פרי אין זיין קאַריערע, קאַמפּיילינג אַ ונדעפעאַטעד רעקאָרד מיט צוויי דראָז אין ווענוז איבער California דורך די סוף פון 2013. איינער פון יענע דראָז געקומען קעגן Alejandro אָטשאָאַ בייַ רויק קאַנאַן אין מאָנטעבעללאָ, California אויף סעפטעמבער 20, 2013, but in a rematch three months later, פראַנקאָ אָוטמאַטטשעד אָטשאָאַ סקאָרינג אַ זעקס-קייַלעכיק יונאַנאַמאַס באַשלוס נצחון בייַ וועסטין באָנאַווענטורע האטעל אין לאס אנדזשעלעס. אויף יוני 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 דעצעמבער 21when he scored a decision victory over Hector Garcia in Tijuana, מעקסיקא.

 

A promising unbeaten prospect from Salinas, קאַליפאָרניאַ, Rudy “The Revelation” Puja. דזשוניער. (7-0, 6 קאָס)looks to extend his undefeated streak against Carlos “Kalimba” Lozano (7-5, 4 קאָס) 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 קאָ ס) in two rounds at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, קאַליפאָרניאַ. איצט, 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. אין יוני 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, נעוואַדאַ. 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 אַפּריל 24 and a six-round unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Rojas on נאָוועמבער 21, both fights taking place at the Double Tree Hotel in Ontario, קאַליפאָרניאַ.

 

Brooklyn’s 20-year-old, ונדעפעאַטעד Junior “The Young God” Younan (7-0, 6 קאָ ס) קערט צו די רינג אויף מאַרץ 26 after a nine-month layoff to take on Cristian Solorzano (4-7, 3 קאָס) פון סאָנאָראַ, 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 בייַ באַרקלייַס צענטראַל אין ברוקלין, ניו יארק. איצט 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. אין 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 18טה געבוירנ-טאָג, Younan made his professional debut on November 9, 2013, at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, ניו יארק, 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 ביי פאָקסוואָאָדס רעסאָרט קאַסינאָ אין מאַשאַנטוקקעט, קאָננעקטיקוט. He followed that fight with a first round knockout of Marlon Farr on ויגוסט 13 the BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York on ויגוסט 13.

Chinese heavyweight Zhang “Big Bang” Zhilei (7-0, 4 קאָס) joins the undercard on מאַרץ 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, טשיינאַ.

 

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. אין 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. אויף אויגוסט 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. אויף מאַרץ 14, 2015, Zhang beat Eric George via a four-round unanimous decision at the Armory in Jersey City, ניו דזשערזי. 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 יוני 6. Next came a sixth round technical knockout win over Dennis Benson at The Playground in Atlantic City on ויגוסט 15. To end the year, Zhang was featured on the undercard of the נאָוועמבער 21 קאָוטאָו ווס. Canelo mega-fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, where scored a four-round unanimous decision victory over Juan Goode.

 

לאקאלע הייַוואַרד, California באַליבט אהרן קאָליי (12-1-1, 6 קאָ ס) faces a very stern test in a six-round junior middleweight bout against נאכגעגאנגען ריסקעלדיעוו (11-3-2, 7 קאָס) of West Hollywood, קאַליפאָרניאַ, a Kyrgyzstan native who is undefeated in his last seven fights.

 

אויף מאַרץ 26, Coley will look follow his most recent victory, a unanimous decision over Jeremy Ramos onיאַנואַר 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, ניו יארק.

קעסטקינד ווס. באַררעראַ, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, נעמט אָרט שבת, מאַרץ 26, 2016 בייַ אָראַקלע אַרענאַ אין אָוקלאַנד, California and is sponsored byCorona Extra, טיקקעטמאַסטער, פֿירמע רייזע מאַנאַגעמענט סאַלושאַנז (קטמס), צופרידן, ליפטינג, זאַפּפּאָס, באָדיאַרמאָר, סאַן נוטרישאַן, Shoe Palace and The Waterfront Hotel. די געשעעניש וועט זיין טעלאַווייזד לעבן אויף הבאָ וועלט טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ באָקסינג אָנהייב בייַ 9:45 פּ.ם. און/פּט. עפן די הבאָ טעלאַקאַסט וועט זיין יוסף דיאַז דזשוניער. ווס. דזשייַסאָן וועלעז אין אַ 10-קייַלעכיק קעמפן פֿאַר די נאַבף פעאַטהערוועיגהט טיטל דערלאנגט דורך גאָלדען בוי פּראָמאָטיאָנס אין פאַרבאַנד מיט מיגועל קאָטטאָ פּראָמאָטיאָנס.

