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Top-Rated Brant Defends WBA-NABA Championship Against Hloros This Friday in Hinckley, MN

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On Friday, January 20, at the Grand Casino's Events & Convention Center in Hinckley, Minnesota, WBA #3-, IBF #13- and WBO #5-rated middleweight contender Rob "Bravo" Brant will put his lofty rankings and his WBA-NABA Middleweight Championship on the line against Mount Clemens, Michigan's Alexis "Hurricane" Hloros (18-5-2, 12 KOs) in a 10-round slugfest.

A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Brant (21-0, 14 KOs) will return to his home state to headline "Grand Friday Night Fights" a nine-bout professional boxing event, presented by Greg Cohen Promotions in association with David Schuster's winner take all productions.

Tickets for "Grand Friday Night Fights" are priced at $800 Table, $100 Ringside, $50 Reserved and $35 General Admission and are available at grandcasinomn.com, Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets. The entire event will also be streamed live on FloBoxing.tv (7:30 p.m. CST).

"It has been five months since I've been in the ring, but haven't taken much time off," said Brant. "I have focused on nothing but preparing for the top level of the middleweight division. Though my original opponent fell through last minute, I am well-prepared for whoever is across from the ring from me. I treat everyone across from me like a world champion and I am prepared to showcase the best version of myself."

"He's going to have get past me if he wants to fight the best in the division," said Holoros. "How he does against me will give a good indication of who he is. If he beats me he's got something. I know he's undefeated and coming to fight and so am I. I've been fighting a lot of years. I'm ready and I'll put on a performance the fans that night will remember."

Other Greg Cohen Promotions prospects in action will be all-action super welterweight Skender Halili from Fort Worth, Texas, via Klina, Kosovo; and ultra-talented welterweight prospect Malik "Iceman" Hawkins (10-0, 7 KOs) from Baltimore, Maryland.

Never in a bad fight, the the 26-year-old power-punching Halili will take on Wichita, Kansas, veteran Romon Barber (7-12, 6 KOs) in a six-round battle.

21-year-old Hawkins, a highly decorated amateur boxer and now undefeated professional, will face an opponent yet to be announced in a six-rounder.

"Rob Brant is on the verge of a very big opportunity and I commend him for wanting to stay sharp and not rest on his laurels," said Greg Cohen. "The Grand Casino has been a terrific site to work with throughout my company's history and I'm very happy to be returning once again. Our fighters Skender Halili and Malik Hawkins are in good match-ups on the undercard and we've got FloBoxing.tv streaming the event online. It's a great even I'm proud to have the Greg Cohen Promotions name on."

On fight night, the action starts at 7 p.m. The Grand Casino Hinckley is located at 777 Lady Luck Drive in Hinckley, MN.

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