Машантукет, Коннектикут (Июнь 22, 2016) – Undefeated world-rated junior featherweight prospect Луис “KO короля” Rosa Jr. берет на себя бывшего претендента на титул чемпиона мира Луис “Barcelo” Инохоса в восемь круглых главным событием Четвергночь, Июнь 30, in Premier Ballroom at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Коннектикут.

The 25-year-old Rosa (22-0, 10 КО), born in Puerto Rico and fighting out of New Haven (Коннектикут), is a rising star in the junior featherweight division, world rated at No. 10 Международной федерацией бокса (IBF) и Нет. 12 Всемирный боксерский совет (WBC). He is a recent graduate of Gateway College in New Haven with an associates degree in business.

Hinojosa is a former Dominican Republic and World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin bantamweight champion who was stopped in the 11^йround by Yonfrez Parejo в их 2014 interim WBA bantamweight title fight.

Rosa doesn’t feel any added pressure in terms of risking his ranking and undefeated record against a veteran such as Hinojosa. “I’m hungrier knowing I’m so close to a major fight,” Роза сказала. “I’m working even harder, I’m right there, knocking on the door for a world title fight. I think that will take a little more than a year. I know it’s hard to get a world title fight. I’m willing to fight any of the top 122-pounders. I’m ready to take them on, but I still take it one fight at a time. В конце концов, they’ll (чемпионы мира) придется драться со мной, and then I’ll take their belts.”

В 8-раундовом совместном мероприятии, Универсальная федерация бокса (UBF) junior featherweight champion Дженнифер “Боливийский Queen” Salinas(18-3, 4 КО), now fighting out of Providence (Род-Айленд), faces off in a non-title fight against Hungarian challenger Gina Chamie (14-6, 6 КО), a three-time world title challenger.

Unbeaten Irish junior welterweight prospect Ноэль Мерфи (6-0, 2 КО) faces Albanian invader Afrim Mema (5-3-1, 2 КО), who fights out of Detroit, в течение шести-раундовом поединке.

Also fighting on the undercard is the newest DBE signee MYKEY Williams (1-0, 1 KO), the 18-year-old three-time Ringside World amateur champion from East Hartford, in a four-round welterweight fight against an opponent to be determined.

Also scheduled to be in action are New Haven’s highly decorated Способствовать братья, полутяжелый вес Чарльз (10-0, 5 КО) и юниорский легковес William III (2-0, 1 KO), in six and four-round matchups, соответственно, versus TBAs. Both brothers were National amateur standouts.

Вустер, MA полулегком Ирвин Гонсалес, another decorated New England amateur who qualified for the 2016 USA Olympic Boxing Team Trials, will make his professional debut in qa four-round fight against TBA.

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