 

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נייַ יארק, ניו יאָרק (פעברואַר 9, 2016) - ראָק נאַציאָן ספּאָרט איז צופרידן צו מעלדן אַז צוויי-צייט וועלט טשאַמפּיאָן און שפּיץ-רייטאַד פונט-פֿאַר-פונט Fighter אנדערע וואַרד (28-0, 15 קאָס) וועט צוריקקומען צו די רינג אויף שבת, מאַרץ 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 קאָס) in a 12-round bout at Oracle Arena in Ward’s hometown of Oakland, קאַליפאָרניאַ. The event will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing® אָנהייב בייַ 9:45 פּ.ם. און/פּט.

 

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“I don’t really have much to say other than this. אויף מאַרץ 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,"האט וואַרד. “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,"האט דוד יצקאָוויטטש, 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. מאַרץ 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.

 

אויף מאַרץ 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 וויצע פרעזידענט, הבאָ ספורט. “With a perfect record dating back to the age of 12 יאר אַלט, Andre has risen to every challenge as both an amateur and a professional, including world titles and an Olympic gold medal. איצט, he takes on Barrera, one of the toughest challengers as Ward moves up the scale. Boxing fans won’t want to miss it.”

 

באַוווסט פֿאַר זיין שטאַרק כאַראַקטער און אָרנטלעכקייַט אַרויס די רינג און זייַן וואָריער ס אינסטינקט ין עס, Ward’s skill and talent were apparent early in his outstanding amateur career. He racked up every title in the books, קאַלמאַנייטינג מיט אַ גאָלד מעדאַל אין דער ליכט כעוויווייט אָפּטייל אין דער 2004 אָלימפּיק גאַמעס אין אַטהענס. As the only male American boxer to claim Olympic gold since 1996, וואַרד דזשוינד די לייקס פון מוכאַמאַד עלי, צוקער Ray לעאָנאַרד און אָסקאַר דע לאַ הויאַ. ער האט זיך אויסגעדרייט פאַכמאַן אויף דעצעמבער 18, 2004, scoring a second round technical knockout victory over Chris Molina at Staples Center in a fight that was televised live on HBO. He has gone on to rack up 27 more victories since then, building an ever-growing legion of fans in the process. נאָך שיין די רינג מאַגאַזין און וובאַ יבער מידדלעוועיגהט וועלט טשאַמפּיאָן, rising to the number two spot on the pound-for-pound list and winning the 2011 Fighter פון די יאר אַוואַרד (עספּן, ספּאָרט יללוסטראַטעד, רינג מאַגאַזין און די באָקסינג שרייבערס אַססאָסיאַטיאָן פון אַמעריקע), עס איז מודיע אַז וואַרד געחתמעט אַ ויסשליסיק פּערמאָושאַנאַל העסקעם מיט ראָק נאַציאָן ספּאָרט אין יאנואר 2015, עפן אַ נייַ קאַפּיטל אין זייַן סטאָריד באָקסינג קאַריערע. די בוכטע שטח פּראָדוקט אומגעקערט צו די רינג אויף יוני 20, 2015 ביי די אָראַקלע ארענע אין פראָנט פון זיין כאָומטאַון פאַנס אין אָוקלאַנד, California און סקאָרד 1/9-קייַלעכיק נאַקאַוט איבער Paul סמיט, continuing his unbeaten streak which dates back to when he was a 13-year-old amateur. וואַרד לעצטנס סטעפּט אין פראָנט פון די אַפּאַראַט פֿאַר אַ גאָר אַנדערש ראָלע, a part in the New Line/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. feature “Creed.” Fellow Bay Area natives, דירעקטאָר רייאַן קאָאָגלער און די פילם ס שטערן מיכאל ב. ירדן, ריטשט אויס צו קעסטקינד אַזוי אַז ער קען צושטעלן זייַן עקספּערטיז פֿאַר די פילם. אין דערצו צו ארבעטן אין פראָנט פון די אַפּאַראַט מיט וואַרד, ירדן אויסגעגעבן מאָל אין קעסטקינד ס היים ספּאָרטזאַל אין צוגרייטונג פֿאַר זייַן ראָלע ווי אַפּאָללאָ קרעעד ס זון. Now it’s time for Ward to get back to his day job when he faces the undefeated Barrera on מאַרץ 26.

 

Born in Guantanamo Bay, קובאַ, Barrera had an impressive amateur run with a record of 285-27. ווי אַ ליבהאָבער, he was able to earn World Amateur Championships in Germany, קובאַ, 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, פלאָרידאַ. 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’sפרייַטיק נאַכט פייץ, 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, קאַליפאָרניאַ. 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, פלאָרידאַ.

 

קעסטקינד ווס. באַררעראַ, a 12-round fight which is presented by Roc Nation Sports in association with Main Events, נעמט אָרט שבת, מאַרץ 26, 2016 בייַ אָראַקלע אַרענאַ אין אָוקלאַנד, California and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 9:45 פּ.ם. און/פּט. Follow the conversation using #WardBarrera.

 

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