The featured bout is an intriguing 10-round contest between Ali Izmailov (10-0, 7 KOs) and Charles Foster (22-0, 12 KOs).Ī 30-year-old Russian, Izmailov, ranked #11 by the WBO, is part of promoter Dmitry Salita’s Motor City contingent, but has been training for this fight in Florida under the tutelage of John David Jackson. A 31-year-old Floridian, Evans is promoted by 2020 IBHOF inductee Christy Martin. Waterman’s opponent Kenmon Evans (10-0-1, 3 KOs), is seeking his eighth straight victory.

(He is one of two fighters of Maori descent in action this weekend Cherneka Johnson defends her IBF super bantamweight title against Ellie Scotney in London on Saturday.) debut for Waterman (10-0, 8 KOs), a Queenslander from Down Under with a strong amateur background and an interesting ethnic pedigree: Maori, indigenous Australian, and European. The TV portion of Friday’s card kicks off with an 8-rounder between Clay Waterman (pictured) and Kenmon Evans. The venue is the Turning Stone Casino and Resort in the town of Verona, one freeway exit removed from Canastota, home to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum which is holding its annual shebang this weekend, a four-day jamboree culminating in Sunday’s Canastota parade and IBHOF Induction Ceremony. SHOWTIME’s ‘Sho Box The New Generation’ series, now in its twenty-first season, returns to Central New York on Friday, June 9.

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