纽约 - 二月 24, 2020 – Undefeated rising prospect Keith “The Bounty” Hunter will face talented Sanjarbek “War” Rakhmanov in a rematch in the 10-round super lightweight 的ShoBox: 新一代 main event Friday, 二月 28 住在Showtime (10:45 P.M. ET / PT) from Sam’s Town Casino in Las Vegas. Rakhmanov steps in to replace previously scheduled opponent Malik Hawkins who was forced to withdraw for medical reasons.
猎人 (11-0, 7 科斯) and Rakhmanov (12-2-1, 6 科斯) first met on February 5, 2019, in an eight-round welterweight contest that resulted in a narrow-split decision victory for Hunter. Although Hunter controlled the action in the early rounds and scored a knockdown in the second, Rakhmanov recovered and landed some heavy blows in the later rounds. The scorecards read 77-74, 76-75 和 75-76.
Rakhmanov, who fought to a draw with Alfonso Olvera on 的ShoBox in May of 2016, will be making his second appearance on the prospect developmental series and his ninth start at Sam’s Town Live. In his most recent performance on September 20, 2019, he broke down Andre Byrd, delivering punishment to the body for four straight rounds, leading to Byrd taking a knee and ending the fight. He currently trains with Chris Ben-Tchavtchavadze at the Mayweather Boxing Club.
The 30-year-old Rakhmanov, who was born in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, was a top amateur with more than 140 结束, including a Gold Medal win at the 2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championship. 在 2013, he became the national champion of Uzbekistan. After signing with Mayweather Promotions in 2014, he turned pro with an impressive 1:21 first-round knockout over Brett Simmons in June of 2015.
在 的ShoBox 合作的主要事件, 2016 奥海不败超轻量级前景理查德森Hitchins (10-0, 5 科斯) 发生在罗得岛州的尼克DeLomba (16-2, 5 科斯) 在10轮的较量. Once-beaten Las Vegas native Kevin Newman II (11-1-1, 6 科斯) 面对阿尔巴尼亚根茨·Pllana (7-1-1, 4 科斯) in a 10-round super middleweight matchup to open the telecast.
巴里·汤普金斯将调用从马戏团的动作与拳击历史学家史蒂夫Farhood和前世界冠军劳尔·马尔克斯作为专家分析. 执行制片人戈登·霍尔与理查德·高根生产和里克·菲利普斯导演.
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