Former WBC and WBO title challenger Tommy Karpency (30-8, 19KOs) will face Joe Jones (14-11, 10KOs) this Saturday at Packard Music Corridor in Warren, Ohio. After dropping a 12 spherical determination for the WBO gentle heavyweight title to undefeated WBO champ Nathan Cleverly, Karpency’s most notable victory got here virtually 10 years in the past when he defeated former WBC champ Chad Dawson (32-3 on the time) on Showtime Championship Boxing.
To his credit score, the 29-year-old Joe Jones upset a 9-0 Vernon Webber lower than a yr in the past after Jones beforehand KO’d former WBA crusierweight title challenger Junior Anthony Wright (18-3 on the time).
In a particular attraction, native junior middleweight Danny Rosenberger (19-9, 10 KOs) battles Gabriel Escalante (14-2, 7 KOs) over 8 rounds. Rosenberger is undefeated in his final 14 bouts.
In different motion, junior middleweight Cody Wilson (12-4, 8KOs) collides with Christopher Hatley (4-4) over 6 rounds, whereas light-weight Brandon Vega (4-0, 4KOs) tangles with Giovanni Gutierrez (11-8, 6KOs) in one other 6 rounder. The 6 bout card is being promoted by Dwayne Gadd’s Prizefighter Boxing.
Former WBC and WBO middleweight champ Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik and former IBF middleweight title challenger Billy Lyell will present commentary for the occasion out there on Prizefighterboxing.com.
Different native, former world champs anticipated to be in attendance embody: WBA light-weight Ray “Increase Increase” Mancini, IBF light-weight Harry Arroyo, IBF cruiserweight Jeff Lampkin and WBC bantamweight Greg Richardson.
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