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UNBEATEN MIDDLEWEIGHT PROSPECT IEVGEN KHYTROV TAKES ON KENNETH MCNEIL IN UNDERCARD ACTION ON SATURDAY, MARCH 5 FROM SANDS BETHLEHEM EVENTS CENTER PhilBoxing.com Wed, 02 Mar 2016 Plus! Heavyweight Battle Between Philadelphia's Joey Dawejko and Ecuadorian Olympian Ytalo Perea Exciting Night Of Fights Features SHOWTIME? Tripleheader Headlined By Unbeaten Rising Star Julian Williams Taking On Marcello Matano In IBF Super Welterweight Eliminator BETHLEHEM, PA. (March 1, 2016) - Unbeaten middleweight prospect Ievgen Khytrov (12-0, 11 KOs) takes on Alabama's Kenneth McNeil (9-1, 6 KOs) in a 10-round bout that highlights an exciting undercard taking place this Saturday, March 5 from Sands Bethlehem Events Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The card features an exciting tripleheader of action live on SHOWTIME? at 10 p.m. ET/PT and is headlined by undefeated rising star Julian "J-Rock" Williams in an IBF eliminator for the top ranking at 154 pounds against Italy's Marcello Matano. Also featured on the telecast is fast-rising middleweight contender Antoine Douglas against Avtandil Khurtsidze and exciting prospect Tony Harrison battling former title challenger Fernando Guerrero. Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by King's Promotions, are priced at $100, $75 and $45, not including applicable service charges and taxes and are on sale now. Tickets are available HERE at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. In other action, Philadelphia's Joey Dawejko (16-4-2, 9 KOs) will compete in an eight-round heavyweight showdown against 2012 Ecuadorian Olympian Ytalo Perea (6-2-1, 4 KOs). Also in a non-televised bout is unbeaten Terrance Williams (4-0, 1 KO), who faces Anthony Miller (2-1, 2 KOs) in a four-round middleweight contest and the pro debut of Brooklyn's Chordale Booker against Patrick Kehoe (1-2) in a four-round heavyweight fight. Rounding out the night of fights is super welterweight prospect Oshaquie Foster (10-1, 7 KOs) in a six-round bout against Brazil's Claudinei Lacerda (17-14-1, 12 KOs) and Philadelphia's Amir Shabazz (2-0) against Atlanta's Hakeem Atkinson (2-1, 1 KO) in a four-round light heavyweight contest. An Olympian for his native Ukraine, Khytrov also won an Amatuer World Championship before turning pro in 2013. Since then, the 27-year-old has dominated on his way to stopping contenders Josh Luteran and Nick Brinson in addition to previously unbeaten fighters Maurice Louishomme and Aaron Coley. Now training out of Brooklyn, he will be opposed by the 25-year-old McNeil out of Birmingham, Alabama who enters this fight on a six-bout winning streak. An exciting brawler out of the great fighting city of Philadelphia, Dawejko looks to make it three in a row after delivering stoppages of Natu Visinia and Robert Dunton his last two times out. The 25-year-old has shared the ring with heavyweight world champion Charles Martin and contender Amir Mansour. He faces a stiff test in the 22-year-old Perea. The Ecuadorian Olympian trains out of Howard Beach, New York and picked up his last win via knockout over Oswaldo Sanchez. For more information visit www.SHO.com/Sports and www.sandseventcenter.com, follow on Twitter @SHOSports, @JRockBoxing, @Action_Douglas, @IAmBoxing, @FernandoDomini, @TheSBEC and @Swanson_Comm or become a fan on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/SHOSports  |
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